It’s Our 11th Birthday – 11 Thing’s We’ve Learnt

In no particular order…

Kids will grow up more prepared for life if we allow them to be exposed to discomfort. The trick is to overload this gradually and not be tempted to fight every little battle for them.

Getting good WITH a football and getting good AT football can be 2 very different things

Trying to please everyone is impossible and a waste of energy. We are who we are and we coach how we coach. We believe in what and how we do things and will go above and beyond for the parents and kids who want to be part of that.

Pretty much everyone reading this will never see their child play professional football…and that is absolutely fine. Success in football comes in many other forms.

The parents who know the most about football or understand how kids learn tend to be the ones who are the quietest on the sideline.

If you’re a football-parent watching your child still playing when they’re an adult – you’ve won.

Parents will enjoy watching their child a lot more if they stop comparing them to everyone else.

People want their kids to have resilience and good coping skills…and then it gets cold and wet outside.

One of the best investments you’ll ever make in your child is getting them involved in sport.

There isn’t a magic formula. Want to get better at football? Play more football. Just do your best to make sure it’s in the right environment with the right ability level.

The best player at 7 years old doesn’t always become the best player at 10. Children develop at different rates. The key is keeping them in the game long enough for them to reach their individual potential.

Thank you to all our members past and present for your support.

Seems crazy to think it has been 11 years since our first-ever Foot-Tech session.

From less than 20 players at that first session to almost 1200 today

We’ll always be grateful that you choose us to help your children and we’ll continue to challenge ourselves to keep improving so your child gets the very best experience.

And also, a huge thank you to our unbelievable team of coaches and of course Anna (who pretty much ensures everything runs as it should! )

Football had a massively positive impact on our childhoods and we want to make sure as many children as possible have the chance to get those same benefits.

We go again

Nick & Luke