Jackson Futbol Club

DR. AJIT KORGAOKAR Executive Director USSF A License NSCAA Premier NSCAA Director of Coaching USSF Youth National License LOCATED ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF Memphis and two-and-a-half hours west TYPES OF PROGRAMS of Nashville, Jackson Futbol Club is a club Competitive dedicated to developing soccer players in this ADDRESS largely rural area of Tennessee. Executive P O Box 10325 Director Dr. Ajit Korgaokar took over the 65 Murray Guard Dr small program three years ago and has been Jackson, TN 38308 working diligently to modernize the culture of the Jackson Wolves into one that can compete how to structure a training session that isn’t PHONE: 731-499-1025 WEBSITE: www.jacksonwolves.org on the same level as larger clubs around the purely technical. One of the primary points of state. His first challenge was to create a player attention, Korgaokar says, is learning how to development philosophy and unify the club build out of the back. work a little bit harder to develop the players around the philosophy. “In the last year or two, there has been we have because we don’t have a big selection “When I came here they didn’t really have a focus on learning to build out of the back of players,” he says. “We have to work very a playing philosophy, so that was one of the rather than have the goalkeeper punting the hard at developing the younger kids because first things we had to do develop — a player ball all of the time,” Korgaokar says. “That’s those are the ones who are going to make up development philosophy that all the coaches the only way players can learn how to deal our 11x11 teams as they get older. If we don’t agreed upon,” Korgaokar says. “What we with pressure. That’s been a big push the few give them a good experience at a younger age really need is for them to be competitive in years I’ve been here. I’m trying to see if we group, we’re not going to retain these kids everything, and want to win the warmup, and get the coaches to agree and implement the when it comes time to put bigger numbers want to win whatever they do.” Korgaokar curriculum and actually see it on the field.” together. It’s got to be worthwhile and fun, and has adopted a blend of curriculum from Primarily a club fielding Division I and it’s got to be affordable.” U.S. Soccer and approaches taken by the Division II teams, Jackson Futbol Club also Jackson Futbol Club has had some Australians regarding competition and focuses on retaining high-level players, many success on the field recently among the training that are a 180-degree turnaround of whom leave the Wolves for larger clubs in Division II ranks. In 2016, the club’s U16 girls for Jackson. Concepts include what age to Memphis, and on developing players in smaller advanced to the finals of the State Cup, losing put a focus on competition and winning, and communities around the area. “We have to the championship game in penalty kicks.