Lioness Talent Centre – Key Objectives

Player Development

Our Lioness Talent Centre focuses on recruiting and developing young players, with the ultimate aims to: 

‌‌• Progress through the England Talent Pathway 

‌• Progress into a Pro Game Academy (PGA)

‌• Progress into Open Aged Football, at Tier 5 and above 

‌We prioritise individual player development above everything. Our LTC adopts the Future Lioness Characteristics and the LTC Technical Framework is utilised in the structure of our session plans. 

‌‌Each age group ensures the Technical Framework is covered throughout each season, whilst having flexibility to off the framework to suit the needs of our players. This is the same for the Goalkeeping and Physical Frameworks. 

‌‌Each player will be given two Individual Player Development Reviews each season, which they will have an input to.

Person Development

Alongside Player Development, our Lioness Talent Centre aims to support the development of young people. We aim to deliver workshops to upskill knowledge and understanding, that we hope will improve their preparation and recovery to enhance their football, but also help them with their journey through life. 

‌‌We’ll aim to provide these workshops over a period of three seasons: 

‌• Nutrition Workshop 

‌• Psychology / Mental Health & Wellbeing 

‌• Being Female in Sport 

‌‌Physical Performance Players will also be given opportunities to: 

‌• Lead Group Warmups/Activities 

‌• Be a Player Representative 

‌• Signposted to Refereeing and Coaching Courses 

‌• Take ownership to reflect on sessions weekly

Our Multidisciplinary Team

The MDT take a holistic approach to supporting the development of each player at the LTC. With over 70 players at the LTC, it is important to ensure the MDT work closely to ensure the development of each player is supported. 

‌‌We want to ensure our workforce are not only experienced in developing young footballers, but they are reflective of our community. We aim to ensure our workforce are professional and caring in their approach to working with young people, but we also want to create a fun, safe and inclusive environment for everyone. 

‌‌We believe in Better Coaches = Better Players. 

‌‌We aim to support the development of our MDT through the following: 

‌• Coaching Course’s 

‌• CPD Events