Gosford City Football Club (FC) has received support from the Soccer5s following the establishment of the largest not-for-profit Football Academy program on the Central Coast.
Soccer5s has provided in-kind support which will allow Gosford City FC to run the program this year.
The Academies will cater for players aged 5-8 s in Mini Roos, 9-11s in Skills Acquisition (SAP) and 12-18s in Game Training.
The Club is also running an all-Female Football Academy, believed to be the first of its kind on the Central Coast, and a Goalkeeper Academy.
The SAP Academy will run at Soccer5s on Wednesday evenings and Gosford City will run a second Gala Day in Off Season at Soccer5s (age group TBA).
In addition, Gosford City FC will form a closer association with Central Coast United for a clear and defined Player Pathway.
This association is already bearing results.
All academies are run in line with Football Australia’s National Curriculum and all coaches hold the appropriate qualifications.
Some coaches are the leading standard on the Coast.
Players attending the academies are not charged any fees and are able to attend the academies in addition to their own team’s training sessions.
Gosford City FC President and Football Manager Youth, Cameron Bradley, said while Gosford has run its academies for some years, he was pleased that this year it could offer an academy program open to all players from under 5s to 18s.
“Our young Dragons’ enthusiasm to develop their skills is inspiring and seeing them loving their football and having fun with players across age groups is fantastic,” he said.
“Connections are building across teams and with our youngest players to their older youth players, who have become their coaches.
“This is what we love seeing in grassroots football – we are one club feel; we’re all on the same Dragons team.”
Club Coach Gavin Drummond said Gosford City has always looked to be the “little club that could”.
“And now we are the club that will develop the standard of our junior and youth footballers,” he said.
“Rather than seeking to attract players from other clubs for our top football squads, we are looking to predominantly develop from within.”
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Gosford City FC