INTENSIVE
TRAINING
CENTRE
North Coast Football is offering a
football scholarship program to all NCF registered players wishing to enhance
their football development through participation in its Intensive Training
Centre.
The Intensive Training Centre (ITC)
will run at two locations, Grafton (northern region) to cater for players
living in the Clarence Valley, and Coffs Harbour (southern region) for
players living on the Coffs Coast. The ITC will accommodate the following age
groups:
Academy Feeder Program - players aged 10 and 11 years
(born 1997-98)
Academy Program - players aged 12 to 16 years (born
1992-96)
Players selected into the ITC will
be registered to play with their local club side and will only be called upon
to play for NCF at irregular intervals during the season.
The
ITC will be a comprehensive training program that will be offered to players identified by NCF coaching staff seeking to develop their
technical attributes and tactical awareness skills in a highly motive learning
environment. The ITC will provide
players with the opportunity to develop correct ball techniques in a stable learning
environment that will initially provide a pressure free environment while the
fundamentals are being learnt to an environment that will increase the pressure
as competency levels increase.
Participating
players will receive the following training regimes:
Speed, Agility
& Quickness Development
SAQ
development will be undertaken to enable players to become better athletes.
introduce and reinforce football-specific techniques at
match speed;
reinforce basic co-ordination skills (fast feet, jumping,
running &n turning);
provide for quick reaction to visual, auditory and tactical
stimuli;
enhance anticipation through familiarity with typical game
situations; and
provide rapid attack/defence
switching through exercises in tight spaces.
Technical
Development:
Technical
development will be undertaken to perfect technique for all players,
irrespective of their playing position.
ability appropriate full range of ball techniques, feints
and fakes;
controlled yet creative ball control;
training that allows players to learn to play by playing;
and
techniques adapted at increased
speed once the technical foundation is
achieved.
Tactical Development:
Tactical
development will be undertaken to encourage players to become versatile &
creative.
individual attack based training sessions as a precursor to
group tactics;
versatile, accurate high speed training activities;
training activities that enable the player to exhibit
confident, flexible ball
control;
training activities that build a solid attack with
combination play;
training activities that allow a player to move with the
ball;
training activities that provide opportunities to win the
ball quickly; and
training activities to promote
creativity, independence and self-confidence.
ITC Programs on
Offer:
Academy Feeder
Program
Who:
players aged 10 to 11 years (born 1997-98) at time of enrolment
Cost:
$200 annum (~$3:50 per training session)
Training
parameters will consist of a Summer program providing
approximately 28 training sessions:
commencing mid October and running
for 8 weeks, twice weekly (post season)
recommencing late January and
running for 6 weeks, twice weekly (pre season)
Training
parameters will consist of a Winter program providing
approximately 28 training sessions:
commencing March, at the
conclusion of the Summer program, and running through to August, once weekly
plus some school holiday sessions (in season)
AFP
players also have the choice and opportunity to train & play with their
local club
Academy Program
Who:
players aged 12 to 16 years (born 1992-96) at time of enrolment
Cost:
$300 per annum (~$3:50 per training session)
Training
parameters will consist of a Summer program providing approximately
28 training sessions:
commencing mid October and running
for 8 weeks, twice weekly (post season)
recommencing late January and
running for 6 weeks, twice weekly (pre season)
Training
parameters will consist of a Winter program providing
approximately 56 training sessions:
commencing March, at the
conclusion of the Summer program, and running through to August, twice weekly
plus some school holiday sessions (in season)
Academy
players will be encouraged to restrict their training sessions to only involve
the ITC training, however they will have the opportunity to play & train with
their local club
ITC Player
Numbers:
ITC
player numbers will be restricted to no more than 76 players across the NCF
Zone in order to provide all participating payers with the optimum learning
environment.
Want to Know More:
ITC
information sessions will be held at the following venues:
South Services
Club Grafton on 1 August commencing at 6pm
Coffs
Harbour Ex Services Club
on 7 August commencing at 6pm
Player
selection trials will be advised during the information sessions.
For
further information contact NCF Coaching & Development Manager, Bruce
Wallace on 0413 084 125 or the NCF Grafton office (Monday & Wednesday) on
6643 4700 or the NCF Coffs Harbour office (Monday to
Friday) on 6651 2159.
