The NCYSA Board of Directors will be meeting on April 14th to vote on the proposed Academy Program. A working committee, primarily made up of league DOCs and Presidents, worked to produce the current version of the proposal. I’ve written a variety of opinions on the Academy program, so I won’t rehash them here. I’m not sure how our league will vote yet – have to wait for our next board meeting, but I’m fairly sure our league won’t be forming an academy program this coming Fall.
The main reason is the prohibition on dual rostering. We have plenty of Rec players who might like some extra matches and pool training, but not if they lose their ‘team’. Instead, we’re looking at adding a weekly U9/U10 pool training style clinic led by our more experienced coaches to help the kids improve skills and conditioning. It’ll be open to all of our Rec players. Still in the planning stages, but for our league and where we are right now, we think it’ll benefit more players than a dedicated academy program, which may have limited enrollment. That may change in later years – we’ll see.
So if you have any opinions on this proposal, be sure to let your league president and board know!
March 24th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Assuming the Academy proposal passes (which I’m sure it will), our club is going to offer it as an alternative to Challenge. It will probably be priced between Challenge and Classic. Other than that, we don’t have any other real details, probably because there’s no plan in place yet.
I’m not sure what we’ll do yet – probably poll our parents and see how many want to do the Academy and how many want to stay with Challenge.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:39 am
I wish they would allow dual carding. Losing the current level of play at U10 challenge will be shame. They are throwing the baby out with the bathwater with this one.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Hello,
I am nicholas nampah i boy of 17 years of age from Ghana,and i play a team at Ghana in tema called hearts babies academy.I am a defender,and i have head about your trails and i said i want to come for a football trials mycv i have help my club to win the 2005 and 2006 milo juvinnia league cup i have been consistan in my club in year of 2007 i was promoterd to join the senior term to go to southafrica for a tournament .i was the man of the match two times in southafrica.i have captin my club for two year in ghana i was ones the player of the year in our milo league i have been to togo befor and nigeria i have help my club to win 5 times football gala in ghana and out side ghana i have won lige cups and tournament cups to my credit i have trevo a lot in ghana i no theway to go in for a ball and contro a ball i am fite and cecologica menterlity fite i no theway to talk to my players and my opponet and the riffreie as wall i can defend and play meaflled i can defend gertily i compliterd junor hegh school in ghana.i am a player of my on caliber.or so i am raelguler player in my club as wall.i am a disepling boy and a christan as wall i do not play with my god. as a player i play to god to give me a better life.as a player my drems is to be one of the gretters footballer in the word.i have the abileties in soccer i am good on the ball i no the way to control i can play full 90 munite