The Beginning, The Middle, The End

A training session for children in this age can consist of 3 components: The Beginning, The Middle and The End. It’s important to note that facilitators should respond to the players needs and manage how many and what type of practice to use in their situation. Sometimes you might go straight into a game after a brief warm up.

1. The Beginning
   The purpose of The Beginning (better known as the warm-up) is to get the kids in the right frame of mind and activate their bodies. It’s unnecessary to run laps around the field and do stretches to achieve that: all sorts of relays and tagging games with and without the ball are much better (more specific, more fun) and also help develop the children’s basic coordination.
2. The Middle
   The Middle is the section of the training session where we conduct fun football exercises such as dribbling, passing, shooting, etc.
3. The End
   The last part (The End) is allocated for playing all sorts of Small-Sided Games

CHOOSE YOUR OWN

We encourage you to choose your own games based on the experience you have had with your own players and your knowledge of what works with them and what doesn't. To support this, we have created a 'bank' of resources for each session component by which you can pick and choose between different activities that will suit the needs and demands of your players.