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Youth Championship Academy

Preparing you to dominate Junior Reps

The Junior reps pathways can be hard to navigate. It is usually the first step along the High-Performance cricket pathways. This academy is designed to help the player reach their potential both in the physical aspects of cricket while also developing the player's mental and cricket intelligence to give them the best chance to dominate.  

The Academy

The purpose of the academy is to set you up for success. We know what it takes to play and dominate the Junior Reps competition. 

 

The Youth Championships Academy is designed to develop you as a player and person who can play at the highest level. 

 

The academy will be run by specialist coaches who know and understand the junior reps system and the cricket

High-Performance Pathways. 

The academy will combine physical and mental skill development. 

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Led by head coach, Neil D'Costa who brings 35 years of playing and coaching experience. 

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The academy will combine physical and mental skill development. Incorporating the latest technology in video analysis while working with our specialist coaches in:

- Fast Bowling 

- Spin Bowling 

- Batting 

- Fielding

- Strength & Conditioning

 

There will also be considerable time spent on the development of cricket IQ and help you understand how you can best fit into a team environment and develop an attitude coaches/selectors are looking for, giving you the best chance to be selected.

 

One of the biggest assets of the academy is the opportunity to train and compete with other junior representative players every week in our sessions. Being around other players with the same goal to dominate is a wonderful training tool that lifts the standards of every session.  

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Structure of the Academy

 

The Youth Championships Academy is designed to run parallel to the school term. 

Each academy term will run for 10 weeks starting the first week of the NSW school term.

 

The session will run from

5:00pm - 7:00pm on Mondays.

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To maintain the high standards and expectations for the academy, admission is only open to selected/ invited players.

 

All players will be between the ages of 11-13 years old. All players must be in a Junior reps program already. 

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Our aim is that every session will be competitive, structured and enjoyable for the player. We know what it takes, and we want to give you the best chance to dominate. 

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Term 2 Applications Open

 

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Neil D'Costa's Coached / Mentored Players
 

We want you on this list:

Michael Clarke 

 Australian Captain

Phillip Hughes 

Australian Opening Batsman

Marnus Labuschagne

Australian Top Order Batsman

Ryan Hackney

NSW Top Order Batsman

Solomon Mire

Zimbabwe Allrounder 

Vusi Sibanda

Zimbabwe opening Batsman

Mitchell Starc

Australian Opening Bowler

Shaun Marsh 

Australian Opening Batsman

Nick Compton

English Opening Batsman

Umesh Yadav

Indian Opening Bowler

VVS Laxman

Indian Middle Order Batsman

Blake Nikitaras

NSW Top Order Batsman

Hunar Verma

NSW Fast Bowler

Harjas Singh

Australia U19's Batsman

MORE TO COME

TBC

Jesse Ryder

New Zealand Middle Order Batsman

Ross Taylor

New Zealand Opening Batsman

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