ABOUT US
Player Development Programme
Player Development Programme (PDP) is a professional footballer led football coaching school, sub academy and football consultancy company which was established in 2019 and which was incorporated in 2022.
We began with one strategic aim: to exceed the bar set by the London market when it comes to the quality and expertise on offer to players who aspire to achieve optimum results in football.
What makes PDP unique is that here we only employ past and present professional players, semi professional footballers and professional coaches to assist our clients. All things football are here under one roof: from starter sessions , one-to-one player
training, bespoke group sessions and football academy curriculum exercises to strength and conditioning, nutrition advice and football consultancy services for youth players who seek to enhance their marketability.
We also service both private and public schools under various schemes to help them with delivering their own sports education provisions.
Birthday parties and other special footballing events such as holiday camps and feature sessions with professional players and other sports professionals is also what we do.
Our venues are based in Colchester, Essex, in Ipswich, Suffolk and all around Greater London. Our coaches also travel to service private clients at their own locations .
Our provision is led by ex professional footballer and England youth player, Tristan Nydam.
We recognise that every player in sport has their own DNA , style and manner of expression. Conveying these things in an effective manner in football takes time to hone and some effort to perfect.
We specialise in getting to know each and every individual implicitly, helping them to identify how they can best perform and meet their own objectives whatever they are.
We maximise our clients’ attributes and develop their other faculties to prepare them for every challenge that football can present. Whether that is feeling more confident about oneself as an aspiring or amateur footballer, or them competing at the highest level in football, the PDP experience will be guaranteed to enhance.
What makes PDP truly unique is what we know and how we deliver it. Our services to schools, grass roots clubs, professional academies and professional players both locally and nationally is designed to offer modernity , flexibility and unrivalled expertise . Our experienced team also coaches for, scouts for and recommends to clubs at both ends of the football pyramid , including some household name clubs in the football league. We therefore ensure that our clients draw from the best practices , techniques and opportunities in the region.
We offer an holistic service which covers just about every aspect of a players’ requirements to succeed when playing the game . We recognise that, that relies on a combination of factors including physical output, mental strength, decision making,
strategic awareness, player maturation, conditioning, opportunity and, ultimately, their happiness when training and playing.
Book one of our services to put a foot on the ladder to expand player potential and then start to really realise it !
Meet The Team
Tristan Nydam
Director and Head Coach
I am a former professional footballer who played for Ipswich Town Football Club and for St Johnstone. I was capped for England U18s and U19’s sides from 2017.
From a young age I aspired to play football. I started my journey as an academy player at Ipswich Town at the age of 9. I progressed through the academy ranks there and went on to sign a scholarship deal with the club in 2016. Also in 2016, just a few months after becoming a scholar, I was offered my first professional contract with the club and thereafter I broke into the first team in 2017. Being a young professional was an honour and a privilege. I quickly discovered that in my capacity as a left back and/midfielder I needed to be technically efficient in order to be an effective player. I strived to make my strengths more pronounced but always trained to improve on my weaknesses. Many hours of ball contact was necessary to achieve that.
In 2018 I went on loan to Scottish premiership side St Johnstone. My career was cut short by an injury and in 2021 I was forced to retire prematurely. That spurred me on to try to give something back to football. I began with punditry and radio, which I still enjoy, but coaching footballers quickly became a way for me to immerse myself in the daily challenges of training and mentoring the next generation of footballers and is a way for me
to achieve very satisfying results in football with and through others.
I bring a player-first approach, building strong relationships and ensuring enjoyment remains at the heart of development. With the experience I have across academy and professional football, I adapt my coaching to suit different needs. I help players of all abilities improve their technical, tactical, attacking and their defensive skills.
My goal is to develop well-rounded footballers by focusing on all aspects of the game while creating an engaging and supportive environment for growth.
Ryan Clampin
PDP Coach
I started my football career at Colchester United as a nine year old. In 2015 I joined their academy.
In 2017 I obtained my first professional contract with Colchester and made my debut for the club in 2018 against Southampton in the EFL trophy. At Colchester United, I amassed 51 appearances playing under both John McGreal and, latterly, Steve Ball.
In 2023 I joined Dundee United in the Scottish Championship where I went on to win the Scottish Championship that season.
In 2023 I joined National League Side Eastleigh.
In 2024 I signed for National League side Braintree Town where I currently play. I have now made over 100 senior appearances in my playing career.
I am left back/ left midfielder by trade. In addition to being defensively minded I love the attacking side of the game too and I have developed a specialism taking set pieces. Given my playing experience, my coaching style has developed along an holistic but technically and tactically focussed route. Practice always makes perfect – I believe that young footballers need many hours of ball contact to become competent players.
I promote the players I coach becoming real masters of the ball. Techniques I use are geared towards keeping the ball safe, being able to manipulate well and to make good decisions when under pressure and in good time. One of the things that I hold important is to make learning how to play the game fun and interactive at all times.
My love for the game, fun personality and the pleasure I get from seeing improvement over time means that I take many of the younger age groups at PDP.
I would describe myself as passionate about inspiring the next generation of players at every level. My sessions are designed to be interactive and engaging. Challenge me to help you or your child reach the objectives set and we will do that together.
Bailey Clements
PDP Coach
I started my footballing journey at the age of six. I played locally in Ipswich for two years at grassroots level. At the age of eight I was successful at trial and I signed for Ipswich Town’s academy soon afterwards. From my under nine year through to the under sixteens I progressed through the academy ranks experiencing many highs and some lows along the way. One of my proudest achievements was captaining my team at Ipswich Town’s Portman Road stadium U15’s level.
Upon leaving school at the age of sixteen I began a scholarship with Ipswich.
Becoming a full-time player was a dream come true. After just a year into my scholarship I was offered a professional contract. I went on to make appearances in the football league, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the EFL trophy.
I left the club at the age of twenty-one and moved on to Chesterfield Football Club where I spent two good years. Highlights there included playing at Wembley in a play-off final in front of 40,000 fans in my first year and then winning the National League in just my second season. There I worked with ex Ipswich Manager Paul Cook and with ex-England player Kieron Dyer.
Having spent over 15 years of my life in a professional footballing environment I absorbed very some valuable knowledge from a wide variety of coaches and managers which helped me to understand the science of football better, to appreciate how and when to adopt different playing styles and to develop my ability to coach to others techniques and game insights. Being primarily a defender, I typically see the whole game in front of me. Given that, I can focus on coaching all aspects of the game from the perspective of knowing what to do to defend well and knowing what makes an effective attacker.
My coaching style aims to keep the whole learning experience fun and thought provoking. My sessions typically balance the educational needs of players with coaching the finer details necessary to play the game well . Most of that training players cannot obtain when training or playing in larger formats.
Tommy Hughes
PDP Coach
My footballing journey began when I signed for Ipswich Town Football Club academy at the age of eight. I progressed through every age group as a schoolboy from nine to sixteen.
I was offered a scholarship when I left school at the age of sixteen. That was the real beginning for my career as an aspiring professional player; I was suddenly involved in full-time football on a daily basis and that gave me a brand new experience. After my two year scholarship ended, I was offered a professional contract and I made my debut for Ipswich at the age of eighteen. I played for a further two years at Ipswich before leaving the club at the age of twenty two. I was at the club in total for 14 years. I now play my football at Kings Lynn Town and have been playing as there since 2023. Having been involved in both academy and professional football I believe that I have learned some invaluable skills and knowledge which has helped me as a coach to aid players at every level on the spectrum. Although by now I know exactly what defenders need to do to counteract good attackers, my specialism is in helping attack-minded players. I implement specific drills to enhance their understanding and their execution. I am a detail driven and so I like to demonstrate to players how efficiency in that regard can achieve optimum results. I also like to use my experience to help those at PDP stay abreast of the best techniques and practices that are prevalent in the game.
Zayed Elzubeir
PDP Coach
I started my football experience practicing my skills at home and also recreationally. At the age of six I began being formally coached by a retired England Team official who began his own coaching school which was based in Essex. I began playing football competitively in the local youth leagues at the age of seven after I started to realise some potential. It was then that I began aspiring to play football at a higher level and I also began to study and practice freestyle football skills.
I took my first foray into academy football at the age of nine spending time at pre-academy level and elite levels at both Ipswich Town Football Club and at Colchester United. Things continued in that vein until I was fifteen.
At the age of fifteen, after returning from a long-term injury, I took from some London based playing experiences that I had, before I began a stint at Colchester United Football club with the under sixteens. In 2023 I joined Cornard Football Club.
In 2025, in preparation to further my career, I spent some time training with the Maldon and Tiptree First team before returning to my parent club.
I am a wingback, winger and/or striker. I am lucky enough to have been coached by some pre-eminent coaches during my short career so far. I have also observed many different coaching styles and philosophies. I have taken from this and have developed my own coaching style which incorporates attention to footballing detail, scanning and forward planning, enhancement of spatial awareness, driving positivity and promoting playing flair when on the ball, bravery and output.