Academy Coaching Details
Program 2 will have 2 squads per gender: a Development Squad and a Performance Squad. Athletes will be grouped by skill level, progression, projected development, and commitment, not by age. There will be one trial day held on July 18th to allocate the selected athletes into a squad. An alternate second trial day could be held in Monday 20th of July if needed.
There will be 2 coaches assigned per squad with additional mentee positions available. The assigned coaching roles will be paid and the mentee roles will be voluntary.
After selection and allocation, the program will run for 8 weeks from July 25th to September 12th.
Both squads will train Saturdays at Kingsway Indoor Stadium - Boys from 8:15 to 10:30 am and Girls from 10:30 to 12:45 pm.
The VWA Academy is targeted for athletes born between the years 2007 and 2012 (aged 14 to 19).
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The Performance Squad includes membership to Diamond High Performance during the length of the program. Athletes are expected to attend at least twice each week.
We are aiming to incorporate off court education sessions (nutrition, sports psych) around the training times on Saturday. These sessions will be delivireded by professionals of the field and confirmed at a later time.