SAP and GSAP squads for 2023 are now full.

SAP and GSAP trials will be again be open in September 2023 for the 2024 season.

“Be positive. Be aggressive. Be brave.” These are the three ideas that underline the core values of the Celtic academy. A brief, yet valuable insight into these values was shown under the lights of Christie Park to the coaches of many top clubs in the North Western Sydney area. Led by Chris Smith and his team of coaches, the session consisted of two main parts: a presentation explaining Celtic’s values and philosophies, as well as their approach to coaching at an academy level, and an on-field display of various drills regularly conducted by teams within the Celtic academy.

The PowerPoint presentation provided a clear description of the structure and processes of Celtic as a club, by explaining a variety of key ethics and morals that the club, its staff, players, and fans pride themselves on. Keeping the Celtic structure in mind, Smith posed the question, “What would you (the coaches) do differently?” allowing the NWSF coaches to break off into small groups to discuss their ideas on any changes they would make to the Australian system. After granting the NWSF coaches a sufficient amount of time to discuss in each other’s groups, the coaches were offered to share their ideas, bringing to light the different views that each coach had, opening doors for interesting discussions between the NWSF and Celtic coaches. The presentation also delved into the non-footballing side of the club, by showing how members of staff such as psychologists, analysts, and physiotherapists all work in correlation with one another to make the club and their players as successful as they are.

The second part of the session progressed to a visual portrayal of Celtic’s scenario-based training. The scenario-based drills used by Celtic is a newly developed training program which involves testing players in in-game situations and focuses on individual player development. This system was designed by coaches within the Celtic academy to challenge players in 1v1, 2v2, and 3v2 situations, assisting in growing their skills from both an attacking and defensive perspective. With the help of the Gladesville Ravens’ under 16 women’s team, coach Scott Murray and Chris Smith were able to help NWSF coaches understand the benefits of this system, with both coaches digging deep to break down the tactical aspect of each drill, and successfully applying it into real-game scenarios.
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Please see the details and registration information for our Summer U6/7 Pre-Academy for 2022.

This is a great opportunity to get additional high-level development from October to December in 9 quality sessions.

It will be delivered by our Spirit FC coaching staff, developing players' technical abilities, utilizing our renowned NWSF DNA program.

It is only available for 2022 NWSF registered players.

Note places are very limited so please book in asap.

Details:
9 Sunday Sessions – Cost is $200

U6/7 - 4pm to 4.45pm @ Christie Park, 12 Christie Road, Macquarie Park

Dates – October 16/23/30, November 6/13/20/27 and December 4/11

Please Click Here to Register

​Our elite coaches look forward to seeing you there!​
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​​Trial dates for the 2023 season have not been confirmed.

If you are interested in trialling for the 2023 season please complete an expression of interest

• 2023 Male NWS Spirit & NWSF AYL Expression of Interest (jotform.com)
• 2023 Female NWS Spirit Expression of Interest (jotform.com)
• 2023 Spirit SAP & GSAP Trial Registration 

 
Trials for boys and girls youth league are by invitation only.
 
SAP trialists MUST reside within the NWSF football boundaries or play for a NWSF club. It is parents’ responsibility to check this, players that don’t meet the criteria will be not be registered for the NWS Spirit SAP/GSAP programs.

​Please note that due to large numbers of trialists, individual feedback will not be provided.

NWS Koalas FC and NWS Spirit FC are proud to officially announce the merging of both clubs for the 2022 winter season.

The new entity will see the unification of previously autonomous female and male football operations under the one banner of NWS Spirit Football Club and will continue to proudly display the Koala logo.

This a landmark time for the region and follows the recent merging of the North West Sydney Women’s Association and the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association to form North West Sydney Football Ltd.​

"The vision was to pool resources to provide a best practice for both females and males"
- ​Tim Martin (previous NWS Koalas FC President and now Board member) stated.

“We are now looking as a collective to raise the standards and amenities, to provide a truly best practice environment and pathway for our players and coaches.” We are already realising the benefits of the combined thinking with our player pathways, strength and conditioning practices, and coach development; the future is looking very exciting” Martin added.
 
Frank Marchi (NWS Spirit FC chair) added that “the Club is very excited to work hand in hand with the local Association and the local community to establish itself as a force both on and off the park; especially as we further develop the home of North West Sydney Football at Christie Park..”
 
“Football at the NSW National Premier League level is very competitive and we are looking forward to our Club showcasing the region’s talent in the upcoming seasons.”

NWS Spirit FC has taken their pursuit of world-class development initiatives to new levels by becoming the largest PlayerTek user in the country.

All NWS Spirit players are now using PlayerTek GPS units to assist in monitoring their training and competition loads which helps the coaches design specific training programs
Click here for a video explaining how this is being done
Thanks to Performance Iintelligence Agency through Dr Craig Duncan for helping us make this a reality