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The FA Tesco Skills Centres 2010/11

The FA Skills Team still have a limited number of places left on their FA Tesco Skills Centres across Bedfordshire.

The FA Tesco Skills Coaches are specially trained to work with 5-11 year olds. We aim to help players become more comfortable with a ball and have the capability to make better decisions, more often.

Children will work on their Agility, Balance, Co-ordination and Speed, as well as developing their football skills, decision making and spatial awareness. Coaching activities will also help improve children's ability to work as part of a team, and solve problems whilst building confidence towards physical activity.

From September, we also have a new Disability Centre from 4-5pm and Girls Only Centre from 5-6pm running at Bedfordshire FAs new AGP facility.

We shall also be running a FUTSAL FOCUS Skills Centre for the first time at Vandyke Upper School, on Fridays. This Centre will run along the same lines as the other FA Tesco Skills Centres, but will be based in the sports hall and the participants will be encouraged to take on board the principles of FUTSAL. More information on FUTSAL can be found on www.thefa.com

At £1 a week, The FA Tesco Skills Centres are open to all 5-11 year olds who wish to have fun and become better players. The Centres run at the following places:

Monday – Lealands High School, Luton –
4-6pm (all abilities)

Tuesday – Robert Bloomfield Middle School, Shefford – 4-6pm (all abilities and gifted centre for 9-11 year olds)

Wednesday – Sharnbrook Upper School, Sharnbrook – 5-7pm (all abilities)

Thursday – Bedfordshire FA AGP, Dunstable (DISABILITY 4-5pm and GIRLS ONLY 5-6pm)

Friday – Vandyke Upper School, Leighton Buzzard –
5-7pm (Futsal Focus Centre, open to all abilities)

All booking forms and information can be found in the related documents section on the right of this page! Please download and send in to address provided, or contact the FA Skills Coach for that area for more information.

For Further details on the programme, please visit www.TheFA.com/Skills or alternatively contact Bedfordshire’s Team Leader, Steve Maker via e-mail at stephen.maker@thefa.com or on 07943 862302.

Our four focus areas in Bedfordshire at present are;

Leighton Linslade

Contact: stephen.maker@thefa.com
Tel: 07943 862302

Mid Beds

Contact: natasha.orchard-smith@thefa.com 
Tel: 07931 126813

Luton

Contact: iain.mortimer@thefa.com
Tel: 07943 862262

North Beds

Contact: mark.humphrey@thefa.com 
Tel:  07931 126784

Skills Challenges, Fun Games and Football Tips

For coaching videos, football tips and fun games, 5-11 year olds and their parents/coaches/teachers can sign-up at www.TheFA.com/Skills . Parents, teachers and local football clubs can also help children progress by supporting them through specially designed football Skills Challenges which are available on the site.