The football Skills Acquisition Program is a key element of Football NSW competitions, offering players diverse opportunities to participate in both Youth League and Senior National Premier League Programs. It provides pathways for growth through organised competition, coaching, and talent scouting. Players can become involved in these programs via trials, coach recommendations, or strong performances in local leagues. Our goal is to nurture players at every level and assist them in achieving their highest potential in the sport.

The Start of a Football Journey

This is the age group acknowledged worldwide to be the optimal mental and physical phase in which children learn motor skills. This phase is fundamental to a players football journey. If you don’t attend primary school, you can’t attend high school.

Program Aim

Our SAP program is aimed at providing skill development to identified players, whilst delivering the technical ‘tools’ required to play the game at the highest possible level, with a focus on functional game skills, and an immediate skills transfer into positioning and small-sided games.

Focus

Our focus is split into two phases; the Foundation Phase and the Development Phase. Our players will be provided two weekly training sessions that will develop players individual technical ability and game appreciation as well as understanding.

Delivery

Our Club will deliver the best practice training environment and youth training plan available. Players will also be given the opportunity to test their skills weekly in a competitive environment, against the best young players in the state, although the matches should not be the focus for the Club, coaches or parents at this stage of the young players development.

Outcome

Our Club look to develop players for our boys and girls youth league teams in the future. The SAP program has proven to be the most successful way for us to nurture and develop our own players from the beginning. Not all players are going to play football at the highest level, but if you have a dream to do so this is the place and time to start.

Numbers clearly show that players joining boys and girls NSW NPL programs at 12 and 13 years of age are coming out of quality SAP programs and not Association based club programs.