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Skills For The Next Generation

The FA Tesco Skills Programme aims to provide 5-11 year olds with professional coaching and advice to help develop their football skills.

Sir Trevor Brooking and his team at The FA aim to use football to promote long term healthy, active lifestyles, by encouraging children to play football to the best of their ability, ultimately with the goal of improving the standard of the game across the country.

The FA, with help from Tesco, have recruited 106 Skills Coaches across the country who will provide one million young people with the chance to attend skills sessions.

The full time, professional coaches have undertaken a specialist coaching course to improve the football skills of 5-11 year olds.

The programme aims to help children develop better agility, balance and coordination, making them better at all sports.

Nottinghamshire FA have a team of four FA Tesco Skills Coaches working across the county, whose contact details can be found below.

Steve Pritchard - steve.pritchard@thefa.com

Emma Dennis - emma.dennis@thefa.com

Chris Freestone - chris.freestone@thefa.com

Samantha Pearce - sam.pearce@thefa.com

If you are an FA Charter Standard Club and interested in free coaching sessions for your 5-11 year old players, then please the team leader Steve Pritchard on the above email address, or 07538 101370.

There is also a dedicated website that allows children to improve their football skills by receiving free guidance, drills and coaching videos.

To register with the Tesco Skills website please click here.