Mini Football

The development of Mini-Soccer as an introduction to football for young people began in 1993 with the promotion of Mini-Soccer Centres. Mini-Soccer provides a fun introduction to the football on appropriate playing areas and with modified rules. The opportunity was available at over 1,000 centres across the country for children to turn up and play, not in structured teams, leagues and competitions, but for fun. Click the football to find out more about the game of Mini Soccer The initiative now represents a priority for The Football Association as a whole. The prospect of an infrastructure from under 7's to under 10's with young boys and girls playing Mini-Soccer, backed by the overwhelming support of youth and schools football, enhanced by the FA Charter Standard is a very exciting prospect not only for young players, but all involved in children's football. The Birmingham County Football Association has been proactive in the development of Mini Soccer The following were appointed to the Association mini-soccer working party: M Pennick Mini Soccer Co-ordinator R J Wood Chairman of The Birmingham County FA V Lakin Chairman of The Coaching and Youth Committee K Brownhill Vice Chairman of the Coaching and Youth Committee M Duffield West Midlands Schools W Hedgley Central Warks. Youth Football League S Scott Tamworth Junior Football League P Summerhill Birmingham MBC M Tuohy Sandwell MBC G Lloyd Dudley MBC I Cooper Walsall MBC F Fortune Coventry MBC M Fogarty T Stack FA County Coaches Representative The Working Party is committed to the development of Mini-Soccer and is playing a major role in its implementation. Schools The West Midlands Metropolitan County Schools' FA and the Warwickshire County School's FA agree and support the concept of Mini-Soccer. There are 1008 Primary Schools within Warwickshire and the seven Metropolitan Boroughs in the West Midlands. The aims within the West Midlands and Warwickshire County Associations and their affiliated schools' FA's are: Implementation of Mini-Soccer by 1999 To develop further, the programme of Mini-Soccer already being implemented within existing structures. Increased participation within Mini-Soccer Raising the standards for our youngest players - both boys and girls. Sites Ambleside Community Centre Bart Green Bedworth Leisure Centre Bustleholme Boys FC Castle Vale School & Leisure Centre Coleshill Leisure Centre Church Streeton School Duddeston Manor School & Leisure Centre Four Dwellings School & Leisure Centre Gigg Mill Primary School Glynne Primary School Halesowen Town FC Heath Park High School Holte School and Leisure Centre Holyhead School & Leisure Centre John Wolmott School Kings Norton Sports & Leisure Centre Langley High School North Warwickshire College of Technology Park Hall School Redditch United FC Rugby Town Junior FC Sedgley White Lion FC Straits Primary School Thorns Leisure Centre Willenhall Town FC