The best reason to register for the Premier Football Academy of South Australia is the way you develop as a player. You can become a more proficient player and a part of an exclusive network of the most innovative and best junior football development program in South Australia. The PFASA curriculum mirrors the FFA National Curriculum providing a soundly based consistent program that aims to significantly improve the quality and performance of players so they develop with effective technical qualities, physical fitness, tactical awareness and game intelligence. The PFASA also endorses the English FA’s Long-Term Player Development Model which includes technical, physical, psychological and social development.
Here is some of the content of the annual training program that will be covered this year:
· Fitness – Physical preparation of players to develop fitness.
· Technical Work – Perfecting individual skills.
· Tactical – Developing good individual and collective organization.
· Game Intelligence – technical-tactical simplified games to develop creativity.
· Skills testing – FA Soccer Star Challenge skills testing from the UK.
· Fitness Tests – measurement and assessment of fitness levels of players.
· Development Camp – At Coffs Harbour in the July School Holidays.
· Overnight Camp – A camp with an emphasis on team and attitude building (March and/or June long weekend).
· National Championships –a 7 a side, Futsal and 11 a side competition against the Melbourne PFA Academy and Mt Gambier Round Balll Academy with an emphasis on talent identification for the Elite Tour of the UK and Malaysia.
· Advance Football Training Clinic –run by our founder and director and player scout and agent, Michael Kathopoulis (when available).
· Elite Squad Training – a Saturday morning program for players that enables them to develop and function as a team in preparation for National Championships and Tours.
· Futsal – an off season program playing Futsal.
· Small Sided Games – an off season program aimed at playing small sided games.
· School Holiday Clinics- holiday clinics which aim to enhance and stimulate development.
· The Elite Tour of the UK – a highlight of the year for the players allowing for both game and personal development with specific training sessions, matches against professional academy teams and trips to Premier League fixtures and stadiums.
· The Malaysian Tour – experience playing in our Asian confederation in a 7 a side and 11 a side tournament and the Intercontinental Cup.
· The Inter Academy League- A league which brings together the best academies in South Australia competing against each other in age groups ranging from under 10’s to under 16’s from October to December.