The Spring Recreation Program will introduce a player development format inspired by the Belgium FA. Sessions will focus on the individual child who has just started playing football. At that age, the only skills that they are ready to develop are dribbling and scoring (shooting) skills.

This fits with the psychological and mental capability profile of these young children. They aren’t able to deal with complex decision making required to know when to dribble and when and whom to pass? The point is, before we start developing in the kids the notion of football as a passing game, we must focus on the development of skills that suit where they are mentally and cognitively, like keeping the ball, running with the ball and scoring. By thinking about what 5 and 6-year-olds are like, we created a new kind of football: Dribbling Football, play on mini pitches and with an adapted goal format. It looks a lot more like the street football played back in the days when we could freely express ourselves without a coach and even without a referee. Just playing like we wanted to play… 100% FUN!

Older age groups will begin to learn progressive skills related to receiving and passing along with basic game positions and tactics.