Please note: Joining the LTPD Centre or any MBFDC coaching programme does not affect your school or Football club commitments, and instead we see ‘what we offer’ as an opportunity complementing the work undertaken with your teams to further enhance your development. 

What is the Long Term Player Development programme?

LTPD objectives – To provide local talented players and goal keepers the opportunity and pathway to progress within the County Player Pathway.
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, including the Cornwall Centre of Excellence Centre and Plymouth Argyle Academy.
Kit – A full Nike training kit package is available, includes embroidered logos and player initials.
2020/21 Annual Fee – £80.00, covers all sessions and fixtures for the season (September-June). The annual fee works out approximately £3.00 per session. Trials are free of charge and all players must attend a trial before being selected onto this coaching programme. Each season, the list of selected players will appear on the MBFDC website.

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 nine 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.

Many players have also progressed through the pathway gaining representative honors at District, County & National level, as well as signing contracts with Professional Football Clubs & Academies.

Players at our centre making progress will be linked initially to our partner club Plymouth Argyle who are our nearest professional club. We will feed players into the Plymouth Argyle – Cornwall Centre of Excellence satellite centre’s based at Brannel (U8s-U14s) and Newquay (U15s-U16s). We will also feed players into the Plymouth Argyle Academy based in Ivybridge, Plymouth (should they be able to commit). Even if they can’t commit, 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.

Each season the list of selected players will appear on the MBFDC website after the trials have finished.

Regards

The MBFDC Team

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Due to Covid-19, capacity numbers and restrictions apply, therefore pre-booking for a trial is compulsory! Before attending a trial, please email Kevin Lawrence – klawrence@mountsbay.org where we will confirm if we have space available for your trial. All new players will have an assessment period before being selected onto the LTPD coaching programme.

At the start of each season we host ‘Open Trials’. The list of selected players and squads are announced on the website after the trials have finished, further information is also provided at the trial evenings.

Players attending a trial should bring a drink, shin-pads and wear appropriate playing kit/footwear for the 3G synthetic pitch (no metal studs). Trials are free of charge.

New Season Trial Dates – 2021/22:

Open Trial – Monday 13th September 2021

Final Trial (invited players only from the Open Trial) – Monday 20th September 2021

Session & Trial Times (2021/22):

U8s/U9s: 5pm-6:15pm

U10s/U11s: 5:10pm-6:25pm

U12s/U13s: 6:30pm-7:45pm

U14s/U15s: 7:45pm-9pm

Junior Goalies (Up to U11s): 6-7pm

Senior Goalies (U12s-U16s): 7-8pm

Register:

New players attending a trial should register online here so we have your contact details in case of an emergency.

Covid-19 Procedures:

Please download, read and adhere to our Covid-19 Terms and Conditions (click here)

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