OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS
PRODUCTIVITY
QUALITY AREAS SNAPSHOT
surpassing yourself and attacking. › Sport policy developed over 25 years and aligned with the overall global strategy. › Sporting policy values include a training methodology, innovation, research skills, staff performance, management methodology, and a pedagogical approach to individuals. › Produce humans and players which can become good citizens. Coaches task is to add value to players. COMPETITION › Consider themselves France's best. HUMAN CAPITAL › Sportive performance section helps with education, administration and logistics, international issues; board relations, and professional team. › Academy Director decides on signing players, who then sign for minimum of two years. › They scout for staff and look for open-minded individuals. › T heir objective is to produce two players a season capable of Champions League football. › T hey produced 2 coaches from the academy to the first team. › A cademy is independent of the first team, but Academy Director decides
when a player is ready for the B team. The Sporting Director decides when player is ready for the first team.
› K ey success to transition is having one academy member of staff within the first-team set-up.
COGNITIVE CARE › The club’s methodology is based on a playing/training DNA, capitalising on good staff practices, innovation and creativity, and a solid framework with good management. › Their values are humility, respect, commitment and excellence. › They have schools for U14s players and partnerships with high schools for U15s and upwards. › Players compared by tactical influence, awareness, determination, confidence, happiness, serenity, anxiety, stress, joy, and by using mental, technical, athletic and cognitive resources. FINANCES › Budget is less than 5% of club total. FACILITIES › 7 pitches, a training camp, medical centre, a yoga room, gym, dorms and a locker room. STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE › Four pillars: result, structure, academy and commitment. Identity of game: intensity, love for the game,
TALENT IDENTIFICATION › A third of their academy players come from Lyon, a third from the surrounding region, and the rest in the area between Lyon and Marseilles. › T here are scouting departments for Lyon, the wider region around Lyon, and for Paris. There are four full-time staff who scout only for international talents. › T here are shadow teams for each generation. › T heir methodology sees them develop player profiles which need to fit the DNA of the club. › 3 1 partner clubs in France, 38 worldwide. In France, of the 31 clubs, 28 are located within 100km of Lyon, 3 around Paris.
› They organise internal education for coaches, plus external education around pedagogy, methodology, and management. › They have 98 staff plus 877 volunteers overseeing 250 boys, 150 girls, and 26 teams. BUY-IN FROM CLUB › First Team Coach can change playing style, but has no influence on academy. COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY › Fans want results, entertainment, but also academy players in first team. › Club is influenced by the community: they want to preserve today's DNA, but be prepared for cultural change. › Community relations are mostly spontaneous. PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIVITY › They try and anticipate football of the future.
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YOUTH FOOTBALL 2022-23
YOUTH FOOTBALL 2022-23
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