Football Academy trial for a Goalie advice

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Any advice please on the process. My son was scouted a few weeks ago (Goalkeeper) was asked to go down to one of the midlands cat1 development group for trainings.
We were told 3-4 weeks then feedback. He has attended goalie training then they get picked to attend (or not) for the after match which he’s done a couple of times but he keeps being asked to go outfield which is a bit baffling considering they barely seen him in proper action.
i mean i understand they need to be good on their feet too but they’ve definitely not seen him properly as a goalie.
Any insight of what may be going on?

So sounds like it’s development level and not an academy trail even if it’s at the academy so they clearly just want to take a look at him as a footballer overall. I would surmise he is younger and playing outfield is also important in terms of understanding positions, reading the game, distribution, positional play etc.

Sometimes if an academy wants to see a kid for development it’s to boost their fee paying players. Chelsea is famous for this - Chelsea Foundation has loads of kids trialling but not for the academy.

If it’s an actual trial with the academy, you son would be doing goalkeeping sessions with a dedicated goalkeeping coach at least once a week and then playing with his age group the other sessions in goal and outfield. They don’t play games the whole time - there are drills and training exercises which is for everyone.

Basically if it’s free it’s a trial. If you are paying it’s then a selective training session they run.

It would help if you could clarify which if the above it is.

For reference my son is at a Cat 1 as a goalkeeper …..

Thanks very much for the info. This is a cat 1 academy but yes he is in the development level and not paying for it. They do have a day where it’s just goalkeeping training.
He’s not really progressed as he’s still not been asked to actually move up to the academy and not really been given any feedback since he started.
They seem to rotate putting some kids in goal and some outfield.
We are just taking it as free (hopefully) good quality training and tell him to make most of it while it last.
Thanks again for all the info