SPORTS DEV ELOPMENT CEN TRE Who is the Sports Development Centre available to? To talented student athletes aged between 16 and 19 years. The Sports Development Centre at York College provides students with the opportunity to combine outstanding education with high quality coaching in Men’s and Women’s Football, Men’s and Women’s Rugby, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Netball and Men’s and Women’s Futsal. All of those selected will follow a full-time education programme as well as receiving high quality coaching in their chosen sport. Our Development Centres have outstanding links with local partners who support and enhance our delivery. The Men’s Football 1st team runs in partnership with i2i Football Academy, York City Knights deliver our Rugby Programme, York Eagles support our Basketball team and Futsal is supported by Bootham Futsal club. All students wishing to apply must take part in Evaluation Days.
How does the education and sport mix work? Every student attending the Development Centre is required to undertake a full-time programme of educational study. This is organised to fit in with regular training and coaching. Students may study across the full range of courses offered at the College, (excluding apprenticeships) and results demonstrate success in both exams and coursework. Attendance and satisfactory progress on the educational programme is monitored regularly, and all the Development Centre members are expected to work equally hard on this aspect as well as their coaching 14
and training. York College wants every player to attain academic success as well as sporting achievement.
What could it lead to? Successful involvement in any of the Development Centre programmes will provide opportunities to progress into: careers in professional/semi-professional sport (this is only for those who show exceptional development), coaching, refereeing, work in sport and recreation, further and higher education, overseas coaching and possible scholarships. To apply, just complete the section on the full-time application form.
