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March 2010
Name: Mark Thomas
Sport: Football
Age: 17
What team do you play for?
Oxford Blackbirds F.C
How much training do you do per week in sport?
4 days a week
What has been your greatest achievement so far in your sport?
Having England under 18s trials
What’s the best advice you have ever been given?
“Nobody who ever gave their best regretted it.”
What advice can you give youngsters in the Academy?
Don’t give up - just keeping going.
What’s the best attribute a sportsman can have?
The desire to always win.
Who is your role model and why?
Alan Shearer. He is my role model because I think he was a talented footballer and one of the best strikers ever and, since I’m a Newcastle fan, it encouraged me more to love him.
Which subject are you taking at the Academy?
The subject I’m taking is BTEC Sport National Diploma.
What are you hoping to do when you get to 21?
Hopefully, I will be in my last year at university studying to be a PE teacher.
What is your ultimate goal in your sport?
To always succeed.
What more could the Academy do to help reach your goal?
I do enough football. So the only thing they could do is to help with university, basically.
Name: Lindsay Pinker
Sport: Football
Age: 15
Who do you currently play for?
Oxford United F.C and Oxfordshire County
How much training do you do per week in your sport?
7.5 hours at least.
What has been your greatest achievement so far in your sport?
Being chosen to go to the England camp twice and chosen to train with Holland under 17s.
What’s the best advice you have ever been given?
“Be yourself, enjoy what you do and do it simple”
What advice can you give younger students in the Academy?
Be yourself, enjoy it and never give up - no matter what gets thrown at you.
What’s the best attribute a sportsman can have?
Passion.
Who is your role model and why?
Ryan Giggs – He’s a ledge :D
Which subjects are you taking at the Academy?
French, Resistant Materials, GCSE PE, Psychology, English, Maths, Science, PE, IT and RE.
What are you hoping to do when you get to 16?
Play ladies football.
What is your ultimate goal in your sport?
To achieve my best.
What more could the Academy do to help you reach your goal?
Provide us with gym sessions in and after school and more football games.
Name: Touria Koudoua
Sport: Football
Age: 16
Who do you currently play for?
Reading Town FC.
How much training do you do per week in your sport?
3.5 hours at least.
What has been your greatest achievement so far in your sport?
Getting trials for the Arsenal Academy and playing for Oxford United.
What’s the best advice you have ever been given?
“If you really want something that bad, you’ll never stop trying”.
What advice can you give younger students in the Academy?
Never give up, regardless of how hard things seem to be.
What’s the best attribute a sportsman can have?
Desire.
Who is your role model and why?
Wayne Rooney. He is not only a talented player but he had a dream and, to achieve this dream, he started from a young age and has always tried his hardest, never given up and took opportunities given to him. As a result of this, he is now playing for one of the best teams in the Premier League.
Which subjects are you taking at the Academy?
BTEC National Diploma - Sports Development Coaching and Fitness.
What are you hoping to do when you get to 21?
I will be in my last year of university, studying to be a primary school PE teacher.
What is your ultimate goal in your sport?
To gain valuable experience in coaching all ages, all over the world, which will go towards opening my own girls’ football academy.
What more could the Academy do to help you reach your goal?
Enable us to play more football.
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