Emerging Talent
The FAI Emerging Talent Programme helps identify and develop talented young players around the country with a view to helping them progress onto the international stage in due course.
As the governing body of a country with no professional underage competition/coaching/development structure there is an obligation to assist in the structured development of young players countrywide for all facets of the game
There is now a structured programme of development, which mirrors best practice in European and World standards, at League, Regional and National level to assist clubs and leagues
Emerging Talent Programme Aims
* To provide emerging talent with the opportunity to train within their own area in a more structured and quality environment
* To provide a higher quantity and quality of players for National and International teams
* To improve the quality of players across all levels of the game countrywide
* To identify, develop, monitor and evaluate players in the Under 11-15 age groups
* To enable emerging talent to develop all of their capacities to their potential
* To provide emerging talent with a more challenging level of training and development
The Pathway will now be:
League Centres @ Under 11,12,13,14 | Regional Emerging Talent Block training @ Under 12 | Centres of Excellence @ Under 13/14 |
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32 Schoolboy leagues | 10 centres (one group per centre) | 10 centres (one group per centre) |
Training weekly | 8 blocks of 2 days | 27 training nights & 7 matches |
National Academy @ Under 12, Under 13 and Under 14 |
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1 National Centre |
23 events per age cycle |
Area | Venue |
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Carlow | Tullow Community School |
Castlebar | Milebush Park |
Cork | Douglas Hall FC |
Dundalk | Oriel Park |
Mullingar | Mullingar Athletic FC |
Letterkenny | Ballyare |
Limerick | University of Limerick |
Waterford | Waterford IT |
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