INDIGENOUS TALENT ID

The UAA – CCAS Indigenous Talent ID day is a ‘first of its kind’ where the CCAS has developed a sporting platform for athletes to be identified and where suitable and where possible to gain selection in of the CCAS sports programs and/or additional sports of their interest. Those identified will be offered the opportunity to advance to fully funded scholarship positions with the Central Coast Academy of Sport Scholarship Programs or provided support as they seek entry into a new sporting pathway.

What is talent ID?

Talent ID is designed to identify people with specific skills, personal qualities and physical attributes that may lead that person to become a high performing athlete. It is much more than just assessing a persons physical capabilities, it includes the emotional side of performance, aspects like; desire, determination, resilience and so forth, these qualities can often be found in mainstream sport and teaching but a little harder to assess when participating in a talent ID day.

Participants accepted into the Talent ID day will enjoy fitness testing and an introduction to five (5) sports, including: AFL, Basketball, Golf, Netball, and Volleyball (TBC).
Participants will enjoy an introduction to multiple sports, where each student will play either games or participate in sport specific skills in a
fun atmosphere to showcase their skills within each sport. Every student will participate in each of the sports on rotation throughout the session. All coaches are of the highest quality and well versed in talent identification.

Everyone who attends the day is guaranteed a fun time, every person will be introduced to six sports with the highest level of coaching available on the Central Coast. At the end of the day the coaches will assess the participants and those identified will be provided invitations to attend CCAS Sporting Programs as a Scholarship Athlete, a maximum of twenty two (22) fully funded Scholarships are being made available through the support of UAA.

CCAS will run a 6 week program for identified students from the Talent ID day. These successful participants will then be offered a position to a sport scholarship program where applicable. The CCAS offers Scholarship programs in approximately fourteen (14) sports, with each sport generally operating in a sports ‘off season’, for around six (6) months in length.
Participants offered a position to a particular sport scholarship program must be committed to the opportunity before accepting the scholarship.

Each Athlete Scholarship offered is free of charge, the full cost is generally around $400 (+GST), but for those identified through the Talent ID day there in no cost due to the support by UAA.

To be eligible to apply to the Indigenous Talent ID day a person must firstly be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent In addition, the applicant must be ‘endorsed’ by the school or sporting association in which they attends, the endorsement will cover the emotional / personal qualities of the applicant:

• The program is open to both male and females that turn 13, 14, 15 or 16 years of age in the calendar year of operation.
• You must currently reside within the Local Government Area (LGA) of the Central Coast Council, formally Wyong Shire Council and Gosford City Council.
• Applicants must be endorsed by the school and/or sporting association with whom you are attending or representing.
• You may be asked to show proof of your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.

Applications must be made via this page. The Application Form is now open below, at the bottom of this page.

The Talent ID day is scheduled for Wednesday 17th November 2021.