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Your humble correspondent was lucky enough to attend the introductory session for the older boys this morning.

It was great to see the young blokes with their dads. Whether they play footy or not there are going to be some big lads when they become adults.

The latest report with pictures is here:

http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/01 ... t-academy/

Today was the turn of the older boys to participate in the Father Son Development Academy which is an initiative of the Carlton Football Club and supported financially by the Spirit of Carlton Past and Present. Geoff Southby represented the Spirit of Carlton at this morning's session as a show of further support for the club, the parents and boys participating in this exciting project.
The parents and potential father son prospects, along with President Stephen Kernahan and other Carlton officials all gathered in the Don Chipp Theatrette to begin proceedings. Assistant coach Alan Richardson began by giving an introduction which explained that the number one objective of the camp was to make the boys feel like they belong, each boy had to make their own decisions about where they wanted to take their football. The most important thing is that they know the club is there for them if they need them. He highlighted that Soccer had been dealing with the issues surrounding the development of young athletes from boys to men for 30 years and that Carlton had used some of the knowledge gained by Soccer over the years to develop the program for this week.
Stephen Kernahan then spoke and referred individually to each boy, welcoming them to the club and commenting on the contributions each of their fathers had made to the club and to football in general. He spoke about the club and its culture and expectations of its players.
Each boy was presented with Carlton gear including personalised shirts, most of them towered over Rod Ashman who was handing over the Guernseys. They all had a sparkle in their eyes and seemed genuinely excited to be there, some had come from as far away as Perth to attend.
Then it was the turn of Jarrad Waite to give a talk on what it was like to be a father son prospect and the process of being picked for the Blues and becoming a player. After that some video was played which included some highlights of the careers of the fathers of each of the boys. It was great seeing a few little reactions to the video from some of the boys sitting next to their dads.
Finally it was time for parents and children to part ways and the Club took the boys into the training facilities to begin the next stage of the program.
The Spirit of Carlton would like to wish every boy the best of luck in whatever they wish to do, if they did not know before, they certainly know now that they are part of this great club.

Author:	Spirit of Carlton [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:38 pm ]
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Today marks the beginning of another exciting initiative of the Carlton Football Club and the Spirit of Carlton with the inaugural Father and Son Academy Training program. This program is a chance for possible future father and son prospects to become better acquainted with the club, to see how the players train, how team meeting s are conducted, listen to some Carlton greats speak, and do some skills sessions with Carlton football staff. The children are split into a younger group and an older group who each participate for two days at the club during the week. The program for the younger children is aimed more at familiarisation and fun. The older group get advice on diet, training, goal setting and presentation from previous father son players on what they might expect. Each group will get the opportunity to mix with the current players and hear the stories of how current players such as Chris Judd made the transition from junior footy to senior footy. This is a wonderful initiative from the club that strengthens the bonds of community and family within the club which are so important. Not all these boys will get the opportunity to play for Blues but they will always be part of the Blues family. Stay tuned later in the week for more news from the Academy.

Author:	bondiblue [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:17 pm ]
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What a fantastic pro active initiative. There must be a few FS on the horizon. Go the Spirit of Carlton

Author:	kezza [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:00 pm ]
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SOS has 3 coming through. Any others that anyone can think of? Wonderful idea.

Author:	Bomba Sheldon [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:03 pm ]
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kezza wrote: SOS has 3 coming through. Any others that anyone can think of? Wonderful idea. Whitnall has a couple of young blood-nuts, Hickmott has as well. Minton-Connell does but he was well short of the 100 games for teh Blues. Its a great idea, I think Terry Wallace had one set up at the Tiges a few years ago.

Author:	teagueyubeauty [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:47 pm ]
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23 in total ATM apparently

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Author:	DocSherrin III [ Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:52 pm ]
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Be nice for the Mums, wives and daughters to be invited to a season launch 'Women of Carlton' event too. You can never have enough female supporters and we don't fare as well as we could in this department. Father/Son Academy is a great initiative. 99% won't become footballers, but a few could turn into passionate supporters, board members or perhaps professional golfers (James Marchesani has a world Amateur Ranking and is on a golf scholarship in the States...plays of plus-2). Like SOS, Frank had three sons (and one daughter)...all very talented golfers...the youngest, Daniel was a late inclusion in the Spirit of Carlton Golf Day...at 15, I think he played off scratch. Enough to make you sick.

Author:	Drewgirl [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:39 am ]
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You are right Dr. I went to the women of carlton event late last year, and they had the new players mums there. They introduced them to come and stand next to their sons. It was a really nice touch actually. They seemed to focus on the mums at that event. And One dad that was there as well.

Author:	Lace Out [ Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:14 pm ]
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teagueyubeauty wrote: 23 in total ATM apparently Ok, 3 are SOS's boys and Hickmont and Red have 2-3 on the way....Who on earth are the rest!!!! Damn you sticks for having 3 girls!!!

Author:	murraycray [ Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:23 pm ]
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Has Rhys got any kids ? Boys preferably.

Author:	Bomba Sheldon [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:02 am ]
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Yazzamatazz wrote: teagueyubeauty wrote: 23 in total ATM apparently Ok, 3 are SOS's boys and Hickmont and Red have 2-3 on the way....Who on earth are the rest!!!! Damn you sticks for having 3 girls!!! Kouta has a boy but a bit young at this stage i think

Author:	verbs [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:11 am ]
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Yazzamatazz wrote: teagueyubeauty wrote: 23 in total ATM apparently Ok, 3 are SOS's boys and Hickmont and Red have 2-3 on the way....Who on earth are the rest!!!! Damn you sticks for having 3 girls!!! I didn't know Silvagni has three boys. Ratten's lad was front and centre at training once last year.

Author:	TruBlueBrad [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:15 am ]
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Ratts has a cople of boys I believe.

Author:	Blue Vain [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:03 pm ]
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Too bad the sons of premiership players aren't automatically eligible. Warren McKenzies young bloke was runner up in the YJFL league B&F this year for Under 15s. (Probably the strongest public/junior football league in the state.) The same league SOS' boys play in but this was in Gold division. (The highest division of 4). What makes that remarkable? The kid was eligible for Under 14s and played up an age group. He was also included in the state Under 15 team to represent Victoria.

Author:	Sydney Blue [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:17 pm ]
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Blue Vain wrote: Too bad the sons of premiership players aren't automatically eligible. Warren McKenzies young bloke was runner up in the YJFL league B&F this year for Under 15s. (Probably the strongest public/junior football league in the state.) The same league SOS' boys play in but this was in Gold division. (The highest division of 4). What makes that remarkable? The kid was eligible for Under 14s and played up an age group. He was also included in the state Under 15 team to represent Victoria. Warren McKenzie has two sons do you know if he was his eldest because last time I spoke to him he said his second boy looked to have the goods the eldest was more intent on playing basketball

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Author:	Spirit of Carlton [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:28 pm ]
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Your humble correspondent was lucky enough to attend the introductory session for the older boys this morning. It was great to see the young blokes with their dads. Whether they play footy or not there are going to be some big lads when they become adults. The latest report with pictures is here: http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/01 ... t-academy/ Today was the turn of the older boys to participate in the Father Son Development Academy which is an initiative of the Carlton Football Club and supported financially by the Spirit of Carlton Past and Present. Geoff Southby represented the Spirit of Carlton at this morning's session as a show of further support for the club, the parents and boys participating in this exciting project. The parents and potential father son prospects, along with President Stephen Kernahan and other Carlton officials all gathered in the Don Chipp Theatrette to begin proceedings. Assistant coach Alan Richardson began by giving an introduction which explained that the number one objective of the camp was to make the boys feel like they belong, each boy had to make their own decisions about where they wanted to take their football. The most important thing is that they know the club is there for them if they need them. He highlighted that Soccer had been dealing with the issues surrounding the development of young athletes from boys to men for 30 years and that Carlton had used some of the knowledge gained by Soccer over the years to develop the program for this week. Stephen Kernahan then spoke and referred individually to each boy, welcoming them to the club and commenting on the contributions each of their fathers had made to the club and to football in general. He spoke about the club and its culture and expectations of its players. Each boy was presented with Carlton gear including personalised shirts, most of them towered over Rod Ashman who was handing over the Guernseys. They all had a sparkle in their eyes and seemed genuinely excited to be there, some had come from as far away as Perth to attend. Then it was the turn of Jarrad Waite to give a talk on what it was like to be a father son prospect and the process of being picked for the Blues and becoming a player. After that some video was played which included some highlights of the careers of the fathers of each of the boys. It was great seeing a few little reactions to the video from some of the boys sitting next to their dads. Finally it was time for parents and children to part ways and the Club took the boys into the training facilities to begin the next stage of the program. The Spirit of Carlton would like to wish every boy the best of luck in whatever they wish to do, if they did not know before, they certainly know now that they are part of this great club.

Author:	Bomba Sheldon [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:36 pm ]
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Great work, please keep updating on its progress. You would imagine that for some the footage would have been the first time they had seen their dads in action.

Author:	bondiblue [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:24 pm ]
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Spirit of Carlton wrote: Your humble correspondent was lucky enough to attend the introductory session for the older boys this morning. It was great to see the young blokes with their dads. Whether they play footy or not there are going to be some big lads when they become adults. The latest report with pictures is here: http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/01 ... t-academy/ Today was the turn of the older boys to participate in the Father Son Development Academy which is an initiative of the Carlton Football Club and supported financially by the Spirit of Carlton Past and Present. Geoff Southby represented the Spirit of Carlton at this morning's session as a show of further support for the club, the parents and boys participating in this exciting project. The parents and potential father son prospects, along with President Stephen Kernahan and other Carlton officials all gathered in the Don Chipp Theatrette to begin proceedings. Assistant coach Alan Richardson began by giving an introduction which explained that the number one objective of the camp was to make the boys feel like they belong, each boy had to make their own decisions about where they wanted to take their football. The most important thing is that they know the club is there for them if they need them. He highlighted that Soccer had been dealing with the issues surrounding the development of young athletes from boys to men for 30 years and that Carlton had used some of the knowledge gained by Soccer over the years to develop the program for this week. Stephen Kernahan then spoke and referred individually to each boy, welcoming them to the club and commenting on the contributions each of their fathers had made to the club and to football in general. He spoke about the club and its culture and expectations of its players. Each boy was presented with Carlton gear including personalised shirts, most of them towered over Rod Ashman who was handing over the Guernseys. They all had a sparkle in their eyes and seemed genuinely excited to be there, some had come from as far away as Perth to attend. Then it was the turn of Jarrad Waite to give a talk on what it was like to be a father son prospect and the process of being picked for the Blues and becoming a player. After that some video was played which included some highlights of the careers of the fathers of each of the boys. It was great seeing a few little reactions to the video from some of the boys sitting next to their dads. Finally it was time for parents and children to part ways and the Club took the boys into the training facilities to begin the next stage of the program. The Spirit of Carlton would like to wish every boy the best of luck in whatever they wish to do, if they did not know before, they certainly know now that they are part of this great club. This is fantastic news. Thanks for the brilliant report SOC. It sure is a great feeling to belong to such a great club.

Author:	Kouta [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:39 pm ]
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Dorotich has two sons. I believe one is playing junior footy in WA.

Author:	BigBlueWave [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:05 pm ]
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Bomba Sheldon wrote: Yazzamatazz wrote: teagueyubeauty wrote: 23 in total ATM apparently Ok, 3 are SOS's boys and Hickmont and Red have 2-3 on the way....Who on earth are the rest!!!! Damn you sticks for having 3 girls!!! Kouta has a boy but a bit young at this stage i think Just give Kouta's kid a soft football to play with. With days he will be doing one handed pickups and kicking it through the kitchen door and into the fridge.

Author:	Juanita Jones [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:56 pm ]
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Kouta now has two boys.