Coaching

  Due to injury the position of Goalkeeper in our WPL U16 team has become vacant.   Anyone interested in applying for the role should contact Paul Berger at vicepresident@shirefootball.com   Applications are being sought from JW15 and JW16 age groups. [...]

The first FourFourTwo Performance Coerver Skills clinics took place this week at the Sutherland Shire FA in NSW and were a massive hit with boys and girls aged seven to 13 years old came together for four mornings of intensive Coerver Coaching skills tuition. FourFourTwo Publishing Director and coach Andy Jackson said “This was our [...]

Here’s Georges River 12As put through their paces at Bates Drive by Anthony Crea from Sydney FC and FourFourTwo’s Andy Jackson for a practical guide to pre-season consisting of warm up exercises, possession games and small sided games to help your team build fitness, touch and game sense in the lead up to and throughout [...]

The FourFourTwo Performance team was on site at Bates Drive recently for a filming session and here is their five part “Midfield Masterclass” with Steve Corica. This is great insight for both players and coaches from one of Australia’s most talented midfield players and current Sydney FC Assistant Coach. View the videos here http://performance.fourfourtwo.com/au/filter/?tag=steve-corica [...]

Bookings are closing soon for the first FourFourTwo Performance Coerver Skills Clinic to be held at Bates Drive on Monday 15 to Thursday 18th April – the clinics will run for all four days between 9am and 12pm delivering players of all abilities 12 hours of quality skills coaching. To secure one of the remaining [...]

The Sutherland Sharks Academy is proud to announce its 20th anniversary of Coaching Clinics in the Shire with the April clinics to be held on the all weather surface at Seymour Shaw Park in the school holidays.  There will be a 10% discount for all Sutherland Association players. The 3 day fee of $126.00 represents [...]

FNSW in conjunction with the SSFA and FFA will be holding a Small Sided Football (SSF) Expo on Monday 25 March 2013. Optus Small Sided Football Education Session   Date & Time:                         Monday 25 March 2013. 6:00 to 8:00 pm Presenter:                Oscar Gonzales – FNSW, Marshall Kean – FFA Location:                  Harrie Dening Centre, Bates Drive, [...]

Please be advised that all fields are closed for training, due to the recent wet weather, for tonight Monday 4 March. That is, unfortunately the Academy will not be training tonight.   However, all players are requested to attend Bates Drive to attend a ‘meet and greet’ session with their coaches and for Uniforms to be [...]

The start of the 2013 SSFA Academy is fast approaching.   Our first night will be Monday 4th March, this is where training uniform will be distributed.   Training will start at 6:30pm sharp and finish at 8pm each week.   Training will be on each week rain, hail or shine unless grounds are closed or [...]

FFA National Curriculum – Practical Drills FFA Drills relevant to Passing, Positioning, Playing Out, Attacking, Defending, and Training Games are provided in the attached. Coaches are welcome to review and use drills as they consider appropriate. FFA National Curriculum – Practice Content [...]