This is the age where children start to figure out who their favourite teams are, or who their mum and dad’s favourite team is. Recognising that there are different clubs and countries and they all wear different team colours. Through the introduction of bibs and team games, we are able to give our children a better sense of teamwork, team-building and sportsmanship. Having the confidence and ability to participate in team games as well as think as an individual to bond with team members is another aspect we focus on at Little Footy Stars. This also includes listening to instructions from our coaches which gives all of our Stars a helping hand when they go to school and throughout their sporting lives.

Shooting Stars Is the final stage of Little Footy Stars and the last stage before joining your first grassroots football team.

With boundless energy, we put a greater emphasis on dribbling skills, accuracy in passing and shooting combined with attacking and defending games to give each child a true concept of the beautiful game. All of our sessions finish with a small sided football match.

Class Features:

• Weekly classes
• 45 minute class
• Small sided matches
• Each new starter receives a football kit
• Two coaches for up to 18 children (max)
• Children play independently of their parent/guardian

Practice, Repeat, Understand

Having the confidence and ability to participate in team games as well as think as an individual to bond with team members is another aspect we focus on at Little Footy Stars. This also includes listening to instructions from our coaches which gives all of our stars a helping hand when they go to school and throughout their sporting lives.

Shooting Stars still promotes fun as the main factor while learning. Play is what motivates the children to repeat the practice. This is a very powerful learning tool in itself. However, we feel it is fundamentally important that children understand when and where to use these skills. Our philosophy and framework transcends all six areas of the EYFS framework for learning and development.

FUNdamentals

Shooting Stars teaches the fundamentals of football in a fun and safe learning environment through a series of games and match play using our tried and tested framework. 

The ability to participate in group activities, think as an individual and bond with your team, are fantastic social tools for when your child goes to school and in joining different clubs throughout their sporting lives. 

Our Shooting Stars experience a quick pace of development during our kids football classes. As we use all of the skills that have been learnt during our toddler football classes. Introducing small-sided games where our Stars get a true sense of what it’s like to play in a football match, while developing their touch and spatial awareness. 

We develop our children’s personality, imagination & right to be one’s self with the Brazilian Ginga. Some common stylish moves of Ginga include juggling, dribbling and controlling the ball with all parts of the foot. Something we encourage our Stars to do. 

Children flourish with comradery & team work through our use of the Spanish Tiki-Taka. Passing and sharing the ball as often as possible. You give you ball away, you get it straight back. We believe this technique teaches our Stars to pass more often, since they know they will get the ball back. This also ensures our players learn the importance of teamwork and passing the ball around the pitch, rather than running all the time. With a huge variation of passing games and teaching our Stars about the greatest passers in the game, we have our Shooting Stars bending it like Beckham in no time. 

While each child constantly Improves individual technical skills to their fullest potential using the Dutch Coerver coaching method. A method of coaching which helps aid in skill, strength, speed, sense and sprit! As we get our stars to master football working on their touch, control and confidence. They learn hook turns like Lionel Messi, chops like Cristiano Ronaldo, the famous Cruyff turn like Johan Cruyff and finally progressing onto the roulette like Zinedine Zidane. 

Our kids football classes ensure that players constantly have a ball at their feet, from the moment they walk through the door, to the start of the small side again. This helps each child with the ball mastery, close control and effective dribbling in smaller spaces. 

All of our games are designed in a zero pressure learning environment. Where our Stars are encouraged to learn at their own pace and get the most enjoyment out of each class. We are strong believers that all of our games must have the fun factor instilled in the framework so that players want to repeat and practice skills and games. 

All of our skilled games follow a “no tackling”rule, ensuring that each child is focused on their skill level and nothing else. For over 10 years now we have ensured we develop our Stars spatial awareness and vision on it pitch, it’s what we do best. 

Our coaches do not just focus on teaching a skill, they also focus on where and when to use the skills in a small sided game. This carefully designed part of a framework ensures that players are not just doing skills to showboat but effectively beat their opponents. 

Our football for kids classes ensure that each child builds on their confidence, feels comfortable in a group setting and most importantly feels part of that group. 

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