As children reach the 4.5 to 5 years, they begin playing small sided football matches against their peers.  Learning to control, pass and move as well as communicate with their team mates.  This is an age where we have to keep the child highly engaged and entertained through enjoyable games and praise to keep them interested and developing a passion for football.  It can be the trickiest age group while we start to tease the embedded skills out of the child and get them comfortable in match play.  This is also the age where children take part in our S4K Tournament – a low pressure set of matches that take place between all S4K venues within a region. 

Once a child turns 6 years of age, they are welcomed to our S4K Academy.  The Academy lessons are split into three segments, concentrating on skills, small sided games and then tactics in match play.  The program evolves through 5 a side (Under 7s and 8s), 7 a side (Under 9s and 10s), 9 a side (Under 11s and 12s) and 11 a side (Under 13s to Under 16s), focusing on producing the attractive attacking football of the great Liverpool, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Manchester United and City sides.  Children take part in the S4K Football Club set up, playing against other local teams in leagues and tournaments.  Children are also invited to join S4K Professional, a revolutionary education in football that features sessions each week on classroom match analysis, fitness and skills as well as match play.  Our S4K Academy offering features assessments throughout the ages and offers classes for players up to 16 years.