FA GIRLS EMERGING TALENT CENTRE
WHAT IS AN EMERGING TALENT CENTRE?
The Emerging Talent Centres identify and develop future potential players by providing local, accessible a high-quality training environment. The Centres offer increased playing time, varied football formats and allow players to play for both an ETC and a grassroots club, school, or representative team, to enhance the variety of playing experience.
Our ETC players have the opportunity to access:
- Technical coaching
- A strength and conditioning coach
- Testing and workshops around physical, education and lifestyle development
- Facilitate stretch and challenge opportunities for high performing players
- Physio appointments
- FA Technical / physical framework
- Small format games programme available to boys teams / other ETCs
WHO IS THE EMERGING TALENT CENTRE FOR?
Our Emerging Talent Centre is aimed at girls aged 9 to 16 and operates for at least 30 weeks per season.
The programme is designed to be a central hub for selected female players from Burnley and the surrounding areas.
The Emerging Talent Centre works with selected players and their clubs/schools to increase participation and identify female players with the potential to progress further.
After completing a trial and enrolling on the ETC, the programme has one session per week which includes 1.5 Hours of technical training to each age group, for 30 weeks.
Participants will play a minimum of one game every six weeks and training sessions take place every Thursday at our training centre.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information on our Burnley FC Emerging Talent Centre, please contact our Female Football Manager, R.Aldred@burnleyfc.com
For more information on our Safeguarding Policy please view our safeguarding page here.