Akinola Lake
akinolalake@yahoo.com
707.501.7243
"I am a very passionate and committed individual that understands that Soccer is a privilege to be involved in. My aim is to help soccer players of all ages enjoy the beautiful game."
Higher Education:
University
University of Manchester, 2006-2009, BEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Soccer Education:
London Football association, September, 2010, Level 1
Member of the London Football Coaches Association
Coaching History:
SEP 09 – JAN 11, Soccer Coach, Park Hill Junior School, Croydon (UK)
- Prepared, planned and evaluated training session on a regular basis.
- Responsible for supervising and encouraging pupils engaged in Soccer.
- Responsible for providing a safe and fun environment for the soccer players.
- Developed different methods of motivating and instilling confidence for the players.
- Provided individual technical or psychological help to players as and when necessary.
- Encouraged players to treat the ball as a friend and play with a freedom if innovation.
- Devised activities to enhance team spirit and embrace competitiveness.
- Created Training sessions to improve technical and physical skills of the team.
- Provided assistance with Scouting new talent, preparing equipment and Team selection for match days
JUL 09 – DEC 10, Assistant Coach/Surf Soccer club UK (U-16)
- Assist with structure and application of training sessions.
- Assist with warm-up and warm-down activities for both match days and training sessions.
- Assisted with the defensive shape of the team depending on the opposition.
- Recorded statistics of the goals scores and Timing of goals during games.
- Analysing future opponents with the Head Coach.
- Preparing the offensive and defensive set-plays on Tactical manager software.
- Assisted with developing team spirit and communication between players and Head Coach
- Assisted with the training and mentoring of the U-13 Team in the same club.
