New Zealand Men's U-17s

Next NTC is October (Oamaru for Sth Island)

is this for u17 selections?

there will be more camps for selection.

there was a camp this week is there more to come? 

is this for both 16s and 15th grade?

More camps. All players that will be under 17 at 1 Jan 2015.

do you no when the next camp are @dale_warburton? 

Think I heard October. Is there school holidays around then?

School holidays from the 26th  Sept to Oct 13th.

Probably during the second week then.

More camps. All players that will be under 17 at 1 Jan 2015. What do u mean by this? @dale_warburton?

Why are using his twitter handle?

1) There will be more camps

2) To be eligible for the world cup, players must be U17 at 1 Jan 2015. Thus anyone older than this won't be picked for the camps.

whens the next camp?

is it true that u17 selections have stopped after the first camp just a week ago or so?

how do you know all this info about u17?

Know a couple of people involved.

if the qualifiers are in January when will the team be picked? because they will have to train in the holidays at the end of the year?

Yes they will have to train in the holidays. 

when will the team be picked? and is it from ntc?

iv heard ntc is over for the 15th and 16th grade for south island?

Nope idea.

is the the next camp for u17 in October or is that the ntc camp? if that's the under 17 camp whats the point in ntc?

Not my understanding.

Boys 1998/99 wil stil be at Oamaru in Sept/Oct holidays.

Ther was Inter-Feds last week and Andy was having a look at them on Tuesday at Cuthbert's.

Won't they play in the ASB Youth League? I understand the NYL is starting earlier this year, maybe so it can be finished before the qualifiers in January?

so is the next u17 camp in October? 

YES! Was that not clear in my 67 other posts.

What is it for? 

but what's the point in Ntc when nz coach will be at camp? 

There are a few boys that are involved with Nike Cup that weren't at the camp but I'd expect they would come in later. There will be more camps to pick the squad! You better start training really hard Global Footy. 

Aimed at a different level. U17 is the best in the nation. NTC is best of the regions.

Not strictly true.

NTC is actually only the best of the FTC players (Federation Talent Centre). 

Unless you attend an FTC, you are not eligible to attend an NTC - no matter how good a player you are.

There are plenty of talented young players working outside the NTC system because they either choose not to attend NTC or are unable to attend as they do not attend an FTC programme.

Clearly a disconnect in the NZF pathway that they are aware of but either unable or reluctant to address.

Yeah. Thought it was an uncessary complication to bring into the discussion with Global Footy.

343 wrote: Clearly a disconnect in the NZF pathway that they are aware of but either unable or reluctant to address.
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Impasse is my guess. Yet coaches generally want/find best players wherever they may be and whatever the football politics. Example: some Nix academy players did attend NTC u17camp, but not FTC. (More football politics but that's beside the point).

How many WYNRS or Ole boys were in that pic though? Or more importantly, not in that pic? There are a few decent 98/99 players at those 2 academies alone; still to come into the mix. No doubt there are others. And iirc a kiwi living in Aussie was a late entry last cycle round. Agathos?

players need to put themselves into the position to be seen! within the pathway this is FTC and NTC weather they like it or not. WYNRS/Onehunga Sport didn't nominate any players from a certain age groups and now a parent wants into FTC but the child can not attend because the club didn't nominate him!! Clearly some own motives from WYNRS there to me. Anyway look at last u17 team handful of wynrs boys in so at the end of the day if they are good enough then they will be seen. Just have to be in right place at the right time!

But wouldn't it be nice if everyone sung of the same sheet.

There is no one "pathway". Sooner NZF gets their head around this the better.

There needs to be only 1 pathway or why would parents pay to be involved in FTC/NTC when clearly the better developmental pathways are provided by external providers.

Fred DJ has a big call to make, which needs to be made. No Academy is bigger than the game.

what do you mean by this? 

To clarify, when I said there is no single pathway, I meant .. to becoming a professional footballer.

Not 100% sure what you mean Jose - are you saying NZF should select from ANY academy (NZF or private)? This is the current situation for national youth teams,  is it not?