Toms River, New Jersey · Est. 2023
Technical work, finishing, and small-sided competition for boys and girls. Short blocks with a clear subject, so a player knows exactly what they came to fix.
What’s on
Technical
Six weeks on the ball. First touch, receiving under pressure, and the technical habits that hold up when a game speeds up. Three age bands across the evening so nobody trains up or down.
Finishing
Finishing, and everything that happens in the two seconds before it. Movement off the last defender, first touch away from pressure, and striking the ball properly with both feet.
Technical
A tighter group and a higher standard. For players who already train regularly and want the detail work that separates the top of an age group from the middle of it.
6
Weeks per block
3
Age bands per night
8
League games guaranteed
$0
Roots program, always
How we run it
Most academies sell a season and hope something sticks. We sell six weeks on a named topic, and at the end a parent can see whether it worked.
First touch, receiving under pressure, striking with both feet. The habits that hold up when the game gets quicker and tighter.
Not just shooting. The movement before it, the touch that sets it, and the composure to pick a corner with someone closing.
Leagues and one-day tournaments. Where the technical work either shows up under pressure or it doesn’t.
Where we train
Primary · indoor
The indoor bubble. 1380 Whitty Rd, Toms River. Technical blocks, striker training and one-day tournaments run here from October through March.
League · indoor
Athletic Complex, 1380 Whitty Rd. Home of the Saturday 5v5 league and Coach Jen’s Monday elite technical block.
Spring & summer · outdoor
Toms River. When the weather turns we move sessions outside onto grass. Bigger spaces, bigger games, and the ball behaves like it does on a Saturday.
Never miss one
Jimmy has posted a flyer for every session ESA has ever run. They were images — you couldn’t search them, couldn’t register from them, and if you missed the post you missed the session. Same flyer now, except it’s a page with a register button and it turns up when a parent searches.
Finishing · 6 weeks
Striker
Training
One entry, three outputs
Jimmy types the session once — subject, dates, age bands, price, venue, and the photo he wants on it.
It appears on the site as a card and a page with a register button, priced and dated, and it starts turning up in search for “striker training Toms River.”
The flyer renders itself at Instagram size, ready to post. Same design language, no Canva, no version that says the wrong price.
Roots Development Program
Run with Players Development Academy for boys and girls born 2018–2022. No fee, no kit to buy, no commitment beyond turning up. Somebody did this for us once.
Who coaches
Founder & director
Runs the technical and striker blocks, the Saturday league and the one-day tournaments. Founded ESA in 2023 to do the sessions he could never find for his own players.
Coach
Runs the Monday elite technical block at Donovan Catholic. Smaller groups, higher standard, for players already training several nights a week.
Technical on Fridays, striker on Sundays, league on Saturdays. Spots go in the order people register.