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Mini Eagles.

Where every Kewford Eagle starts. Saturday mornings at Eagle Park, coached the Dutch way, built entirely on fun. This is the group our new Under 7 teams are made from.

Who

Year 1

Under 6s, boys and girls

When

Saturdays

10.15am to 11.30am

Where

Eagle Park

Swindon Road, Wall Heath

Cost

£5

Per session, pay as you go

Fall in love with football

That is the whole objective. Everything else follows from it.

Love the game

If they go home wanting to come back next Saturday, we have done our job. Nothing at this age matters more.

Learn through games

No drills, no queues, no standing in lines. Everything is taught inside a game they actually want to play.

Make friends

They arrive knowing nobody and leave with a team. So do a lot of the parents on the touchline.

Become an Eagle

Mini Eagles is our first intake. These are the players our new Under 7 teams will be built from.

Coached the Dutch way

The Netherlands has produced more good footballers per head than almost anywhere on earth. This is how they do it.

The Dutch philosophy is simple to describe and hard to argue with. Give every child a ball, keep them touching it constantly, and let them learn by playing rather than by being told. It is why their sessions look like organised chaos and why the players who come out of them are so comfortable with the ball.

A ball each, from minute one. Hundreds of touches every session instead of a handful.

Small games, small pitches. More of the ball, more decisions, more goals, more fun.

Nobody waits their turn. If a child is standing in a queue, the session is wrong.

Mistakes are the point. Try the skill, lose the ball, try it again. That is how it sticks.

Guided, not drilled. Coaches ask questions rather than shout instructions.

Building the Under 7s

Mini Eagles is not a standalone session. It is the intake that becomes next season’s teams.

This season

Mini Eagles

Saturday mornings, Year 1, all abilities. Learning the game, making friends, falling for it.

Through the year

Squads take shape

Coaches get to know every child, and parents step forward to lead the teams that are forming.

Next season

Under 7 teams

The group becomes our new Under 7 sides, in club kit, playing properly for Kewford Eagles.

So a child who starts with us on a Saturday morning this year is not just doing an activity. They are the first intake of a Kewford Eagles age group that will carry on through the club for the next decade.

We need you as much as them

Those Under 7 teams need managers and coaches. Almost all of ours started as a parent stood on the touchline.

You do not need to have played, coached, or know a thing about football. You need to be willing, and to enjoy being around children having fun. Everything else we will teach you, over the course of the year, at your pace.

Come and help out
Start small. Put out the cones, hand out the bibs, join in a game. No commitment beyond turning up.

Learn alongside our coaches
Work next to Glynn and the team through the season. You will pick up more in a term than any course teaches you.

Get qualified, on us
The club funds your FA coaching qualification, first aid, safeguarding training and DBS check. It costs you nothing.

Take your team
By the time the Under 7s form, you will be ready. And you will still have the rest of us behind you.

“I had never coached a children’s football team in my life. Three years on, I have got my own team, and it is the best thing I do all week.”

Matt Weston

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Questions

What age exactly is Mini Eagles for?

Boys and girls in Year 1 at school, which is the Under 6s age group. If your child sits just either side of that, get in touch and we will point you to the right place.

Does my child need any experience?

None at all. Most have never played for a club before. There are no trials and no selection at this age, and every child who wants to play is welcome.

What do they need to bring?

Trainers or moulded boots, shin pads, clothes they can run around in, and a drink with their name on it. No club kit needed to start.

How do I pay?

It is £5 a session, paid in cash as you go.

Do I need to stay?

Yes, we ask that a parent or carer stays on site. Most enjoy it, and it is how a lot of our coaches got started.

What happens at the end of each year?

The group forms our new Under 7 teams, and the children carry on together in club kit playing proper matches for Kewford Eagles.

I want to help but I know nothing about football

That is genuinely fine, and it is how most of our coaches began. Tick the box on the form and we will have a chat. The club pays for your FA qualification, first aid, safeguarding training and DBS check.