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A big congratulations to 20 year old Izzy Hindmarsh on playing her 100th NPLW game and 15 year old Grace Fenson on making her first-team debut in Belconnen United’s round 18 win over Majura FC. 👏⚽️

Both girls put in strong performances, with Izzy getting on the scoresheet and Gracie providing an assist. It capped off a pretty special day for Gracie, who also scored twice for the U18s earlier in the day, taking the midfielder’s tally to 27 goals for the season.

We’ve been fortunate to work with both girls individually over the past few years — Izzy 1–2 times a week for the past 18 months and Gracie 1–2 times a week for the past three years.

Over the last three months, they’ve also started training together in 2-on-1 sessions and it’s been great to see what that added dynamic has brought to both players. Training alongside another quality player creates different challenges — more competition, more decision-making, more opportunities to learn from each other and still plenty of individual feedback.

It’s a big part of why we love working with small groups of 2–6 players. Sessions stay individualised and focused on what each player needs, while adding the intensity, pressure and interaction that can be difficult to recreate when training alone.

Plenty more to come from these two. 💪⚽️

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📷 Soccer Snaps by Sal, Pivot Football

A bit special…

It was great to catch up and work with Gabe Cole again, former Monaro Panther and current captain at Stockport Town Football Club, playing in the North West Counties League in England.

A true technician and professional, we wish him Gabe the very best for the 2026/27 season.



📷 Stockport Town FC

It’s always to catch up with two of the OGs of Pivot Football, Leo and Tatum Mazis, for a 2 on 1 ‘Finishing’ session over the Easter weekend.

Leo and Tatum have had impressive starts to 2026 with their new teams, Caroline Springs George Cross (NPL VIC) and Brisbane City (NPLW QLD), with multiple goal involvements.

Special thanks to Pete, Gess and Caelee Mazis for the footage and ball collection!

We wish Leo and Tatum all the very best for the rest of the season.

Individual and small group performance training.

It was great catching up with Atiya this past week after an incredible 2024, where he scored 14 goals for the men’s NPL champions, Canberra Croatia FC, was invited to train with several A-League clubs and was also named in the U18 Australian Schoolboys team to tour the UK.

Atiya has started 2025 at full pace, signing a youth contract with A-League club Macarthur FC and being invited to a recent Young Socceroos training camp.

We wish Atiya continued success and look forward to seeing what else he achieves in 2025.

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2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Ella Palframan

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months plus.

👏 Ella Palframan had an incredible comeback in 2024, overcoming injury and illness. Ella starred for a talented Canberra Croatia FC women’s team, dominating teams with her physicality and technical ability.

Ella left for the USA in August, to begin an athletic scholarship with NJCAA division school, Tyler University in Texas, where she contributed six goals and four assists in her freshman year. Tyler University advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament.

👏 We would also like to acknowledge Sophia Doumos, one of our original athletes for her first season playing in the USA collegiate system, with NJCAA division school Seminole State College of Oklahoma. Sophia was named in the regional team of the year and her school advanced to the NJCAA National Tournament as well.

We wish them all the very best for their 2025 season.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Max Trushell

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months. plus.

Today we’re highlighting the 2024 season of Max Trushell.

Max played a starring role with the U23 NPL champions Canberra Croatia FC, culminating in making his debut with the men’s first team.

In August, Max left Australia to take up a four-year athletic scholarship in the USA collegiate system with D’Youville University in Buffalo, NY, where he started every game, a rarity for a first year student/athlete (freshman) in the NCAA division.

We wish Max all the very best for his 2025 season.

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2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Elliot Head

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support in 2024. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

Today we’d like to highlight the 2024 season achievements of 14 year old Elliot Head, after spending 3 months on the sidelines with a hairline stress fracture in his back towards the end of 2023.

Elliot was selected into the ACT U14 talent identification program, competing in a five-team tournament in Melbourne against three select local teams, consisting of A-League academy and NPL players, as well as one Tasmanian team.

In September, Elliot was awarded GUFC’s U15s Coach’s Player of the Year.

Concluding a highly successful year, Elliot was one of 11 Australian players selected from the Australia-wide Barcelona camps to attend November’s Barca Academy Experience 2024, enjoying a week of training at the renowned La Masia facilities and games against other Spanish academy squads.

We wish him all the best for the 2025 season, with his promotion to Gungahlin United FC’s U16 team.

2024 Year in Review - Highlights
Talia Backhouse

We’d like to express our immense appreciation to all of the Pivot athletes for their hard work and great company, as well as to their families for their continued support during 2024. In the spirit of the festive season, we’d like to highlight the wonderful achievements of some of the athletes we have worked with over the past 12+ months.

👏 After several very successful years as player and captain for Canberra’s Belconnen United FC, Talia Backhouse had an incredible 2024, signing with third tier Spanish La Liga club CD Pradejón, contributing several goals and assists. On her return to Australia, she signed with NSW NPLW club UNSW FC, scoring six goals in 14 games, making the NSW NPLW Team of the Week on two occasions and also being awarded NSW’s NPLW August Defender of the Month.

We hope that 2025 brings Talia even more success!