Under 8's Development Programme
Junior Jaguars * For 6~8 Year Olds *
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Under 8's Development Programme 'Junior Jaguars'
The Junior Jaguars is aimed at introducing BFA children under 8 years of age to football and training in a competitive environment. Unlike the Lions, the U8 development sessions focus on technical and tactical aspects of football, as well as taking steps towards understanding the rules and nature of the game in greater depth. This program is more involved than our regular classes, with the children training twice a week and regular weekend matches.
The sessions themselves consist of a warm up (heart raisers), a technical introduction to the session (a separate warm up with a ball, introducing skills that will be specific to the session topic), a skill-specific section (e.g. shooting, passing, defending, attacking); always ending with a series of matches to utilise the new skills in a more competitive and higher paced environment to replicate and prepare the children for tournaments and competitive games.
The Development Programme is still predominantly designed, like every other BFA session, with the children’s enjoyment as its primary objective, but aims to balance this with;
- a) training to compete
- b) matches with outside oppositions
- c) preparing the keen and more proficient footballers for tryouts with the U10 & U12 Jaguars.
To join the programme:
The player must already be a BFA member for more than 3 months.
The player must come to and pass the tryout*.
*players will not only be assessed on their skill but also upon work ethic, focus, commitment & potential to improve.
The player must try out for the Jaguars U10 before/in the academic year that he/she turns 9.
For more information, please contact: education.ops@footyjapan.com