About PTSA Trials (5-15 Year Olds)

Do you want to become a Pro Touch SA Player?

The Pro Touch SA (PTSA) Trial Fee is for new players who wish to join our football academy. We have helped to produce over 40 professional footballers in the past 13 years, securing contracts for our players at a number of top clubs including; Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Watford and West Ham United.

You must be between the ages of 5 and 15 (in school years 1-10) in order to be eligible for the Pro Touch SA Trials. Unfortunately, if you are older you cannot attend our trials. In addition to this, if you are 16 and you have finished secondary school, unfortunately you cannot participate in our trials. Please do not book a trial if you do not fall under the age criteria highlighted above in bold. 

The PTSA Trial Fee covers:

  1.  3 training sessions with our academy.
  2. 1 free trial training t-shirt. (The complimentary trial training top will be provided on the day of your child's first trial session. This top must be worn during every trial session. Please be aware that the complimentary trial top is subject to availability. If your child is not given a top, they may be offered a complimentary draw string bag and loaned a training bib to wear during each trial session.)

Click here to book a PTSA Trial. (Please be aware, by clicking any of the blue links on this page, you will be redirected to the PTSA Trial booking page, via a new tab.)

Important Information:

  • For all queries regarding our trials, trial bookings, how to join our academy, or what happens after the trial stage, please email trials@protouchsa.co.uk
  • Once you have booked your trial you will receive a confirmation email from an email address ending in '@protouchsa.co.uk'. It is important that you read the entire email. You will be required to fill out the registration information via our google doc link. You will receive the google doc registration link in the confirmation email. Failure to fill the registration document via our google link, before your trial, will cause delays in you starting your trial. We ask that all parents/guardians fill this out as soon as they receive the confirmation email. If you do not receive the link or have any issues, please email trials@protouchsa.co.uk. 
  • Please note, most trials are held on a Sunday, at the Market Road Football Pitches, Market Road, Islington, London, N7 9PL.  If you are asked to attend at another location or on a different day, you will be informed by a member of staff before your trial date. (The Market Road Football Pitches is a 10 minute walk from Caledonian Underground Station. Parking is available on Market Road, but please read the parking regulations. Pro Touch SA does not accept liability for any parking. Please read the parking signs carefully. The closest bus routes are 274 and 390. For the bus 274, please alight at 'York Way Estate', where you will see the Pitches immediately. For the bus 390, please alight at 'Brewery Road' and walk 1-2 minutes to the Market Road Football Pitches, Market Road, Islington, London, N7 9PL.)
  • We have two trial arrival times; 8:30AM and 10:00AM. Under; 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s, 11s, & 12s, must arrive at 8:30AM. Training starts at  9:00am and finishes at 10:20am. 

  • Under; 13s,14s, 15s & 16s MUST arrive at 09:45AM. Training starts at 10:30am and finishes at 12:00noon. All PTSA trial and training sessions for 5-15 year olds lasts for 90 minutes. 
  • Please ensure you arrive at the arrival time, not the training start time. Failure to arrive at 8:30AM or 09:45AM may result in you being sent home. On arrival please ask for Tony or Zahid. If you cannot find them please ask any PTSA member of staff you see on site and inform them that you are there for a trial. Show your booking info and they will direct you to Tony or Zahid. In the event that Tony or Zahid are not available on the day of your trial, you will be directed to Tamia or your coach. 
  • All players on trial are expected to come with; football shorts, football socks, shin pads, football boots (boots with metals studs are not allowed) and a bottle of water, to each training session. Players are not allowed to train in tracksuit bottoms. On cold days, players can wear thermal clothing such as long johns, underneath their uniform. Failure to come with football shorts, football socks, shin pads, football boots and a bottle of water, will result in you being sent home and your trial being rescheduled. The training surface is 4G, therefore WE DO NOT ALLOW FOOTBALL BOOTS WITH METAL STUDS, MOULDED AND ASTRO FOOTBALL BOOTS ARE ALLOWED.
  • Once you book a PTSA trial, please make sure you keep your proof payment, which would have been sent to your email. (Please also check your junk email.) You will need to show this to a member of staff on all 3 trial sessions. Failure to show proof may cause delays in starting your session on time.
  • On some occasions, a coach may extend the trial sessions. They may ask you to come to other training sessions held during the week, or ask you to attend a few more Sunday sessions. (But please note, this is at the discretion of the coach and no extra payment is required during the trial stage.) 
  • Please only book a PTSA trial if you are definitely planning on attending on the day you have booked. If for any reason you cannot attend the trial for the day you have booked, you can easily reschedule or cancel at any time. Please send an email to 'trials@protouchsa.co.uk' and cc 'zahid@protouchsa.co.uk' to inform us. Please ensure you provide us with; the order name, the email used to make the payment and the name of the child expected to attend the trial. A member of staff will contact you via email about rescheduling or providing you with a refund. 
  • If you have attended 1 or 2 out of 3 of the sessions and decide you do not want to continue, you do not have to return. Please note, you will not be refunded and we will not ask for the complimentary top back. You will only receive a full refund if have not attended any of your 3 trial sessions with us.
  • We do not have 1 to 1 trial sessions, your child will be expected to participate with other members of the academy. 
  • Please be aware that whenever we contact you via email, it will only ever be from an email address ending with ‘@protouchsa.co.uk’. 

Click here to book a PTSA Trial. (Please be aware, by clicking any of the blue links on this page, you will be redirected to the PTSA Trial booking page, via a new tab.)

Come and trial at our internationally acclaimed academy and start your professional journey with us.

We look forward to seeing you, and good luck.

Best,

Team Pro Touch SA