| Welcome to Olé Football Academy’s April – May Newsletter,
At Olé Football Academy we develop the New Zealand footballer. Although our mission is simple, the process of developing well rounded players and people is a long – term, complex and multifaceted pursuit. As we’ve come to learn over the past 20 years, developing great footballers, and most importantly people, is a fine balance between on and off field training, parental and family support, guidance from mentors and coaches, and an overall holistic approach to education. Part of our mission in developing the New Zealand player is bringing parents and families along the educational journey that is youth football development. Having said that, this month’s Did You Know? newsletter is full of information for players and parents on youth football development and #THEOLÉWAY of doing so.
We’ve done our best to provide appropriate hyperlinks below. Enjoy! We look forward to seeing you on the touch lines.
#CANI #LiBTYFi #L3 #ENJOYTHERIDE
Did you know?
Olé FA is holding a parent information meeting this evening, Wednesday, May 3rd, for all 9th, 10th, and 11th grade parents from 6:05 – 7:20 pm in the parent lounge. Attendance is strongly encouraged for all parents!
Olé FA produced a Player – Academy – Parent (P.A.P) Model PDF as a handy learning resource for parents at the beginning of the 2017 club season. To request a copy of the PDF please email [email protected]
There is a parent’s lounge upstairs in the academy with free wi-fi, tea and coffee! Please enter from the balcony entrance on the South end of the building.
4 Olé FA players (Noah Billingsley, Callum McCowatt, Owen Parker – Price, Dalton Wilkins) have recently been selected to New Zealand’s final U20 World Cup preparation camp.
20 different Olé Football Academy players have been invited into NZ U17, NZ U20 or full “All – Whites” national team camps in the past 4 years.
Olé FA’s Maya Hahn has recently been named to Sport New Zealand’s Pathway to Podium Programme.
3 Olé FA players (Dominic Wooldridge, Ihaia Delaney, Jonty Bilderbeck) recently received athletic scholarships and signed National Letters of Intent to NCAA Division 1 universities for the Fall of 2017.
L3 stands for Life Long Learning.
The Western Suburbs 1st Team currently shares the #1 position in the Men’s Central League.
The Western Suburbs 1st Team that traveled to Taranaki this past weekend averaged 17.5 years of age.
The Western Suburbs 2nd Team currently sits #2 in the Men’s Capital Premier League.
A bit older, the Western Suburbs 2nd team that traveled to Wakefield Park this past weekend averaged 18.2 years of age.
CANI stands for Constant and Never-ending Improvement.
Olé FA’s Carpool Commuter Classroom is a new weekly educational news segment for parents and players.
Player Development Project is one of our favourite coaching and educational resources. Check out the latest blog post: The path to excellence: Developing warriors, not winners.
The Italians are coming to New Zealand / Olé Football Academy / Fusion School of Football in the Term 2 School Holidays. Register for Soccer Italian Style here!
Olé FA affiliate INGOAL (James Bannatyne and company) will be running a New Zealand Goalkeeper ID Camp during the Term 2 school holidays. For more information please email [email protected]
Shiver – Snap – Squeeze refers to the academy’s out of possession / defensive language. Collect your bracelet for two gold coins in the main office!!!
Olé FA started a full girls programme on Monday, May 1st. 16 girls attended the first session. Enrolment is still open.
Olé FA Apprentice Staff, Alexis Prillaman and Kaylin Williams arrive in New Zealand in the first week of May from their respective NCAA Division 1 universities to work with the Young Olé Girls.
Olé FA Jedi Knights are secretly infiltrating the New Zealand football landscape.
We’ve been talking a lot about gratitude lately with the Young Olé players! Read: The Grateful Footballer. Watch Gary Vaynerchuk and Tony Robbins: On Gratitude.
Our favourite interview of the month came from the Michael Gervais Finding Mastery Podcast, Baggio Husidic: Soccer.
Skill Builders is back for Term 2!!! Enrol here.
Today is the last day to submit an Olé FA Casual Wear order. Order here!
Olé Football Academy is celebrating 20 years in 2017.
LiBTYFi stands for Leave it Better Than You Found it. |
