FA Disability Player Development Centre Nominations
PLEASE NOTE: The trials have been extended until 12 October 2011.
Durham Football Association is pleased to announce that they have been granted a license to deliver a Disability Player Development Centre (PDC) for season 2011/12. The purpose of the PDC is to identify players deemed to possess a higher level of ability from within grassroots football and place them within a technical programme designed to promote individual football development and promote progression to and involvement in Regional Impairment Specific Centres of Excellence, mainstream football activity or participation in the Regional Ability Counts Leagues.
As part of the Disability Player Pathway, a Disability Player Development Centre will represent an opportunity for players to access a higher level of coaching and dedicated support. The PDC programme will consist of a 20 week coaching programme and a minimum of two fixture dates in conjunction with other Centres.
The PDC will cater for players aged between 12-16 years of age (impacting under 13, under 14, under 15 and under 16 age groups). Age registration will operate from the 1 September 2011.
Players are invited from the National Squad impairment groups to enable progression to elite levels of performance:
- Amputee
- Cerebral Palsy
- Deaf
- Partially Sighted
- Learning Disability
Please see below for a player nomination form for the Disability Player Development Centre.
For more information, please contact Nikki O'Donnell on0191 3872928 or email Nicola.O'Donnell@Durhamfa.com
