Q Youth Academy

The Q Youth Academy 

The Q Youth Academy is a three-day intensive touch football training camp for athletes aged 12 – 17, targeted at those looking to enhance their current skills & knowledge.

The concept was established in 2017 and since then, has grown into a performance-focused opportunity for our emerging touch football athletes – players, coaches and referees.

The camp includes training, games, performance testing, body management and injury prevention while gaining an introduction to what it takes to be at the top of your game and perform at the highest level.

2025 will see our player and coach mentors returning to interact with our athletes and coaches both online and in person.

With names like Jason Boyd, Adam Pryde, Chris Loth, Leeanne Bauer, Brenda Rackman & the Touch Football Australia GOAT Drumayne Dayberg-Muir & wife Lauren, our athletes and coaches are in for a treat.

Their invaluable knowledge and willingness to share is inspiring and will ensure all our Queensland emerging athletes know the pathway and what it takes to reach the top.

Players are selected by QTF, in collaboration with respective regional coaches from the National Youth Championship. The regions combine to represent each NRL Touch Premiership permit team – Cowboys (North Queensland and Central Queensland); Broncos (Sunshine Coast and Brisbane); and Titans (South West Queensland and South Queensland and Border Districts).

Coaches are appointed by QTF from nominations received from respective coaches across all regions, and are combined to make the coaching team that represents each of the NRL Touch Premiership permit teams, Cowboys, Broncos and Titans. Coaches are supported by QTF development staff and the new addition of the coach mentors.

View the Coach Guidelines here.

Coach expressions of interest are open! Submit your interest here.

Referees are selected from nominations received from all regions to join the Junior Emerging Talent Squad (JETS) and attend the Q Youth Academy. JETS provide a pathway for youth referees, our stars of the future, that display the potential to progress to the elite level and underpins referee participation at youth events at local, state and national level. The key objective of the JETS program is to provide a structured pathway for young referees to achieve their goals with the help of coaching and support from other elite referees, coaches, players and mentors.

2025 Event Information

Date: Friday 14 February – Sunday 16 February, 2025
Venue: Gold Coast Performance Centre, Runaway Bay
Registrations: Player, coach and referee registrations will open soon.

Read the 2024 Q Youth Academy wrap up here.