FOOTBALL MAD SOCCER SCHOOL
Football Mad Soccer School has been formed with a view to improve the technique and skills of children playing Association Football and to serve as a motivation for children to look forward to playing sport. A secondary benefit of the children partaking of the soccer school is that they will improve their mobility and fitness through the use of the Speed, Agility and Quickness (SAQ) routines that will be used by the coaches as part of their sessions.
Children only play the game of Association Football from the end of March through until the end of August. It is the intention of the soccer school to fill the gap from October to December and from January to March, and then to return the children back to their winter clubs better prepared.
Football Mad Soccer School is dedicated to the motivation and participation of all children in the game of Association Football.
MISSION STATEMENT
The goal of The Football Mad Soccer School is to develop players to their highest potential in a positive environment that is both instructive and fun.
Our objective is to provide every player the greatest opportunity to develop their soccer skills in addition to important life skills such as discipline, sportsmanship and teamwork. This task is accomplished by hiring the most experienced and qualified coaches that have a passion for the game and the desire and the enthusiasm to educate young players.
Each player is provided instruction based upon a proven curriculum that is age appropriate and commensurate with the skill level of the players.
Players will receive the full range of development from 7 years old to 15 years of age.
Coaching
The children will be split up according to age, and, if sufficient numbers, by ability. The ratio of coach to child will be 1-15 maximum. Each group will work to a set curriculum with assessments taking place at the end of each section of the curriculum. These assessments will be collated and each child presented with a certificate at the end of the course.
Coaches
Only qualified and experienced coaches will head up each group. However as part of our commitment to ongoing coach education, inexperienced coaches will be used under the supervision of the main coach. The intention is to encourage these inexperienced coaches to gain the right experience and to further their coaching qualifications. We are always on the look out for coaches - if you feel you have the right qualities and want to get involved, then give us a call.
Frequency
The soccer school is intending to operate each weekday evening commencing at 3.30pm and concluding no later than 6.30pm. Boys and girls will be coached together in age groups on two separate evenings a week and a specialist goalkeeping clinic will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. The soccer school will also operate during school holidays as separate programmes to the after school activity.