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 66 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 recently employed four FA Tesco Skills Coaches, whose contact details can be found below. Please see the related document on the right of the page for information about booking onto one of the exciting new courses!
Mark Kearney - mark.kearney@thefa.com
Emma Dennis - emma.dennis@thefa.com
Chris Freestone - chris.freestone@thefa.com
Samantha Pearce - sam.pearce@thefa.com
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.