Pacific Coast Football Development Academy
This program is designed for boys and girls to learn and enjoy the fundamentals of Football and a pathway to the Pacific Coast Sharks Academy in year 4 and onwards.
Our program is tailored to ensure kids get plenty of touches on the ball through engaging challenges and games throughout every session.
What we offer:
Game-based learning: Every session is focused on having fun while developing core football skills through interactive games.
Skill development: We emphasize the key fundamentals of football such as dribbling, passing, shooting, and ball control.
Expert coaching: Led by experienced coaches who specialize in working with kids, ensuring every child gets the individual attention they need to grow.
Lots of ball time: We prioritize giving children as many touches on the ball as possible, helping them improve quickly and feel more confident on the field.
Challenging & fun: Our sessions are structured to provide an enjoyable challenge, helping children improve while having fun with their peers.
Kindy to Year 2 - Rising Stars Development Program
• Program designed around fun games and challenges whilst teaching fundamental skills
• Passing Techniques - long and short range
• Ball control - Helping kids develop their touch and feel for the ball, spatial awareness, dribbling, tricks and turns
• Ball Mastery - Skill development with the ball
• Defending Techniques - Introducing key defensive techniques like positioning, tackling, and awareness to create a complete footballer.
• Game Play development - focused on teamwork
• Shooting / Striking technique
Year 3 and 4 students - Development Program
Program designed around skill development with the use of fun challenges to keep the program interesting and test the students new and improving skills.
• Shooting / Striking Skills - Improve technique including power and accuracy
• Passing Techniques - Learning passing patterns and movements
• Ball Mastery - learning close ball control, tricks and turns, juggling
• Defending techniques - Introducing key defensive techniques like positioning, tackling, and awareness to create a complete footballer.
• Game play - strategies, positions, teamwork
NEW - Elite Academy Program
Elite Performance
Curriculum - A high-intensity training pathway for advanced young athletes. Focuses on performance, speed, strength, tactical decision-making in game play scenarios and refined technical skills.
- Designed for talented young athletes aiming for competitive excellence.
- Have been playing the sport for 3 years or longer
- Players who demonstrate high levels of skill, high levels of performance and game play tactics and understanding
NEW INCLUSION!
Each student participating will receive an academy training shirt to wear each week.