The Canterbury United Pride Skill Centre provides a regional hub for talent development. The Skill Centre focuses on solely establishing and developing key football habits with sessions specifically designed to affect all areas of the player’s development in a positive way.

Starting with players at ages 9, 10, 11 & 12, the Skill Centre complements existing club and school football programmes by adding focused training hours with specialist coaching for players, offering a unique set of advantages:

• A programme to systematically develop the individual player
• Consistent national curriculum to prepare players to cope with the modern game
• Coaches who are specifically trained and experienced in developing talented junior & youth players
• Players’ progress continually assessed
• Weekly training sessions and an extended programme of development throughout the year
• A clear pathway into Canterbury United Pride Development & Youth Programmes.

The Skill Centre has been modelled on successful talent development programmes around the world.

Who:        Girls aged 9-12 years 

Where:     English Park

When:      Sunday's 10:00-11:00am

Starting:   Term 3 - Starts 31st July – 2nd October​​​​​​​

Costs:       $80 (includes a t-shirt)