Development Centre LTPD Squad Trials

2019/20 – Trials Info

Please note: Joining the LTPD Centre or any coaching programme we offer, does not affect your school or Saturday/Sunday Football club commitments, and instead we see this opportunity complementing the work undertaken with your teams to further enhance your development. 

Player Trials – U8, U9, U10, U11
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019 | 5pm – 6:30pm
x3 assessment sessions

Player Trials – U12, U13
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019 | 6:45pm – 8pm
x3 assessment sessions

Player Trials – U14, U15
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019 | 8pm – 9pm
x3 assessment sessions

Goal Keeper Trials – U8, U9, U10, U11
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019| 5pm – 6:30pm
x3 assessment sessions

Goal Keeper Trials – U12, U13
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019 | 6.45pm – 8pm
x3 assessment sessions

Goal Keeper Trials – U14, U15
Mondays – 16th, 23rd September & 30th September 2019 | 8pm – 9pm
x3 assessment sessions

What is the Long Term Player Development programme?

LTPD objectives – To provide local talented players the opportunity and pathway to progress.
Venue – Mounts Bay Academy 3G pitch, Penzance, TR18 3JT.
Training – Selected players and goal keepers will begin the coaching curriculum which will continue to take place on Monday evenings (term time), using top of the range equipment and facilities.
Fixtures – All selected squads will play against other LTPD centre’s from across the County as well as fixtures against the Cornwall Centre of Excellence programme and Academy players from Plymouth Argyle.
Kit – A full Nike training kit package is available, includes embroidered logos and player initials.
Annual Fee – £70.00, covers all sessions and fixtures for the season (September-June). The annual fee works out approximately £2.50 per session. Trials are free of charge and all players must attend a trial period before being selected onto this coaching programme. Payment can be made in full online using the payment tab below. Each season, the list of selected players will appear on the MBFDC website after the trials have finished.

Further Info…

Mounts Bay Football Development Centre (MBFDC), in association with Cornwall County FA, would like to introduce you to the Long Term Player Development (LTPD) structure that is currently running across the County.

Designed and supported by Cornwall FA, Plymouth Argyle & Cornwall Schools FA, the LTPD centre’s are designed to provide an opportunity for young players to improve, through enhanced standards of coaching and provision. This particular structure therefore targets players who possess strong levels of ability for their age.

This programme is designed to operate below professional club Academy’s and above school / club football, co-operating with them to ensure a development pathway is in place throughout Cornwall.

Our centre at Mounts Bay has been running now for eight seasons and we are the FA accredited centre for the Penwith area, we are hoping to prosper even further this year after many successful seasons where the all participants showed significant improvements across the board, and be offered opportunities by professional clubs. Players at our centre making progress will be linked initially to our partner club, Plymouth Argyle (nearest professional club!), we will feed players into the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence satellite centre based at Brannel and the Academy based at Ivybridge (should they be able to commit). Even if they can’t, Plymouth Argyle will continue to monitor individual’s progress at our centre.

Schools in the local area are asked each season to nominate their strongest players for the trials. Selection for the trials on behalf of your schools is an honour and we hope you will support our objective of nurturing and providing professional standard coaching to our gifted young players.

Details for the 2019/20 trials are provided above and we encourage players to attend all the assessment sessions. Players attending the trials should bring a drink, shin-pads and wear appropriate playing kit/footwear for the 3G synthetic pitch (no metal studs).

Every year the list of selected players will appear on the MBFDC website after the trials have finished. Further information will also be provided on the trial evenings.

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