📚 DES Academy Study Materials

Learn the DES standard.

DES Study Materials prepare scouts, staff, and volunteers before they represent Draft Elite Sport. These materials define how DES evaluates players, protects professionalism, and controls access.

Learning Path

From study material to certificate.

The future DES Academy flow will allow people to study, take a test, get reviewed by admin, and receive a verified certificate in their profile.

1

Read DES core standards

2

Study player evaluation criteria

3

Complete position-specific learning

4

Review match report examples

5

Pass the DES Academy test

6

Wait for admin approval

7

Receive certificate and QR verification

Study Modules

DES learning library.

These modules are the first structure for the future DES course. Later, Supabase will track progress and test completion.

Core

DES Scouting Methodology

The foundation of how DES evaluates players, scouts talent, protects standards, and builds professional reports.

✅ DES scouting principles
✅ What makes a player worth following
✅ Avoiding emotional or biased reports
✅ How to support opinions with evidence
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Core

Player Evaluation Criteria

A structured way to assess technical, tactical, physical, mental, and professional qualities in football players.

✅ Technical ability
✅ Tactical understanding
✅ Physical profile
✅ Mentality and professionalism
Coming soon
Intermediate

Position-Specific Scouting

Different positions require different evaluation standards. A winger, centre-back, goalkeeper, and striker should not be judged the same way.

✅ Goalkeeper indicators
✅ Defensive roles
✅ Midfield profiles
✅ Attacking profiles
Coming soon
Core

Match Report Writing

Learn how to write a DES-style scouting report that is clear, honest, useful, and professional.

✅ Report structure
✅ Strengths and weaknesses
✅ Player comparison notes
✅ Final recommendation
Coming soon
Mandatory

Ethics & Conduct

DES scouts and staff must understand how to behave with players, families, clubs, coaches, and partners.

✅ No false promises
✅ Confidentiality
✅ Respectful communication
✅ Protecting the DES brand
Coming soon
Staff

Event-Day Standards

Guidance for DES trials, showcases, check-ins, lanyards, QR verification, and staff behaviour.

✅ Registration flow
✅ QR verification
✅ Access control
✅ Professional presentation
Coming soon

Future Course System

Later, this becomes a real learning portal.

Once Supabase is connected, DES can track which modules a user has read, which test they passed, when admin approved them, and which certificate they earned.

✅ Progress tracking

Users can see what material they have completed.

✅ Final tests

Scout and staff tests can be connected to the Academy.

✅ Certificate unlock

Passing users can receive certificates in their profile.

✅ Admin review

DES leadership can approve or reject Academy completion.