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As I wrote in the Emmanuel Irra thread ABC News 24 has showed the story ABC News team in Adelaide produced on Irra and how Port has recruited him under the AFL's new multicultural academy concessions. They then talked about Port's intake of 16 and 18 year olds in the Next Generation Academy. So another positive Port Adelaide story being shown all round this great big brown land of ours, that is girt by sea.
This is the 2 minute video link of the ABC news story tonight about the E man and The Next Generation Academy for multicultrual and indigenous kids.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-17/ugandan-making-waves-in-the-afl/8129716
If you are Geo blocked from the ABC video this ABC article contains a lot of the video story but this is the bit specifically about the Next Generation Academy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-first-ugandan-footballer-to-afl-list/8124628
......The academy is a new initiative by the AFL, aimed at identifying talent and improving pathways, particularly among multicultural and Indigenous communities.
Director of Academies and three-time AFL premiership player Shaun Hart said the Next Generation Academy takes players aged 11 to 18. "So there's a much more concentrated focus on creating better pathways for players to come through into the elite level," Hart said. "Will everyone get there? Probably not, but the reality is the more people we can help on a pathway at an earlier stage, the more likely we see more people continuing to reach the highest levels of AFL football." Irra said the new academies will provide young players with an incredible opportunity to be part of an elite program. But he said they will still have to work extremely hard. "It'll really fast-track them," he said. "They're going to teach them about training habits, nutrition, how to be an ultimate professional and that's going to be amazing for them, getting it at such an early age.
"[But] there's no free handouts, they have to really make sure that they come here, and want to be a part of the program and dedicate themselves, not here only but away from the club.".........
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-first-ugandan-footballer-to-afl-list/8124628
This is the 2 minute video link of the ABC news story tonight about the E man and The Next Generation Academy for multicultrual and indigenous kids.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-17/ugandan-making-waves-in-the-afl/8129716
If you are Geo blocked from the ABC video this ABC article contains a lot of the video story but this is the bit specifically about the Next Generation Academy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-first-ugandan-footballer-to-afl-list/8124628
......The academy is a new initiative by the AFL, aimed at identifying talent and improving pathways, particularly among multicultural and Indigenous communities.
Director of Academies and three-time AFL premiership player Shaun Hart said the Next Generation Academy takes players aged 11 to 18. "So there's a much more concentrated focus on creating better pathways for players to come through into the elite level," Hart said. "Will everyone get there? Probably not, but the reality is the more people we can help on a pathway at an earlier stage, the more likely we see more people continuing to reach the highest levels of AFL football." Irra said the new academies will provide young players with an incredible opportunity to be part of an elite program. But he said they will still have to work extremely hard. "It'll really fast-track them," he said. "They're going to teach them about training habits, nutrition, how to be an ultimate professional and that's going to be amazing for them, getting it at such an early age.
"[But] there's no free handouts, they have to really make sure that they come here, and want to be a part of the program and dedicate themselves, not here only but away from the club.".........
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-first-ugandan-footballer-to-afl-list/8124628