The Kingswood Sports Academy’s mission is to become a leading school for sport in the Hull and East Riding area. This has been launched with the vision to inspire our already talented students to develop themselves through training in sport while instilling pride into students. We want our Sports Academy students to succeed whilst working in a team and therefore provide students with opportunities to engage in sport through fixtures and trips.
The beginning of the year began with a trials week which was a fantastic success with an outstanding number of students interested in representing one of the Kingswood Sports Academy teams, making it very difficult for our coaches to pick their team. This year, we are delighted to have increased our teams and we currently have: a mixed Cheerleading team, Girls Netball, Girls Rugby, Boys Rugby, Girls Football, Boys Football, Boccia, New Age Kurling, Mixed Basketball, Mixed Badminton, Mixed Dodgeball, Mixed Cross Country, Mixed Athletics, Mixed Dance, Girls Rounders and Boys Softball.
We are passionate about building the Sports Academy as an integral part of Lift Kingswood and hope that each student values each and every experience and opportunity that comes their way. As such, at the start of the academic year, students were invited to a presentation evening, of which representatives from YPD attended, to present the Sports Academy badges to students and announce the captains for each team.
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Each team trains on a specific night and has training tailored to develop their already expert skills and communication, ensuring that they have the skills to work together as an outstanding team. We currently have over 300 students training for these elite teams. However, being a member of the Sports Academy is much more than just playing sport. In order to truly develop their sporting ability, we offer ample opportunity for students to not only play against each other, but to be part of a range of local and national competitions.
Here are some of our success stories that we would like to celebrate this academic year:
Boys Rugby League:
Boys Football:
Girls Football:
Netball:
Boys Futsal:
Dodgeball:
Cross Country:
Within our Sports Academy, we are eager to form connections with the Hull community. We have been fortunate enough to receive sponsorship from Right Car UK who have kindly donated a brand new Football and Rugby Sports Academy kit.
Kingswood have also developed an exciting partnership with Youth Player Development, a Yorkshire based football company, whose passion is to “embed the belief that ‘every moment counts’ to inspire and motivate each individual to achieve their full potential in their learning journey”. We are extremely excited to see the high quality Football coaching that is now taking place with each of the teams on a weekly basis.
YPD coach Mr I Heeley says, “Youth Player Development are extremely thrilled at the new partnership formed with Lift Kingswood which will see us work closely with the Boys' and Girls' Football Academy teams across each year group. Our YPD team of coaches have already begun delivering training across all of the teams. We will look to enhance the current program that is on offer at the school, giving the pupils a stronger platform to excel within their football pathway. We strongly believe in making 'every moment count' and look forward to seeing the partnership and program grow".
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