Kingston City FC is planning to deliver a Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) for the first time in 2015, with support from the FFA/FFV. The focus of a Skill Acquisition Program is to teach the functional game skills to talented players, with a view to them playing in the NPL for our club in the future.

What is SAP?

A key aspect of the new Football Federation Australia National Curriculum is the implementation of a Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) to perfect and accelerate the skill development of identified players at the critical ages of 9 to 13. FFA National Curriculum

This is the age group universally acknowledged to be the optimal mental and physical phase in which children are able to learn motor skills.

The Aim

To provide the necessary technical ‘tools’ to be able to play the game at the highest possible level with a focus on functional game skills.

The Focus

The focus of SAP is on functional game skills with an immediate skills transfer into positioning and small-sided games being an absolute requirement. It is based on World’s Best Practice and has been developed by internationally acclaimed Technical Coaches and the FFA Technical Department.

Perception SAP is an Elite Program

SAP was developed to provide best practice learning environments to a large group of players in order to prepare them for the technical and tactical challenges of National Premier Leagues (NPL) football.

Further, the most critical aspect of SAP is the training environment and youth training plan provided by the licensee, an FFA recognised club (Kingston City FC) with appropriately trained instructors.

Skill acquisition during the training contacts is the development opportunity the licensees should focus their coaches attention to, with the matches providing the players the opportunity to test these skills in a competitive environment.

The match in isolation should not be the focus of the licensee, coach or parent.

Skill Acquisition Foundation Programs Victoria (SAP Foundation)

The SAP Foundation squad targets boys in the 9-11 age and, is open to players born in 2004 and 2005. Players born in 2003 and earlier are ineligible.