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Following
the ongoing development of the Female Development
Programme at the Colchester United Community
Sports Trust (CUCST), plans were formulated and
implemented to allow previous hopes of
establishing a Female Academy to become a
reality.
Now into its third year, the programme has
forged a working partnership with the Thrustable
Sports College, CUCST's dream of delivering a
top quality Female Football Academy have now
been realised.
The
Academy programme enhances provision and
opportunity for female footballers by
offering post sixteen education courses and a
structured football, team based coaching
programme. Providing exit routes beyond
the current Excellence progamme and
increasing the standard of the women's game
locally, regionally and nationally are key
targets in addition to ensuring students can
access higher education beyond the completion of
the Academy programme.
The programme also provides sports
coaching/leadership courses, specific football
coaching courses and practical football coaching
experience to support the main programme thrusts
and to provide all students with a broad
'education' encapsulating many
career/further-studying pathways. |