THREE KINGS UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY

Registrations for TKU Academy Term 2 (July 26th - Sept 16th) are now open via ClubHub. You need to re-enrol even if you were an Academy player in Term 1.

Please read attached PDF Document for all players and their timetabled Three Kings United Academy Sessions.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS - PLEASE CONTINUALLY CHECK IN CASE OF ANY MINOR CHANGES

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TKU Academy TERM 2 Timetable:

Academy Term 2

 

Academy Overview:

The Three Kings United Academy vision is to create technically gifted and intelligent young players that can excel for Three Kings, Auckland Football and New Zealand Football.  The Academy focus is solely on establishing and developing three key habits (see Focus & Philosophy document below) specifically designed to effect all areas of the players development in a positive way.  It is purely a developmental tool which provides extra training on top of club team trainings.

The Academy is focused on players from 6th grade to 12th grade, however our elite youth players are also able to access the Academy.

< For additional information on the Academy's Focus & Philosophy click on the document below.>

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Grouping:

All players that fall between the ages of 6th Grade and 12th Grade will be grouped into single age bands (i.e. 9th Grade Group 1, 9th Grade Group 2 etc).  All players that fall between the ages of 13th Grade and 17th Grade may be grouped into multiple age bands depending on registrations (i.e. 13th – 15th Grade Group 1).

Because the focus topics of the sessions are based around the 3 key habits and 13+ is focused on relating these topics to 11 a side games it enables players to be grouped together.

Academy Payments:

Fees for the Academy are all payable via clubhub:

- 6 & 7th Grade Players - $80 ($10 per person per session)

- 8th Grade to 17th Grade - $96 ($12 per person per session)

Payment is for x8 weekly one hour coaching sessions.

If you have more than one child wishing to attend the Academy there is a family discount payment scheme.  You will need to register each child individually, you will then be contacted by Melissa Hore about your discount.

Concession Card Special:

If players are registering from the 6th or 7th Grade a concession card is used.  When you register you will given a card which has 8 sessions on it.  Each time you come to the Academy your coach will clip a session.  Even though you will be given a specific group, time and venue each week, this concession card gives parents flexibility around attendance.  There will be more than 1 weekly time slot for these grades and therefore if you can’t make your designated time slot you can use your card to attend a different time slot that week.  Another alternative is if you are away or sick for a week you can use your concession card to attend 2 sessions a week so you don’t have to lose out on those missed session.

The only condition is the concession card must be used within the 8 week term period.

 

Academy Staff:

Director of Junior & Youth Football Paul Temple is delighted to announce his coaching team for Term1&2 of the TKU Academy.

Director of Football - Paul Temple

Paul is a highly qualified and experienced coach.  Paul has run Auckland Football Federation programs in the past and also brings a huge amount of planning and development knowledge from his roles as Head Coach of the New Zealand U17 Women's Team and NZ Secondary Schoolgirls Team.  Paul is currently Assistant Coach of the New Zealand U20 Women's Team.  Paul will be overseeing the Academy Programme in 2010.

Academy Manager - Steven Dillon

Steven Dillon has been appointed as Academy Head Coach for 2010, Steven is responsible for the daily running of the Academy including organisation of the coaches and sessions, together with Paul Temple he will be designing sessions and providing regular feedback to the coaching team, whilst also assisting Paul Marshall with the club's Men's 1st Team. Steven is based in Southampton, England where he is currently studying 'Football' at Solent University, he also works in the Southampton FC Academy and provides Technical Analysis support to the top teams at the club.  

Academy Goalkeeper Coach - Reaz Moorad

Reaz heads up the goalkeeping section of the Academy through the 'German Goalkeeping School' or GGS.  The GGS is a worldwide Goalkeeping Academy runs by professional keepers for professional keepers.  The All Whites keeper Glen Moss is one of those many keepers involved.  Reaz himself comes with a vast amount of experience and professionalism.  He has been goalkeeper coach for Waikato FC in the NZFC, with various Auckland Football Federation Rep Teams and also Auckland City's Youth Academy Team, he coaches at the AFF Regional Talent Centre's and was also involved with the Nigerian U17 Women's Team during their time here in 2008.

Academy Coaches

Stephen Murphy (Scotty), Sam Margetts and Gabrielle Cave are all senior players at the club.  Stephen was in the 1st Team Squad in 2009 and are again this season, his playing experience and knowledge combined with pure enthusiasm for the game make him great role models to our young players. Sam Margetts is a recent addition to the 2010 senior playing squad after returning from university in America.  Gabrielle Cave is the clubs junior coaching expert, Gabby plays for the club and is in charge of the 5th Grade Junior section, she has coached juniors for a few years now and is fantastic at getting the best out of our young talent. Under Steven Dillon's guidance the Academy coaches will provide the young players at the club a great example and help them develop their three key habits.

This page will be updated regularly over the coming weeks as new information becomes available.  Please continue to visit the page for additional information and detail.