Coaches Tours

Coaches tours to professional clubs is a proven and valued development tool for coaches both professional and amateur from across the globe. The ability to get an exclusive look at the workings within some of the top youth academies is an experience that should not go missed. Sigma Sports is proud to complement its lineup of coaching development courses with a coaches tour to the leader in youth development AFC AJAX of Amsterdam.

The long standing success of the AJAX academy can be greatly attributed to the efforts of the world class team of coaches present at the De Toekomst (The Future) Training Centre in Amsterdam. It is the very reason why professional clubs from throughout the world send their coaches to AJAX to further their development. Touring coaches will be afforded an inside look at the quality work conducted by these educators who will share the renowned training philosophy and methods which best define the successful Ajax model for youth development. Johan Cruijff, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Dennis Bergkamp, Edgar Davids, Patrick Kluivert ... the list could go on and on. This just a small sample of the international stars that have successfully completed training at the Ajax youth academy under the direction of the academy coaching staff. The current youth teams and players who have graduated to the Ajax first team like Rafael van der Vaart, Ryan Babbel, Nigel de Jong, Hedwiges Maduro, Wesley Sneijder are just as promising, ensuring that the Ajax academy will continue to benefit world soccer for some time.

Touring coaches will be afforded a development focused itinerary of approximately 8 days which at the very least will encompass:


Next open travel dates: April/May 2008 & October 2008


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