For the next seven months Jose Bargues and Toni Hernandez will impart their knowledge with local players and coaches through a tailor-made football programme for the Island.The Spanish pair arrived in Bermuda last month as part of an agreement between their club, Valencia FC, and the ABC Football School, run by Andrew Bascome and Henrik Schroder.Both Bargues, 39, and Hernandez, 33, have coached at Valencia Academy camps all over the world including far-flung countries such as Japan, Jamaica, Malta and Costa Rico.And having visited the Island in 2010 when the Spanish giants held a Next Generation camp, neither are strangers to Bermuda, whose players they believe have certain similarities to those in their homeland.“Every place is different, every place has similar topics,” said Bargues. “Bermuda is one of the more technical places we have visited. I think Japan is quite similar as their players are not particularly tall or physically strong either.“Bermuda’s players also seem more similar to the Spanish players than some of the other places we have been such as Jamaica where the players are very fast and strong.“Every country is different and (when planning our programme) we have to understand the culture and environment of Bermuda this is very important.”Bargues and Hernandez are the second pair of Spanish coaches to work at the Saltusl-based Valencia Academy after David Sanz and Juan Carlos Magro.“We talked with them before coming to Bermuda,” said Hernandez. “They enjoyed the experience a lot and enjoyed helping the Bermuda coaches and players.”Working closely with a small but enthusiastic group of local coaches, the Spanish duo are confident they have sufficient time to achieve their short-term goals and lay the foundations for the Academy’s long-term targets.Between them they hope to broaden the knowledge of the players and coaches at the Academy where more than 350 children, aged between four and 14, are learning to play the Valencia way.“The most important part our coaching is helping the Bermuda coaches,” he said.” It’s not like we’re showing them everything we know; it’s more like showing them how we know what we know that’s how you learn.“The coaches have been very supportive of our methodology and are assuming all of our ideas and drills — we are very proud of this.“Our work here is to work with the Bermudian coaches because they are the ones who can improve Bermudian football.”Bargues and Hernandez admit they have had very few hours in the day to explore Bermuda, although they have been overwhelmed by the friendliness of the people.“We train five-days a week and Saturday we go and see the matches,” added Bargues.“The games are less important for us because the training sessions are 75 percent of the time you spend with the kids. The training sessions are the most important thing.“Bermuda is a very nice place with nice weather and the people are very kind and very friendly. You walk around street and people come and say ’hey coach.’ It’s a very good place to live and work”