The Academy Support Program (ASP) is ideal for players looking for the next stage on from community football. The ASP features qualified coaches, that are also involved in our high-performance pathway, that work under the guidance of our high experienced ASP Director.
The ASP is the pathway to our FQ Academy Program. The coaching curriculum is adapted from our Academy Program to allow players the opportunity to develop skills necessary for the next step in their football journey.
We offer ASP teams for both male and female players.
Our U8 ASP boys team is identified as our Pre-Academy Support Team and can include identified players turning both 7 and 8 years of age in the calendar year.
Our girls ASP teams vary from season to season dependent on identified talent within a given age group.
How do you raise the national standard of players graduating to play for the Brisbane Roar or the Socceroo’s?
The key is to start young and
ensure the base of the skill pyramid is learned well. It’s very hard to adjust
or fix techniques learned poorly in junior football, therefore it is imperative
that skills are learned and developed in the right environment.
U8 - U12 is part of the so called
‘golden age of motor learning’. In this period before entering the growing
spurt that goes hand in hand with puberty, children are well balanced and
coordinated. This makes them very adaptive to developing motor skills (techniques)
especially since this also is the brain’s key development period.
In no other development phase in
life will motor learning happen faster than here. As a logical consequence of
the above it makes sense that we make optimal use of this period to lay a
sustainable technical foundation. Therefore it’s extremely important that we
have qualified professional coaches working with players showing promise at
those age categories.
The ASP has been put in place at
Virginia United FC to help guide player development. The U8 team aim to
ensure that the overriding focus is still on fun. We use some hidden learning
along with specially adapted sessions from the U9-U12 FQ Academy program to develop the
players core skills.
We are currently taking expressions of interest for the following team:
U9 boys (born 2015)
U10 boys (born 2014)
U11 boys (born 2013)
U12 boys (born 2012)
U9/10 girls (born 2015/2014)
Dates for BOYS ASP TRIALS BELOW:
U9/U10 Boys
Date: Monday 5 February 2024
Time: 6pm-7pm
U11/12 Boys
Date: Monday 12/February 2024
Time: 4:45pm-5:45pm
U9/10 Girls
To be advised
Please register you interest in the link below:
2024 - Academy Support Program - EOI