#SoccerkidzSaturday Coaching Report 23/11/14

We welcomed everybody to our new venue @ Leventhorpe Sports Complex.

As ever we had great fun with the Cubs, every week we show signs of development through listening, attention, team work and friendship. Our boys and girls are well on there way to being stars of the future....Keep up the good work Kidz!

Our Soccerkidz Saturday Bears team are really beginning to take shape....off the back of this weekends session the foundations have been set towards the formation of our first ever competitive team. However, we will not force this upon our stars until we all feel they are ready. 

Coach Ben......"I am really please with how the coaching is progressing each week, we are now encourapating specifically suited; tackling, defending and attacking games to assist the players with their development towards competitive football games."

check out the Facebook page to view pictures from the session.

"Bruce the Bear" Tackles Gender Equality at Grass Roots Level

USA - 2 males to every 1 female participating in youth soccer
UK- 16 males to every 1 female participating in youth football (FIFA 2013)

Soccerkidz Ltd and other coaching companies that share similar values and concepts as one-another other are the best sources of child development as children have the opportunity to grow in a pressure free environment, learning and building upon a variety of newly found attributes before society ideologies gets the chance to make their minds up for them. most boys will play football at some point in their early years within a club, they will usually decide whether football is for them or not....... based on our own statistical research we believe that many girls do not get the opportunity to be involved in a football club-team at an early age which leads us to believe they have potentially missed out on a sport that can offer them far more than just a fun game as it ingrains confidence, encourages friendship and teaches them important values and ethics that we have been highlighting over the past month in our weekly blogs. 

Bruce the Bear....."give your daughter a football before a barbie doll and let her choose her pathway. We are working towards creating a female Soccerkidz Elite team now for future competitions, with our coaching and direction we will take great pleasure in beating any boys teams we come up against!"

Further Reading...... 

The "Soccerkidz Child Development System" (SCDS) incorporates a number of different developmental concepts associated with healthy child development and future issues. Many scholars, publicist and pundits express their opinions on the Gender gap between male and female participation in football but not many of those attempt to do something about it however....we are in a position to do so!

Back in May when Soccerkidz launched its first session, one of our goals was to encourage the disbandment of social and stereotypical ideologies associated  to female participation in football through female participation within our own club, by doing so this would assist our overall aims of development. Since Soccerkidz Ltd launched we have coached over 100 children, around 7 of those being female. We now have 2 girls registered in our club and the Captain of our "Bears" team is a 5 year old girl named Ruhani, "She a Star." 

#SoccerkidzLtd Weekend Coaching Report - 8/11/ & 9/11

Soccerkidz Team Talk......"Whether your child is a Soccerkidz first timer or a seasoned player we cater for all children's abilities and hold no discrimination in any sense of the word when it comes to participation at our club. The coaching structure of Soccerkidz will continue to develop with the club and we are all apart of making the right decisions when it comes to getting the best development results for the children. Without participation and enjoyment for the concept of football....there would be no fun game to play." 

1......2.......3.......Soccerkidz!

Coaching Report:

This Sunday we had a new wave of Soccerkidz come along for a free taster session....lucky we had four coaches otherwise things could of got tricky.

We approached the session with the plan of splitting the groups into 2 separate teams (age specific) in to our respected cubs and bears teams. However,  upon our coaching debrief we all felt that it it took away the benefit of being able to use the whole hall for everybody. Therefore next session we will merge everyone together for the same activities so that we can target the bulk of the classes development needs and targets. We will assign two of our coaches the job of attending to the younger children's needs. 

we will revert back to the coaching structure used in our #Soccerkidzsunday November 2nd session, as we feel this way we are more able to give the children more contact time with the coaches. 

However as a result in changing to this style there maybe children that find the session to "easy" for their development needs, therefore we offer any parent or child that may start thinking this way to speak with our coaches so we can help guide everyone down the best path........we can also provide more advanced coaching at our Soccerkidz Saturday session, "we've had four children move from Harlow Sunday sessions to our Saturdays in Sawbridgeworth."

#SoccerkidzSaturday @ Sawbridgeworth Town FC is the longest running class and is ahead of the Wednesday and Sunday venues in Harlow with regards to the coaching.During the sessions we test our children with new challenges every week as the children themselves have now built up the skills to focus for longer and take on instruction better....this is a result of their prolonged attendance each week and manageable participation numbers. We are currently at the introductory stage of conditioned game play....this includes, defending/attacking/tackling. The newest coaching progression was "5v2 attack verses defense".

If anyone would like to seek further guidance in whats best for your child's development then contact us.....we are here to help.

Soccerkidz@mail.com
07813557347

#SoccerkidzSunday @ Passmores Academy (02/11/14)

"Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man." {Pele}

This weekends Sunday session we had record numbers at Soccerkidz, so another well done to everyone involved. 

This weekend we had planned on splitting the group into two teams of Bears and Cubs groups however after doing our group warm up together we realized the best way to approach the session was having everyone together and assigning a coach in assisting the slightly younger less able children in the group during our skill building games. We did finish in our two groups with the Cubs doing the Soccerkidz Penalty shootout and the Bears taking part in their first attack vs defense exercise!

Coach Ben... Each week we will try our best to challenge all our our players with different activities and progressive coaching techniques. As everyone within the club knows our main focus is to have fun but at the same time we would like to teach them a number of values associated with sport, team-play and healthy living. values and attributes such as friendship, sportsmanship, determination and competitiveness are key components of a Soccerkidz Team. 

"Dribble for Gold game"
Congratulations to our first winner of the dribble for gold game, Jamie! 

#SoccerkidzSundays @ Passmores Academy (26/10/14)

Blog - Sunday 26/10/14

A really big well done to everyone involved with the Sunday Club. We are very pleased to announce that as from next Sunday our players will be inducted into Brucey's Cubs and Beckham's Bears teams (age specific).

Session will run simultaneously.

Coaching Report: 

The sports hall has been an interesting change from our outdoor venue. From a coaching perspective we are learning and adapting to the differences in surface, the hard flat floor makes it more difficult for our youngsters to control and stop the ball....however this challenge alone is developing their core football skills faster than on grass, I believe the kids can improve quicker at their age on this surface however it may prove to be an annoying task to complete for some....we assure everyone that when we get to the point of competitive team play we will find it easy to win :)!

Coach Mason.... "I'm very happy with our new teams and I'm looking forward to our development journey through the stages of our SCDS (Soccerkidz child development system)."

Coach Ben...."Today I was passing and receiving with a few of our youngest players.....I saw fantastic balance and co-ordination from children as young as 2 years old, successfully pass a ball to my feet with consistent accuracy. It really was a joy for us all to watch and I am so proud of all of the boys and girls in the club. We improve every week."

#SoccerkidzWednesday @ Mark Hall Sports Centre, Harlow (22/10/14)

SK Blog - Wednesday 22/10/14

#SoccerkidzSundays @ Mark Hall Sports Centre

Unfortunately we had a small number of children in our "SK Cubs" group due to early after school Halloween discos and a few parents not getting the.....group split, time change message. However with that being said we had great fun with the guys that did, we even managed to muscle in on the next door dance class space for the 15:00-15:50 Cubs session but we could hold the space for the Bears @ 16:00-16:50. 

Coach Mason issued a challenge to all Soccerkidz on Wednesday..."The Dribble for Gold Game". He lined up all of our wizard hat cones in a line, with just enough room between each cone for the ball to fit through, knowone managed it this time around. However Coach Ben showed our players that it could be done and has put a Golden Nugget (pound) and Soccerkidz t-shirt up for grabs for the person that completes the challenge first. 

Bruce The Bear....."Good luck Soccerkidz, you'll have it in no time"

(Note: Soccerkidz Ltd will be running sessions for our Soccerkidz Ltd Elite team in the coming weeks once the players are ready. This invitation will be totally optional.)

#SoccerkidzSundays @ Passmores Academy (19/10/14)

We would like to thank all of our club members and The GPCA community centre in Harlow for the part they have played in the development of SoccerKidz Ltd. 

we have successfully changed venue to the fantastic Passmores Academy which has given us the platform to further the ambitions of our club. 

Coaching Report: 

Many of our players are showing great signs of development...we are now coming to the stage where the ability range within the group is growing, this may be down to our new recruits not having the same contact time as players that have been in our club for a while.

Soccerkidz Ltd prime focus is set on "helping the introduction of children into sport, in our case football." We promote a wide range of principals related to our enhanced child development program (SCDP). Information can be found via our website.

As a result of our developing system, we are soon to invite players onto our Soccerkidz Elite Program.

Ben Doyle, Director of Soccerkidz Ltd

Our Last Day at The GPCA

#SoccerkidzSaturday @ STFC (18/10/14)

#SoccerkidzSaturday

This week we challenged "Beckhams Bears" with a slightly more advanced games...the children managed well with the initial dynamics however "progression 2" proved a bit to tricky. 

SSG (Small Sided Game)

We built upon last weeks game scenario by implementing the same conditions as before. Our players are now learning the basic concepts to the game and we feel they are ready for this stage of development.

Coach Ben...."Great session Bears! We've got some great goalkeepers amongst us."

Coach Mason...."Our team found it difficult to score as the other team had 2 goalkeepers for a long period of the match" 

Louis ball sliding and Aiden ready to land with wings open!

Venue Open Day @ Mark Hall - 15/10/14

Coach Ben....."Thank you to everyone that come down to support our new Soccerkidz venue @ Mark Hall Sports Complex. We had just enough balls for everyone.... I don't think coach mason was too impressed with the flat ball I gave him."

Usually on opening days our max has been around 6 Soccer Kids!

Apologies for night club next door.....the decibels really picked up at times but we managed to have great fun dancing and kicking... next week we have booked the hall for 2 hours, so we can split the boys into 2 club teams.

Bruce the Bears Competition time.

Our mascot Bruce the Bear is giving away a yellow Soccerkidz t-shirt to the child that comes up with Bruce's favorite club name for the younger team. If you would like to submit a club name entry then leave your names on the comments page, we are looking forward to some crackers!

(?????) 2years to 3years, 6months. 

(This is a unique age for children as it is usually one of their first times in a club environment. Our parents play a huge role in supporting the children and assessing when the time is right for their introduction into physical activity.... The coaches will probably have a pretty good idea if you don't. 

Beckham's Bears - 3years, 7months to 6th Birthday.

(Our aim for this club is to grow, develop and build as a team - Team work is our number 1 objective and friendships made on the road to success will play a crucial role in the children's team development. None...the...Less our boys and girls will benefit greatly in many areas of child development both physically and psychologically ......."Fun Is Our Top Priority!"

Click this photo for Venue Open Day 15/10/2014 at Mark Hall Sports Centre gallery >>>

#SoccerkidzSaturdays @ STFC (September 2014)

During September our Soccerkidz numbers averaged around 12-18 children each week. Due to the consistent participation rates week in week out we were able to split the groups into 2 separate age groups (2 years to 3 years, 6 months & 3 years 7 months to 6 years). This has enabled our coaches to deliver more age and ability specific coaching session, in hand promoting an increase in the children's all round development.

We have noticed an evident increase in all of the children's attention and listening skills as well as a clear increase their physical attributes IE; kicking, running and team-cohesion.    

#SoccerkidzSundays @ The GPCA (October 2014)

Since we kick started Soccerkidz Sundays in August we have had the pleasure of using The GPCA playing fields where the weather has been very kind to us. We have learnt that coaching the children outside benefits them more than using an indoor facility due to a number of factors: the ball being easier to control on the grass, the space in which we can use and the noise reduction.

These factors have helped our Soccerkidz develop faster than expected and we recently put their development to the test as we attempted our first conditioned game situation for the older players in the group before our move into an indoor facility. Unfortunately the team wasn't quite ready to tackle this concept :) !

However we will not be undeterred from attempting the game situation again, we will just need to put in a couple more weeks on the training ground.

#SoccerkidzSaturdays @ STFC (October 11th 2014)

Major Coaching Breakthrough Update:

This weekends coaching session was the second time we attempted a football match scenario. our first attempt was over month ago to this date and was unsuccessful as many of the children found themselves distracted or not having focus on the conditions set by our coaches. Needless to say we went back to the drawing board and spent the next month coaching them team work, ball control and introduced opposing coaching games in preparation for football match situation .   

This weekend aside from our coaching games we played a 10 minute football match with a number of balls positioned in the middle of the pitch, one defending player on either side and the rest attacking their opposing teams goal. The attacking players soul job was to "kick the balls in the goal" whilst the coaches continually fed the balls back to the middle. 

Coach Ben...... "As an experienced coach of 9 years working in the industry this weekends session was a major breakthrough for what we have and are trying to achieve in terms of child development through football. I am looking forward to gradually taking away conditions used in the game for effective practices, towards just having the one ball and the kids playing in a real game scenario."