Talent Development Scheme (TDS)

The Capital Football Talented Development Scheme (TDS) follows the Football Australia (FA) development scheme.

This is a supplementary high-performance program (one session a week) designed for players looking for further development within the ACT and surrounding region.

Its goal is to create an equitable player and coaching pathways at all levels of the game to give every talent a chance and foster involvement in football for life.

Capital Football TDS will run with training groups in the age groups of U14, U15 and U16, Boys and Girls.

The program will offer High Performance training and support for talented players.

In addition to playing and training time, players within the TDS program will have access to fitness testing, nutritional information and a home fitness program.

The program will run from February to October, through the school terms with no training during school holidays. There are also TDS specific camps held through the year for participants.

2025 tds program

Capital Football is excited to announce that registration for the 2025 Talent Development Scheme (TDS) has now opened and is available for U14-U16 age groups.

The 2025 program boasts expanded opportunities for players from all backgrounds and ability levels. The TDS program will now include:

• An opt in Fitness testing for athletes/coaches to understand their current levels and where to improve (Multiple sessions throughout the program)
• Athletic coaching to teach correct running techniques to minimise injury throughout a player’s career (Multiple sessions throughout the program)
• Recovery sessions run by a licensed physiotherapist (Multiple sessions throughout the program), to educate athletes on proper recovery.
• Three separate take home fitness packs designed to improve an athlete’s base strength and fitness with minimal equipment
• TDS Training camps held at AIS featuring special guests.
• Goalkeeper specific coaching run by a qualified Goalkeeper coach.
• The opportunity to work with our National Youth Championship team coaches.
• U14 opportunity to represent the ACT at a U14 Specific interstate tournament
• A TDS training kit

With the expansion of our program the cost of TDS is $795.50, with different payment options available.

The program will take place weekly at Hawker Football Centre with U14-16 Boys training on Monday evenings and U14-16 Girl’s training on Wednesday evenings.

Session times are as follows:

Boys
U14: 5:00pm – 6:15pm
U15: 6:15pm – 7:20pm
U16: 7:25pm – 8:30pm

Girls
U14: 6:15pm – 7:20pm
U15: 6:15pm – 7:20pm
U16: 7:25pm – 8:30pm

Boys training will commence 10^th February.

Girls training will commence 12^th February.

football australia tds matches

The Football Australia Talent ID matches are for players who have been identified as high-performance in the ACT.

FA will identify a particular age group and dates for the TDS event to take place.

The identification process beings with a list of all eligible players in the selected age group, sent to clubs with club technical directors and age group coaches to identify the top 30 players (28 outfield players and 2 goalkeepers) allowing all clubs to have a voice in the recommendation of talented players.

Votes are then compiled from each club, with the players receiving the highest number of votes being invited to take part in the Talent ID match.

Players identified in the match by Football Australia scouts, may be invited to take part in further Talent ID matches in other states.

contact us

For further information, please contact Abbyghail Richards.