{"id":60550,"date":"2024-11-07T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60550"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:41:07","slug":"curro-to-expand-pitso-mosimane-soccer-schools-programme-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=60550","title":{"rendered":"Curro to expand Pitso Mosimane Soccer Schools Programme in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo. Pitso Mosimane Soccer Schools.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Curro Holdings<\/strong> is expanding the Pitso Mosimane Soccer Schools (PMSS) programme <\/strong>by adding six additional schools in 2025 as part of its mission to “Create the player of tomorrow\u2019”.<\/em><\/p>\n

The initiative has, already, successfully integrated 17 Curro schools. Its objective is to provide students with the essential technical, cognitive, and social competencies required to excel in competitive football.<\/p>\n

During an interview with SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong> earlier this year, Pitso Mosimane<\/a><\/strong>, the founder of the PMSS said: “The development of football must be a combination of academics and the sport itself.”<\/p>\n

The PMSS programme has chosen to work with schools, Mosimane said, to nurture football skills from an early age.<\/p>\n

The schools set to benefit from the programme include Curro Academy Mbombela<\/strong> and Meridian Karino<\/strong>, in Mpumalanga;\u00a0Curro Academy Wilgeheuwel<\/strong>, in Roodepoort; Meridian Rustenburg<\/strong>, in North West; and Curro Academy Sandown<\/strong> and Meridian Pinehurst,<\/strong> in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

Curro’s partnership with the renowned coach, Pitso Mosimane, began in January 2023 at Curro Northern Academy<\/strong>, in Polokwane, and Curro Meridian Cosmo City<\/strong>, in Roodepoort.\"\"<\/p>\n

Since partnering with Curro, the PMSS programme has achieved remarkable success, with Meridian Northern Academy<\/strong> in Polokwane recently winning the prestigious Kay Motsepe Schools Championship<\/a><\/strong>, while the u13 boys’ team secured an impressive third place.<\/p>\n

Those outstanding achievements were hailed by Curro’s CEO, Cobus Loubser<\/strong>, as being among the greatest milestones in the 25-year history of Curro\u2019s sports teams.<\/p>\n

The PMSS model provides a structured pathway for players aged from six to 18, guiding them from grassroots development to high-performance training as they progress on their football journeys.<\/p>\n

“Curro’s continued commitment to the PMSS programme and its expansion into more schools reflects our vision of fostering excellence in both sports and academics,” Fergus Sampson<\/strong>, Business Executive for Meridian Schools at Curro Holdings, said.<\/p>\n

“We believe that sports play a critical role in developing not only physical fitness but also essential skills, like leadership, teamwork, and discipline in our learners.<\/p>\n

Partnering with Pitso Mosimane, one of Africa’s most successful football coaches, enables us to elevate the standard of soccer in South Africa. The extension of the programme is a natural progression, allowing us to nurture even more talent.”<\/p>\n

The PMSS programme includes federation-accredited coaches and a comprehensive training plan. Among the pillars it is focused upon are talent identification, school league integration, and high-performance training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curro Holdings is expanding the Pitso Mosimane Soccer Schools (PMSS) programme by adding six additional schools in 2025 as part of its mission to “Create the player of tomorrow\u2019”. The initiative has, already, successfully integrated 17 Curro schools. Its objective is to provide students with the essential technical, cognitive, and social competencies required to excel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":60579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}