Talent id with QPR
Sporting Equals has substantial experience of setting up and running talent identification schemes in different sports, designed to bring youngsters and their local teams to the attention of mainstream clubs. The organisation worked with QPR to build their connections with local communities, through a talent ID programme targeted at minority ethnic groups.
The process
The SE talent id programme included three open development sessions with a final invite only session on Wednesday 25th August, and was heralded as huge success by QPR, staff and coaches of QPR’s Centre of Excellence training academy and the club’s Community Trust impressed by the management and results of the Sporting Equals programme.
The results
The talent id scheme run engaged over 110 young boys aged 8-12 across the sessions including representation from all sectors of the local community turned up through youngsters from Indian, Pakistani, white, African, Caribbean and Arabic families. Parents and families stayed to support their kids throughout the day, which included individual coaching tips, small side matches and skills sessions.
QPR’s Youth Development Manager, Steve Gallen, said: “The programme has been an absolutely fantastic success. We identified nineteen boys that I have invited back to train within our Centre of Excellence for a six week period. The idea was to give everyone a chance to shine across three development days – so that it wasn’t all or nothing on one day and I think everyone from the club, parents and most importantly the young boys benefitted”.
A complete overview of the programme plus an update of the progress of the boys selected to train with the Centre of Excellence will be available at the end of November.
Sporting Equals has substantial experience of setting up and running talent identification schemes in different sports, designed to bring youngsters and their local teams to the attention of mainstream clubs. The organisation worked with QPR to build their connections with local communities, through a talent ID programme targeted at minority ethnic groups.
The process
The SE talent id programme included three open development sessions with a final invite only session on Wednesday 25th August, and was heralded as huge success by QPR, staff and coaches of QPR’s Centre of Excellence training academy and the club’s Community Trust impressed by the management and results of the Sporting Equals programme.
The results
The talent id scheme run engaged over 110 young boys aged 8-12 across the sessions including representation from all sectors of the local community turned up through youngsters from Indian, Pakistani, white, African, Caribbean and Arabic families. Parents and families stayed to support their kids throughout the day, which included individual coaching tips, small side matches and skills sessions.
QPR’s Youth Development Manager, Steve Gallen, said: “The programme has been an absolutely fantastic success. We identified nineteen boys that I have invited back to train within our Centre of Excellence for a six week period. The idea was to give everyone a chance to shine across three development days – so that it wasn’t all or nothing on one day and I think everyone from the club, parents and most importantly the young boys benefitted”.
A complete overview of the programme plus an update of the progress of the boys selected to train with the Centre of Excellence will be available at the end of November.
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