Young football players in Burnham-On-Sea can get playing tips from top professionals this Friday (August 22nd) when The Football Association holds an FA Skills Coaching Roadshow in the town.
The event will be held at Burnham-On-Sea’s Tesco store in Ben Travers Way from 11am-3pm and will offer girls and boys aged 5-11 the chance to learn new tricks, as well as win sports prizes.
Coaches will be giving a taster of the ‘FA Skills Programme’ through the delivery of fun games such as ‘target practice’, ‘speed camera shooting’ and ‘learn tricks’.
The youngsters will also have the chance to win a place on an FA Skills coaching day alongside England internationals Frank Lampard and Kelly Smith (pictured above). There’s no need to book – children can just turn up and enjoy the fun.
Launched in July 2007, The FA Skills Programme is a three-year nationwide programme co-ordinated by The FA and funded by Tesco and the National Sports Foundation. It aims to give skills coaching to one million 5-11 year olds by July 2010.
66 full time FA professional coaches have been recruited for the scheme, who have all gone through a special FA-devised Level 3 coaching course at Keele University. For further information, visit www.TheFA.com/Skills
