Who We Are…
The ODex Football Academy is a development center for players to receive the necessary training and tactical knowledge that would provide them the quality needed to become great footballers, and also promote them through the player pathway to a potential professional footballing career.
We have a different approach as an academy from other Football Academies, this helps us keep a good balance between football training and education; we keep tabs on Scholarships Abroad and the opportunities for our players to enjoy opportunities in foreign schools qualifications offers based on College education, GCE, SAT and O Levels Foundational Courses in other for the to study and also play Football Abroad. We recognize that players need to maintain a high level of education at the same time develop their playing ambitions and keep their career options open. So, we adopt a process that makes sure we partner with their various schools in other to keep tabs and help encourage them to maintain good academic grades even as they receive top class coaching in other to fit in with their call-ups and opportunities.
The Academy is supported by a professional team of coaches, strength and conditioning experts, and specialists, and the training program fits seamlessly into the academic timetable of the state.
The ODex Football Academy gets good opportunities and chance to showcase their talents and help take their football to the next level. So, if you are aiming for a professional career on or off the pitch as a player then the ODex Football Academy is the right choice for you.
Why should I join the ODex Football Academy?
When you are looking at joining any Football Academy there should be a number of questions you should ask to be confident that you are investing your time and energy in the right path and academy. It is a well-known football fact that to become a professional footballer you will need to have trained for approximately 10,000 hours or more, but the wrong type of training and process will truncate your career and mutilate your chances to a great footballing success.
So what are the things you should find out first before enrolling in an Academy?
Who will be training me?
The coaches at the ODex football academy are experienced and lead by the Football Director (a pro license coach Mr. Chidi Ohanum).
The Football Director is a professional pro licensed coach with a dynamic team of talented coaches with specialties that stretch across the game from video analysis, to goal keeping, to team strength and Conditioning, to team health support with physiotherapy and general health and fitness personals.
You surely will be one of the best if you are taught and tutored by the BEST.
What opportunities will I get?
ODex Football Academy competes with keen focus on players academic performance form which is sent to us from partner schools and colleges. Internationally, ODex Football Academy keeps tabs with their partners and affiliates in the USA, Uk and Mid European states as we look forward to good deals with our top products and also Scholarship opportunities with our top Academic players. We also have lined up good competitions to challenge against other Academy sides for awards and accolades, which serves as good opportunities to package and showcase our players. Because of the quality of the ODex Football Academy modules, we are in good contact with Elite Teams (with our affiliates) and partners in Europe and the USA.
What makes ODex different?
We try to connect Football and Academics together then strike a sustainable balance, we strategically try to maintain academic excellence with our player schedule plan. This helps to give them a better chance to obtain Students Visa as at when due. Our academy players will benefit from training with players that are already competing at the top levels for their age group and also players with good educational standings, this will help encourage them to do better and also do more. In the ODex Football Academy you will learn from each other and become a truly rounded player, used to play with European, American, Asian and African style of football and also be able to adapt, be flexible and be a skillful player with the attitude and ability to make it as a pro in any clime.
Our Facilities
Just like the game itself there is more to Football at ODex than a pitch!
At ODex you will find not only a coaching team more highly qualified than any other school based academy and a wide reaching academic program out there, we are a BIG Family unit looking out for every academy player. We try to train with natural pitches (grass and sandy pitches) for both fluidity and stamina drills, and with good and keen focus on physio care for warm-ups and warm-down injury avoiding exercises and a professional fitness instructor. For the past five years, we have been developing good grass root Footballers and we hope to expand by partnering with private and government organizations to make our quest a result oriented venture and pursuit. With most training our players are exposed to modern football facilities and international training practices, and this gives them a great footballing experience which produces a well-rounded, successful graduates.
Major Highlights At Our Football Academy.
- A match or two experience per term.
- Player Performance and Progress Report.
- One Nigerian Premier Football Team tour per season.
- Guided tour of the national stadium at Teslim Balogun.
- Academy training kit.
- Nigerian Grass Root / Football League scout assessment every term.
- Speed, Agility and Quickness program.
- After training footballer meal.
Growth
Our structure enables us to build on existing and formidable progress as we graduate and promote players to teams in our Setup.
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Our Drive
Our vision drives us towards the future and expands our Quest for being the very Best that can be… We are inspired, motivated to keep focus on what really counts and working together to develop every kid we come in contact with.
About Us
The ODex Football Academy is a development center for players to receive the necessary training and tactical knowledge that would provide them the quality needed to become great footballers, and also promote them through the player pathway to a potential professional footballing career.
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