The NVSFFL is proud to announce our second season of the North Shore Spring Football Academy. We are partnering with Amar and Natalie Doman of the BC Lions and greatly appreciate their support in making this happen.

We have made some changes this year and will have two separate age groups. The younger group will be Grades 6,7,8 and 9. The older group will be Grades 10,11,12 and University. 

The Academy will be from April 15th to June 20th, with two sessions per week for 20 sessions. Sessions will be between an hour and an hour and 15 minutes. The younger group will be on Mondays from 5:30 to 6:45 pm at Argyle and Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at Confederation. The older group will be from 6:45  to 8:00 pm Mondays at Argyle and Thursdays at Confederation from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. There could be slight changes to the schedule and fields during the season.

Sessions will focus on speed training, sports core movement, and football skill development. This will be for all positions, and the applicants chosen will become better athletes and football players, guaranteed. This is open to everyone from grades 6 to University. To be eligible, players must be registered in our North Van Spring Flag Football League for the 2024 season.

There will be no cost; it is a free academy for all chosen applicants. We are limiting the Academy to a maximum of 20 players per group. A committee will select the players. Successful applicants are expected to have 80 % or more attendance at the Academy.

We are incredibly excited to announce that we have three fantastic coaches working with the players in the Academy.

Sports Core Movement: Rob Williams is one of the top Sports Coaches in North America. He works with professional athletes in the NFL, CFL, NHL, and many other sports. Nathan Rourke from the BC Lions is one of Rob's students and attributes much of his success to him. Rob has a history of helping all his athletes improve their performance.

Speed: Errol is one of the top speed coaches and a former NCAA Division One sprinter. He will make everyone faster, and speed is crucial in all sports.

Football Skills:  We are excited to announce that Anthony Findlay will take over for Brent Burns. Brent has moved to Powell River, and we wish him all the best, and he will be missed. But we are very excited to have Anthony Findlay, a high-level football coach. Anthony is a former CFL and UBC player. Anthony is the owner/operator of Level 10 Fitness, which trains many high-level athletes and Olympic Gold Medalists; he has also coached in our flag league and VANCOUVER COLLEGE for many years. 

Applications: For applications, we are looking for a small note from 1. a parent/teacher and 2. a coach about your attitude and work ethic at school and one of the teams you played on. 3. Plus, a small paragraph from the youth about why they would like to be part of the Academy. The deadline for Applications is April 7th, 2024. Please send applications to nvsfflacademy@gmail.com