CSF Youth Development Programme - Progression (U13-16) phase

Providing development opportunities for local footballers with potential

Youth Development Programme

Progression phase (U13-U16)

Contents

Welcome

What we aim to provide

What we are looking for

Our coaching staff

Programme overview

Regional Development Programme

Elite Player Development Centre

Next steps

Terms and conditions

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Welcome to your player invitation pack for the forthcoming 2016/17 season.

The Youth Development Programme provides proven development opportunities for local footballers with potential – opportunities that extend beyond the field of play.

By creating a positive environment and getting to know players, we aim to develop them as rounded individuals with leadership, communication and teamwork skills, while supporting their technical, tactical, and physical development. We hope to create some lifelong memories along the way too!

You will see from the diagram below, where you currently are in the player pathway and the potential routes for progression.

Welcome

• Foundation Phase: U5-U9-Lewis Plowman

• Development Phase: U10-U13-Jordan Southgate

• Progression Phase: U14-U16-Dan Goffin

Our three phase programme has a dedicated full time development officer for each phase that will act as your point of contact for all communication:

Congratulations on your selection; we hope you accept your invitation and look forward to working with you during the coming season and beyond.

Youth Development Programme: U5 - U16

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Player Development Centre (U6-U12 PDC)

Elite Player Development Centre (U9-U15 EPDC)

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Regional District DevelopmentProgramme (U13-U16 PDC)

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For the past twenty years, CSF’s Youth Development programme has prided itself on supporting local footballers with talent. We invest all season fees back into the programme to cover running costs, and maintain and improve the infrastructure and experiences for all our participants.

Ian Thornton, CSF Director

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• Player movement between programmes may happen throughout the year as and when appropriate. This may include Academy players returning to the programme.

• All players can apply for the CSF college programmes.• Please note: players are invited to the appropriate programme according to our opinion on how we feel your son will best

learn and progress in the long-term.


• Developmental and memorable football experiences that will continue to inspire all players to be active, healthy and ambitious.

• Inspirational contact with key former players and current Norwich City professional footballers.

• Appropriate levels of feedback given to players and parents.

• Efficient forms of communication for parental booking and planning purposes.

• An environment that your child loves being a part of.

• A safe, fun and challenging learning environment for every player.

• High quality coaching for all players to support their technical development.

• A partnership with Norwich City Academy that provides weekly communication and monitoring of players.

• A professional, age appropriate programme for players who have similar ability levels and have progressed from Norwich City Soccer Schools, Soccer Skill Centres, Match Nights, Mini Kickers and Summer Cup initiatives.

• Suitable training programmes that will support and complement the players’ commitments to their local football clubs, as well as their performance and

confidence on the pitch.

What we aim to provide

Key objectives to fulfil the player pathway of success

In addition, we aim to develop your child as an individual as well as a player. The centres will encourage and support improvement in the player’s confidence, self-esteem and social skills. Players will be challenged to make decisions and take personal responsibility for their own training and development.

“He had an awesome time with some truly great friends. Thank you for making his first trip away so memorable. Tour parent

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What we are looking for


Players with POTENTIAL

Personality Social and leadership skills and the ability to communicate.

Opportunity to progress Has the key attributes to allow progression.

Technical skills Show a good technical base of core footballing skills.

Enthusiasm Shows motivation towards all training sessions and matches.

Natural ability Physical attributes such as speed, strength and physique.

Tactical knowledge Ability to show tactical awareness and knowledge.

Intelligence Ability to take on information and apply it accordingly.

Attitude Punctuality, dedication towards training, coaches and peers.

Love for the game A general passion for football.

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The Academy work very closely with the Community Sports Foundation to support the PDC and Elite PDC programme. As East Anglia’s leading Academy, local players will always be core to our programme.

Gregg BroughtonAcademy Manager, Norwich City Football Club

By registering as a player within the Youth Development Programmeyou will receive the following exclusive benefits:

• The opportunity to receive discounted tickets for Norwich City fixtures

• Booking priority to attend specialist courses delivered by CSF

• Weekly updates on all the opportunities and progressions

• Work experience placements for players of appropriate age


• All coaching staff are fully qualified FA licensed coaches and possess a minimum of The FA Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football.

• Many staff have also taken age-appropriate modules from The FA Youth Award and Level 3 UEFA B

• All staff have enhanced CRC/DBS checks and have attended child safeguarding and first aid courses.

• All staff attend our comprehensive internal training programme in order to maintain their levels of delivery and keep up to date with specific and modern coaching styles.

• All staff receive a minimum of two coaching observations per season to monitor the standard and style of their delivery, child-friendly approach and general group management.

• The Youth Development Programme is overseen by a UEFA A licensed coach, Advanced Youth Award, FA Academy Manager Licence holder and an FA Coach Educator.

• CSF staff receive training support from our designated FA Youth Coach Educator in line with the EPPP requirements.

Our coaching staff

The team to help you develop


He has learned so much already within only a few weeks off being in the PDC. The first thing he said when I collected him was what a great experience it was. He loves training and learning all the new skills and drills.

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Programme overview

The Foundation aims to deliver our Youth Development Programme across a two tier system, through the

Elite Player Development Centre (EPDC) and the Player Development Centre (PDC) programmes.

The Elite Player Development Centre (EPDC) offers players from U13 - U16 the chance to train twice a week

at a central Norwich venue with selected EPDC players of similar potential. The EPDC aims to deliver a development

programme across all four corners of the FA’s player development model (Technical, Psychological, Physical, Social)

and is the recognised tier prior to entering the professional academy environment.

The Player Development Centre from U13 becomes the Regional District Development Programme,

allowing players to develop and be challenged through the 11-a-side formnat of the game. The new district

representative squads will offer selected players in each district the chance to learn about the game through

focused training and fixture programmes.

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Programme Overview

Following feedback from players and parents requesting more fixtures andgame related training we are delighted to introduce the PDC Regional DistrictDevelopment Programme for the 2016/17 season, in partnership with English Schools FA and Norfolk Schools FA.

The new district representative squads will offer players the opportunity to play ina monthly development league against other districts and Norwich City FC’sRegional Development Programmes from Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and other teams by invitation.

The new weekly training programme will focus purely on the 11-a-side formatof the game, covering formations, systems of play and tactics which willcomplement the overarching district fixture programme.

The primary focus of the programme is to deliver a training and fixture programmethat complements existing club football, bringing the best local players together on an organised regular basis.

Age groups (U13 – U16)

63 hours of contact time, including:

• 29 x 1.5hr sessions per week

• District Development League fixtures

• Futsal festival

• Access to physio treatment

• Opportunity for progression into EPDC

• Tour opportunities (details to be released for selected players)

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Elite Player Development Centre


Age groups (U13 – U16)

102 hours of contact time broken into:

• 32 x training sessions

• Internal/external fixture programme

• Representative fixture programme

• Futsal festival

• Access to physio treatment

• Tour opportunities (details to be released for selected players November 2016)

• Personal development sessions

Fixture programme

A comprehensive fixture programme forms a vital part of the Elite PDC offer for allplayers. The games programme allows players to implement the focused work intraining sessions within a match environment whilst also allowing coaches todevelop player’s tactical understanding through in game coaching.

To date the fixture programme for our Elite PDC has included competitive matches against the likes of Chelsea, Watford, Arsenal, Swansea City and Stoke City.


Next steps

CSF Canaries At under 16, the Elite PDC squad becomes the CSF Canaries and play in the Thurlow Nunn U18 Youth League, competing against local semi-professional football clubs on a weekly basis. Competing in this league against older teams, provides an excellent physical and technical test. The league is played mid-week under floodlights and in semi-professional football grounds around the county. The aim of the U18s is to provide our U16 players a regular, competitive fixtureprogramme whilst providing players with a well-managed experience in preparation for their next footballing steps.


CSF Futsal Scholarship

The Norwich City CSF Futsal Scholarship Programme is an exciting opportunity for young people between the ages of 16-18 to continue both their education and career development through futsal and Norwich City Football Club.

This unique and high quality experience will combine focused, small group educational sessions with our designated BTEC tutor, and the opportunity to train with qualified coaches and the chance to represent Norwich City Football Club in our fixture programme against the likes of Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford football clubs.

Work Experience All players within the Youth Development Programme are able to access work experience placements with CSF should their school implement the programme. All we ask of you is communcation at the earliest opportunity to enable us to plan and maximise both your time and learning with us.


East Norfolk Elite Programme

The East Norfolk Elite Football programme is an outstanding opportunity for young talented footballers between the ages of 16-18 to continue their academic, footballing and career development through East Norfolk Sixth Form College and Norwich City Football Club.

The programme provides the chance for players to combine an intensive 11-a-side foot-ball training and college fixture programme with a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport, over a two-year period.

Norwich City Canaries (Shadow Squad)

Delivered in partnership with Norwich City FC & Easton & Otley College, the innovative programme will provide an official ‘Shadow Squad’ for the club’s Academy - the Norwich City Canaries - and is designed to support talented young footballers.

The programme is for 16 to 18-year-olds, and combines 11-a-side football development with a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science at Easton & Otley College.

The education provision forms the core of the programme, whilst former Norwich City captain Adam Drury heads up the football element, which sees players representing Norwich CIty FC in the national league against other professional clubs.

Bookings

Dates for all training sessions, half term coaching experiences that are included within your player package will be communicated accordingly. It will be presumed that you will be attending all courses/half term sessions unless you contact the CSF office to inform us otherwise. Please note reduction in package price will not be given due to unavailability to attend an event.

Dates for any sessions or fixtures outside of your package will be communicated when appropriate via email.

Player injuries

Should your child sustain an injury that prevents them from attending a session, initially please contact the CSF office by telephone so that we are able to inform your coach of your non-attendance. If it is a long term injury please communicate initially by telephone, but please follow up with written (emailed) correspondence so we can put a hold on weekly payments. A long term injury is considered to be more than four weeks. The player registration will be held open until the player is considered fit and healthy by their GP. Payment will re-commence after this time.

Termination of the agreement

Should you wish to terminate the player agreement, a fourweek notice period is required. Any prepaid fees will then be returned minus any activities already attended. Please communicate this in writing to the Football Development team.

Communication

It is our aim to send the majority of your information via email. Therefore please ensure you provide us with correct email addresses that you check regularly. Should these or any other contact details change during the season please contact the CSF office and we can update them to ensure you continue to receive the information.

Terms and conditions

Full details of your agreement

Regular features will be posted on www.communitysportsfoundation.org.uk Follow us on Twitter @NorwichCityYDP & @NorwichCityCSF for updates on weekly sessions, weather concerns and any other relevant information.

For any concerns, queries or questions contact: Football Development team, [email protected], call the office on 01603 761122.


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