Uganda Revisited
Six months after opening Volf Soccer in Uganda, our first outpost in Africa, I returned to Kampala, the country’s capital, in June. Immediately after arrival, I met with the local VSA trainers who gave me a report on their efforts over the last year. On Day 2, I was on the pitch directing a 3-day [...]
First year VSA camp in Czech Republic
On Saturday June 17th, an inaugural VSA 1-day training camp in Czech Republic took place on the pitch in Nemilany (near Olomouc). It was enthusiastically attended by nearly 60 talented footballers aged 7-13 from different parts of the country. The day started with group and individual demonstration training, which was attended by players from the [...]
Libor Volf in Iceland
At the beginning of July, Libor Volf led a weekend skills camp in Iceland for boys from local team KR Reykjavik. The camp consisted of 16 keen boys who had the opportunity to improve their technical and speed skills together with a lot of fun. All, including the trainers, thoroughly enjoyed the camp and we [...]
Libor Volf and Zdenek Klesnil in La Masia (FC Barcelona)
Since 2002, La Masia has been considered the world’s premier football development academy. In 2010, La Masia had the unique honour to have trained all three finalists for the Ballon d'Or in a single year with Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Xavi. It’s extremely difficult to get a look beyond the front gates into its [...]
VSA coaches in Germany
In May, VSA coaches Libor, Zdenek, Matthias and Lada visited Football Academy Germany (F.A.G) in Dortmund. They interacted with the head trainers there, Andi and Pablo, attending several training sessions, and came away with much new and interesting information. The most noteworthy element, called BRAINKINETIK® (billed as the original brain-body training), particularly caught our attention, [...]
Two local VSA players train in Germany
Earlier this year, two boys from our academy had the opportunity to train in Germany. In May, Heyden (15 years old) from Fusion FC spent 10 days at Football Academy Germany (F.A.G) and Eintracht Dortmund Most recently in July, Mikes (13) from SK Sigma Olomouc was invited to VfL Bochum and individual training was provided at [...]