About Tiny Tots

(Parent participation required)

Tiny Tots classes are a great way to introduce your toddler to the exciting world of football. Children are introduced to the very basics of football such as dribbling, kicking, running and more in a play based, yet structured environment, using child-friendly football equipment.

Children will have a ball each for the majority of the session and will work within their ability level in a group environment. The sessions are interactive with the parents and carers too, so you…the ‘grown ups’ assist the coach during the session meaning you can take great pride knowing you have done even more to support your child’s early education.

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Key Facts

  • Fully qualified coaches lead every session
  • Each new starter receives a football kit & bag, as part of the membership fee
  • 40-minute sessions
  • Weekly sessions, term time only
  • Parent participation is required

How do we do it?

We are often asked ‘how do you teach children that young how to play football?’ The answer is simple we don’t teach… we play!!

Repetition through fun based play is the most effective way of child development, not just physical but social and cognitive development too.

Our Tots FC coaches follow a specific scheme of work which has been designed by a team of highly qualified football coaches, teachers and child development specialists. Each session follows a theme and links in with the early years National Curriculum. Themes such as colour identification, exploration and numbers are used via fun football based story telling games. Large parts of the sessions encourage discipline and independance which in-turn helps the children to develop essential skills such as balance and co-ordination

What will our coaches expect from the children?

Social, Emotional & Cognitive
  • Short attention span, erratic participation
  • Needs assistance throughout session.
  • At times will be frustrated at lack of understanding of sessions.
  • Lacks awareness of others.
Physical
  • May struggle with balance and co-ordination.
  • Introduced to different types of movement (running, jumping etc).
  • Finds balancing difficult.
Football Specific
  • Capable of basic, one paced kicking.
  • Can maintain the stop position with support.
  • Frequently unable to dribble the ball with any kind of control
  • Quickly learns to enjoy scoring goals.

Our coaches are experts but we do not expect the children to be fully involved at first or at every session and so niether should you, we will work with you and your child to build confidence…don’t forget….to a toddler this a big change, new environment, new people. It takes time to adapt and become comfortable!

What do you need to bring?

  • Great big smiles
  • Soft drink – preferably water
  • Both yourself and the children need comfortable clothing and footwear
  • We ask that children wear the Tots FC kits each session – so they are part of the team

About Mighty Tots

(Parent participation required)

Mighty Tots are more confident players and full of energy, our curriculum reflects this with fast-paced and increasingly football focused games but fun is still the mould that holds it all together. Our Mighty Tots sessions finish with small sided football matches…which the kids love!!

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Key Facts

  • Parental participation required but your child will start to play more independently
  • 45-minute class
  • Weekly classes
  • Each new starter receives a football kit & bag, as part of the membership fee
  • Children start to play small sided football matches​​

Play, learn and enjoy!

Our Mighty Tots classes use guided discovery with play and repetition to develop our young footballer’s fundamental skills and understanding of the beautiful game. At Mighty Tots children also learn how and when to select and apply skills they have previously learnt. Still using the themes from our Tiny Tots curriculum, the sessions link in with the National Curriculum and are all based around fun and story telling to keep them engaged and stimulate their imaginations.

What will our coaches expect from your child?

Football Specific
  • Able to keep the ball relatively close to the body while moving dribbling
  • Develops good directional dribbling skills and strong kicking skills.
  • Can stop a slow moving ball.
  • Can start to volley / half volley.
  • Will be able to hold the stop position and move the ball with their sole.
Social, Emotional & Cognitive
  • Good peer interaction and participation in class.
  • Develops a strong sense of identity within the group.
  • Understands basic concepts of team play.
  • Awareness of surroundings improves.
  • Actively involved in creative play.
  • Confident to play, think and visually assess during a game situation.
Physical
  • Emphasis on warm up / cool down and stretching improves physical fitness.
  • Children are aware of themselves in the environment.
  • Basic ability to travel with the ball where they choose and how they choose.
  • Children demonstrate understanding of control and can exercise control in their movements

 

Our coaches are experts but we do not expect the children to be fully involved at first or at every session and so neither should you, we will work with you and your child to build confidence…don’t forget….to a toddler this a big change, new environment, new people. It takes time to adapt and become comfortable!

Older Mighty Tots who have been attending for a while are now preparing to play at our FC Academy sessions or  in our junior football club, the sessions will reflect this and attributes such as discipline, concentration and following instructions will all be improved by our coaches.

What do you need to bring?

  • Great big smiles
  • Soft drink – preferably water
  • Both yourself and the children need comfortable clothing and footwear
  • We ask that children wear the Tots FC kits each session – to be part of the team