Women’s Soccer

Professional Athletes &Teams

College

High School

Professional Development  u13-u19

Grassroots

Our training process is built on the principle of individual development (10 players to 1 coach) , ensuring each athlete receives tailored guidance. Skill and performance abilities are imparted progressively, adjusting complexity based on each athlete's level and baseline.

Our objective is to optimize performance and skill development dynamics, unlocking each athlete's full potential. With over 35 hours of training, athletes benefit from personalized attention, with a trainer-to-athlete ratio of 8-10 to ensure focused development.

Our training program is designed to ready athletes for the challenges of the upcoming season. We focus on enhancing performance in tactical, skill, and technical aspects while fostering confidence and learning.

Through functional training and periodized sessions, athletes develop task-specific skills, decision-making abilities, and heightened awareness. Our approach allows athletes to train like never before, pushing boundaries and unlocking their full potential.

We prioritize daily prevention, recovery, and nutrition to ensure athletes remain at their peak throughout the training process

Beginning & End of Camp Athlete Assessments (Illinois)

Our approach hinges on Athlete Assessments, leveraging scientifically validated protocols to establish individual baselines in specific skill and performance areas. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, we conduct Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Assessments, soccer-specific fitness, ergometric, and skill testing focusing on soccer-specific movement patterns in both lower and upper body extremities. Our sports scientists meticulously analyze objective data to tailor training loads, unlocking each athlete's full potential effectively.

• Training on the different phases of the game
• Patterns in the attacking third
• Playing out of tight spaces
• Control and playing under pressure
• Pressing the opponent - How and why
• Possession games on specific content
• Speed of play via SSG (Small-Sided Games)
• Decision-making in game situations
• Group defending
• Attacking and defending using overlap & underlap

• Development of complex skills
• First touch
• Turning & Passing Accuracy, Combination Play, and Changing Direction with the Ball
• First touch away from pressing defender
• Speed of running with the ball and decision-making (Ball Mastery)
• 1v1 Attack using various skills and 1v1 Defending
• Reaction speed with the ball in tight spaces
• Finishing with power, placement, etc., through combination play
• Using the body to protect the ball
• Improving quick receiving, passing, and support play with the opponent

• Aerobic and anaerobic - with and without the ball according to HR
• Strength and power training-age specific
• Mobility and stability
• Speed development and agility
• Injury prevention and flexibility
• Neuromuscular Co-ordination
  Volume, time, and duration according to the fitness test

Our team of coaches and trainers are elite ex-professionals who are educated and qualified in developing the modern player. With a wealth of experience in development, improvement, and player selection, our preseason camp allows our coaches to work and focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the individual while creating new habits in the process.

After his professional playing career, Alex has transitioned into a role as an Advanced Development Director/Coach, specializing in youth development. He has worked with multiple professional youth development clubs, focusing on preparing players to transition into first-team football.

With extensive experience in age-specific development, Alex is a recognized expert in shaping the modern player, combining technical skills, tactical understanding, and mental preparation to help young athletes excel at the highest levels.

Alex Kounenakis

Petros brings an incredible wealth of experience, having played at the highest levels of professional soccer. He represented Greek champions Olympiakos FC before making his mark in La Liga with Sevilla FC.  while playing for the National Team of Greece. Beyond his playing career, Petros has been a key figure in professional youth player development and coaching professional teams. He was part of Gennaro Gattuso’s coaching staff at OFI FC. With coaching experience at all levels, he has a unique ability to connect with and inspire athletes.

Petros Marinakis

Tom has been coaching youth soccer for over 15 years, driven by his passion for helping young athletes succeed—a passion rooted in his own experience as a high school All-Star player.

He is committed to staying at the forefront of coaching innovation, continuously monitoring and implementing methods that enhance the development of players. Tom's focus is on fostering not only technical and tactical growth but also building confidence and resilience in youth athletes, ensuring they reach their full potential both on and off the field.

Tom Bassias

“It is highly important to have our college and high school athletes experience a preseason camp with sports scientists and high level coaching multiple times a day. The camp is challenging but very rewarding as your mind and body adapt to the necessary workloads needed for the upcoming season. Our camp gives athletes and their parents the opportunity to explore and experience this amazing island. We want them to see a completely different culture to which we are accustomed to in the U.S. and to gain soccer and life experiences that will better them as people and athletes."

With over 18 years of experience as a high-level soccer player in the Premier leagues of Belgium  with Anderlecht, Greece with OFI F.C...

Niko Kounenakis

We are constantly looking for
innovative ways to develop the
modern soccer player through our already successful professional Academy. ECES provide us with detailed specific assessments as to
continue our legacy of developing national and first team players.

Our success as national champions comes down to the very last detail. Eces provided us with talent identification and  athlete assessments which determined our roadmap to success.

We are an innovative sports agency with a vast network of clubs and athletes spread across the globe. Eces provides us with an in depth analysis of athletes as to maintain our excellent talent identification process.

I am constantly looking for ways to better myself as part of my dream to play professional soccer. Eces has shown me in great detail what I need to do to compete against the best in the world.