Junior Football
The Park Club offers some of the finest football facilities for Club members of all ages to enjoy including an FA regulation size football pitch and Astroturf 5-a-side pitches. These combined with excellent F.A. qualified Football Coaches and associations with Old Vaughanians Football Club and Brentford Football Club's Community Sports Trust, (2006 Football League Community Football Club of The Year) enable The Park Club to provide the perfect setting to participate in "the beautiful game".
Football for Young Members
Football activities are offered throughout the year to cater specifically for boys and girls. Women's football is becoming increasingly popular across the UK (The women's England team have qualified for The World Cup Finals in 2007), and fully qualified male and female instructors will ensure all participants are afforded the best opportunity to develop their talent during their courses. Football activities are broadly divided in to two categories: Term Time activities and Holiday Camps.
Term Time Football Activities
These six-week courses are designed to run within spring, summer and autumn school terms divided by half term holidays. The following activities are available during these times.
Kiddikicks courses for Children up to 5 Years Old
Kiddikicks is a unique programme to give younger children, from 18/20 months through to 5 years old, their first taste of football and a whole lot more.
Our aim
Our aim at Kiddikicks is simple. To provide the very best, friendliest football coaching available, making sure that responsibility and care for your child is our top priority. Your child’s enjoyment and the fun they have at every one of our sessions are vital to our success.
It’s for parents too!
At Kiddikicks we care about you too not just your little one! You are always welcome at our sessions. You can watch your child learn new skills, which are easily missed in everyday life. Parents tell us that our sessions also offer a fantastic opportunity to mingle with other parents, make new friends and share ideas, whilst your ‘terror’ is burning energy and having fun playing footie!
Through structured football fun we’ve developed a range of sports and social skills to provide a great experience for your child and satisfying for you to watch.
Our goal is to introduce pre-school children to sport through football using our unique, fun-learning techniques developing real football and other sports skills in a safe and creative environment that benefits every child.
- Promoting participation and young citizenship
- Communicating positive attitudes
- Enhancing health and happiness What is our game plan?
- To hold football classes for children aged between 18 months and 5 years of all abilities.
- To encourage every child to achieve the highest possible standard within their competence but always to enjoy football.
- To seek to develop natural talent to professional standards whilst never forgetting that a child’s life is enhanced by participation in sport.
Parent participation
In our experience its true that toddlers perform better if parents perform too! We strongly recommend that parents participate in all our classes and training sessions (unless a specific arrangement has been made with the coach, prior to a session).
Courses for the younger children, aged 4 and 5 years of age, focus on an early development of the core football skills that will result in a long and enjoyable involvement in football. It will also help to develop their coordination, balance and team - working skills generally.
Courses for children aged 6 to 10
Courses for the elder children, aged 6 to 10 years of age, offer a chance to further develop the skills learned in the earlier course to a more accomplished level. In addition to this, greater emphasis is placed on tactical awareness, sportsmanship and a good understanding of the rules of the game. The course summary on the reverse provides greater details of a typical 6 - week course.
Courses for children, aged 11 to 16 years of age, see the continued emphasis on development of all areas of the game, ensuring that the core skills involved in football become habitual for all children involved in football at The Park Club. Coaching will now emphasise the transition from small-sided football to the full size game. The course summary on the reverse provides greater details of a typical 6 - week course
Football Squad for Children Aged 6 to 9
The Park Club is developing a football squad to play competitive games against near-by football clubs. Squad training is by invitation only following trials that are held on the first Saturday of every half term. If selected to join the Football Squad, training sessions are held on Thursday evenings during term time as per the timetable.
The Football Squad have now played in several 5-a-side tournaments, winning two of them, and The Park Club hope to take this to the next level and get the Squads playing some larger sized games against local teams. Details of upcoming fixtures for the Football Squad's will be available on www.mytpc.co.uk
Holiday Camp Football Activities for Children Aged 4 to 16
During school holidays, week long Football Camps are available for all young members to enjoy. The Club's Football Camps are unique as they are run in conjunction with Brentford Football Club as part of their Football in the Community Scheme. Brentford coaches regularly invite Park Club members to try out for their Advanced Training Programme that offers a possible pathway into The Centre of Excellence. The Park Club boasts four junior members who are currently involved in the A.T.P. programme.
All of the coaches are fully F.A. qualified and C.R.B. checked. They offer an insight into how training is structured to help them improve as players in a fun environment and professional style to ensure that all children taking part in the all-day camps go home totally fulfilled with their days activity.
In addition to this, the end of week tournament allows the participants to show off the skills they have learned throughout the week and put themselves in contention to win The Player of The Week Trophy.
Football Camps are available for boys and girls of all ages and can be booked on a daily basis or for the whole week.
Holiday Camps afford parents the added flexibility of being able to leave their children at the Club for a day or the whole week if they prefer. An early drop-off and late collection service is also available.
The course summary on the reverse provides greater details of a typical Football Holiday Camp.
When Are Football Courses and Football Camps Available?
Details of when the Term Time Football Courses & Squad Sessions and Holiday Football Camps are run and the associated costs may be found in the Sports and Activity Timetable. These are available from the main reception, by the noticeboards located in the main corridor on the lower ground floor or on www.mytpc.co.uk
Football Coaches
The Park Club are proud of the level of football coaching that they are able to offer. As a minimum all coaching staff are qualified to the standard of Level 1 National Coaching qualification, but most of the coaches utilised at The Park Club are qualified Level 2 National Coaches, all of which are accredited by the Football Association.
Steve Mills (BTEC Sports Science, Level 2 National Coaching Certificate, Junior Team Managers Award, HSE Child First Aid)
Steve has a real passion for football. He played semi-professionally until the age of 18. Steve has also greatly expanded his coaching ability by running courses and training camps at Barnet Football Club before joining The Park Club in 2001.
Tony Miller (Level 7 Qualified Referee, HSE Child First Aid)
Tony has been working at The Park Club since 2004, he will shortly be doing his Level 1 coaching badge which will improve his knowledge and understanding of the game as well as gaining valuable coaching experience.
Steve Britton (BSc (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation and Sports Science, National Coaching Foundation, FA Preliminary and Leaders Award
Steve Britton has always been involved in football and trained at the Brentford Centre of Football Excellence for 4 years. Following injuries, his passion for the game led him into coaching and Steve gained numerous coaching qualifications including FA Leaders and Preliminary Awards, National Coaching Foundation certificates and more recently an honours degree in Sport Rehabilitation with Sport Science.
Steve's coaching experience spans 12 years working with Ealing Sports Development Team in conjunction with Brentford Football in the Community, across the borough and Twyford Sports Centre as head coach. Steve joined The Park Club in 2000 and runs the Saturday sessions with Steve and Tony.
Brentford Football in the Community
The Park Club are delighted to have linked up with Brentford Football in the Community. They have over 50 qualified coaches and are enormously popular in all of our half term and summer camps. Brentford Football in the Community bring with them a wonderfully fun but professional attitude that ensures that all children taking part in the all day football camps go home totally fulfilled by their days activities.
Portfolios
All of the Club's Football Coaches may be found on the Football Noticeboard located in the main corridor on the lower ground floor.
Frequently Asked Questions about Football Courses and Camps
What equipment do children need to bring?
The Club provides all equipment.
What should they wear?
Football boots are ideal however a solid pair of outdoor shoes is a satisfactory compromise. If children do wish to wear football boots please bring these separately as it is not suitable to walk through the Club wearing shoes with studs on!
Children should wear clothing suitable for outdoor sport and ideally football shorts and shirts.
Shin pads are compulsory.
Classes do continue when the weather is poor so warm and / or weatherproof clothing is advisable. When the sun is strong sun-cream and a cap / hat are recommended.
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