New initiative to focus on girls’ footy development

Pre-season 2023 will see the introduction of the “Force Girls Development Clinics” to help prepare Youth Girls for the season ahead.

These development clinics are a brand new initiative within the region, designed to support girls aged 12 to 17 in their growth as footy players from both a skills and game sense perspective. At the sessions, players will be split into groups based on their age, experience, and skill level, meaning that the workouts will be targeted at new players wanting to learn about the game, those that want to fine tune their skills ahead of the season, as well as previous rep players and those that aspire to play rep footy (North Coast Force).

The first of these sessions will be conducted on Saturday 11 February with the plan being to run up to two further clinics prior to the start of the season.

Former North Coast Academy of Sport AFLW Head Coach Matt Crawley will lead the coaching team and is keen to get started.

“Girls footy has grown so quickly in our region and we know that it will only continue to expand. We want to make sure that girls have the chance to continue to build their skills and game sense so that they have their best season yet,” Crawley said.

“These sessions aren’t just designed for rep players, they’re every bit as much for players who only started out last year, or are about to play for the first time. The focus of the whole coaching team will be on developing the individual so that each and every girl will walk away feeling that they’ve learnt things that they can put into place with their club in the 2023 season.”

All Force Girls Development Clinics will be free to participants, with players able to attend as many or as few as they’re able to.

Further details will be provided in the new year. In the meantime, put Saturday 11 February in the calendar and line up your friends to come along!