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Development · Girls' age groups and open-age Ladies

Ladies & Girls Football

An equal pathway, not a parallel one.

Two to three sessions per week · 75–90 minutesSmall-sided at Foundation age; 11-a-side girls' and Ladies league competition

Overview

What this stage is for

Panorama has taken girls into football since the club's early years, and the Ladies programme is run to the same standard, with the same curriculum, the same assessment cycle and the same claim on facilities and coaching time as any other route through the club. Girls entering at Foundation age should be able to see the whole road ahead of them — age-group football, elite opportunity and open-age Ladies competition — inside one club.

Runs alongside the boys' pathway from Foundation to open age, with the Academy layer supporting both equally.

Development focus

What players work on

  • Continuous girls' provision from Foundation age upward
  • Technical and tactical curriculum identical in standard to the boys' pathway
  • Retention through the teenage years, where girls' football most often loses players
  • Visible senior Ladies football as a destination

Coaching emphasis

How it is coached

  • Female coaching representation and development
  • Age-phase appropriate physical preparation
  • Deliberate scheduling that protects, rather than displaces, Ladies training slots

Coaching staff

Who leads this programme

N. Mahlangu

Ladies Football Lead

Leads the girls' and Ladies pathway from Foundation age to open-age competition, with a specific remit for retention through the teenage years and for developing female coaches inside the club.

SAFA C Licence · Women's Football Development Certificate · First Aid (current) · Safeguarding cleared

Registration for this programme runs through the club's join journey, with places confirmed after a trial or orientation session.

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