Colchester United FC
Advanced Coaching Programme (ACP)
The Advanced Coaching Programme (ACP) is a structured weekly training programme for talented football players who are selected on an invitation-only basis.
The ACP works on various different aspects of the game, including attacking play in the final third and retaining possession, and works on improving the individual’s understanding of patterns of play and team-shape as well as advanced techniques incorporated in a variation of drills and exercises.
Colchester United Community Sports Trust (CUCST) is always on the look-out for new talented boys to join the ACP. Players are selected in a number of different ways.
They can:
- progress via recommendations from CUCST grass-roots sessions
- be successful at one of the Trust’s open trial days
- be recommended by a Colchester and District Youth League coach or manager
- be taken on after being released from the Colchester United Centre of Excellence
In the past ten years the Centre of Excellence has signed more than half its 
players directly from the ACP. Inaddition, a small number of boys have gone on to sign for other professional clubs. This is a reflection of their hard work, skill level and commitment to improving their game.
ACP players are encouraged to continue playing for their Sunday teams and CUCST would like to state that any ACP matches organised throughout the season will not affect their club matches.
For further details, please email the Advanced Coaching Programme
