Vision

To provide an inspiring and developmental football provision for everybody involved within Cardiff Met FC Academy.

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Philosophy

Our Academy is built upon five principal tenets, which focus on family, education, ambition, commitment, and authenticity. These values are implemented throughout the Club and are employed as a tool to help develop good footballers and well-rounded individuals. The values underpin the day-to-day workings of our Academy: how we behave, how we represent our Club on and off the pitch and how we look after one another. Cardiff Met plays a significant role in shaping our players. Hard work is our minimum expectation of them. In turn, our staff must work hard to provide players the best learning opportunities, which are tailored to individualistic needs. Off the pitch, we are equally committed to helping develop motivated, committed, and respectful young players, who understand the importance of family and education.

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Mission Statement

Cardiff Metropolitan University Football team is more than a club, it’s a feeling and as such its’ ways of operating often escape rational analysis. We see ourselves as unique in university football and this defines our identity. We do not believe that we are better or worse than others, merely different. Our purpose is to develop players, not just as footballers, but as men and academics that realise their potential in harmony with the values and ideologies of those that went before them.

Our club purpose is tied with players’ learning. It aims to improve players by nurturing their academic pathway and well as developing their game understanding. We like to operate both on and off the field within a given principled structure, which is flexible and contingent on context. We have a simple style of ‘play’ which all our teams adhere to; quick ball movement within a 'given shape.’

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What do we offer?

· High quality pitches

· Weekly Strength and Conditioning sessions with UKSCA Accredited Coaches

· Sports Science Testing with the Sports and Exercise Science Department at the University

· Access to a Performance Analysis platform to reflect on games.

· Educational Support and Workshops