the feel good factor at everton continued to grow after many of the club's first team players attended the annual 'academy day' at finch farm on tuesday a spring resurgence of five wins and a draw in their last six games has propelled roberto martinez's side into the top half of the premier league,  and the likes of leon osman, phil jagielka, ross barkley and romelu lukaku were all present to pass on advice to the next generation of talent players from the under 6 to under 11 age groups joined the blues' senior stars for a training session  at the halewood complex, with the fun filled occasion including games of head tennis and shooting drills overseen by manager martinez and his coaching staff leon osman shares a joke with two of the everton academy players as ross barkley looks to get involved  phil jagielka larks around at the academy day as he teaches a youngster an unorthodox scorpion clearance  james mccarthy was also in attendance at the academy day, pictured in a passing drill he will be familiar with  tyias browning, who made his senior debut earlier this season in the merseyside derby against liverpool at anfield, told evertonfccom that the experience rekindled fond memories for him the academy graduate said: 'this is my second one as part of the first team but i still remember when i did it as an academy player we were training with the likes of big dunc [duncan ferguson] and joseph yobo then but it's been great to see the smiles on a lot of kids' faces today 'the club really look after the younger players and finch farm is a special place to be today has been good fun and i think we've had as much fun as the kids!' academy director tim devine added: it's a great opportunity for the six to 11 year olds to interact with the players, it's a great example of the family atmosphere that exists at the club the manager and his backroom staff are all here, and it's fantastic' romelu lukaku watches on as a youngster celebrates a goal during one of the small sided games yesterday  an aspiring young everton goalkeeper is in safe hands as second choice stopper joel robles catches a ball 
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