Before opening their first academy, Calvert contacted a number of professional soccer teams, including Britain's Leicester City FC, to observe their training programs for children and to establish channels for communication.
學校成立之前，丹尼爾首先走訪了包括英國萊斯特 FC 在內的多支職業球隊，建立聯絡管道，並參觀各球團的兒童訓練制度。