The Woden Valley Academy Program is designed for players who are committed to taking their soccer journey to the next level and competing at the highest levels available in the ACT. This year-round program offers extended training and development opportunities, including specialized sessions during the off-season. Players will benefit from coaching focused on the Four Core Skills of Football, game training, fitness, coordination, and the mental aspects of the game.
Our Woden Valley Academy Program is designed to support ambitious players without compromising our commitment to non-Pathways teams, ensuring that every player in the club continues to thrive.
- The Woden Valley Academy Program is aimed at having our teams compete at the highest level available in the ACT
- Players will be involved in the Program for most of the year.
- This means training sessions during the off-season, with breaks at the end of the season and over the Christmas-New Year period.
- Players will pay a higher registration fee, for which they will receive
- specialised training
- a jersey, training top, tracksuit, backpack and water bottle
- more practice games and entry into competitions
- Where possible, players will receive specialised coaching in
- The Four Core Skills of Football
- Game Training
- Fitness and Coordination
- Mental approach to the game
- In keeping with our principle of inclusiveness, players who genuinely cannot afford the full Woden Valley Academy Program fee may be eligible for another arrangement.
- This might be things such as joining our set-up crew, extra canteen duty, being a Game Leader or mentoring PeeWees.
- The Woden Valley Academy Program will not be run at the expense of non-Pathways teams.
