Romford Town Flyers Football Club

The football academy for ALL BOYS & GIRLS. Weekly training and holiday camps in Essex for 4-18 year olds in Romford.

Learn Play Grow & Enjoy
EXPERIENCE ONE OF OUR weekly Academy TRAINING SESSIONS. Don’t miss the opportunity in one of our development centres.
A session that follows our UNIQUE COACHING Syllabus WORKING ON all Technical Aspects of the game
OUR AIM TO IMPROVE PLAYERS SKILL LEVEL.
UEFA & FA QUALIFIED Coaches DELIVERING OUR training sessions. We coach according to age and ability and we always adhere to the FA's recommended staff-to-pupil ratio. The coaching sessions will cover a mixture of; Technique, Coerver Training, Discovered Learning, Match Situations, Shooting Skills, Finishing Skills, Positional Awareness and The Rules.

It really doesn't matter what team you support as long as you love football and want to learn how to play better.

• UEFA Coaching
• Technical sessions
• Improve knowledge of the game
• Ball manipulation
• SAQ Sessions
• Scouts to watch

Personalised coaching for every PLAYER
Never kicked a football? You’re welcome. Want to go pro? Join us. No matter where your child is at in their sporting journey, we offer personalised coaching to match their ability.
Expert coaches and quality facilities
We hire the best professional football coaches and train at quality grounds both indoors and out, so your child can play football in a supportive and safe environment no matter the weather.
Improved football technique
We break down the football fundamentals in a simple and engaging way. Then, our 1-on-1 drills give players the time to reinforce what they've learnt at their own pace.
Teammates to mates
We only have 15 players per coach to ensure high quality training and the chance for the player to build friendships. We also have strict anti-bullying policies so they will always feel safe.
Healthy players are happier players
Exercise is best when it doesn't feel like exercise. Our weekly football training and holiday development camps are fun, but also boost your child's fitness, speed, movement, and agility too.
A real brain booster
It's not just physical and social skills, our unique sessions help with cognitive function too. You will see players develop better concentration, learning, listening, and decision-making skills week after week.
We believe that all football playing countries need a stronger grassroots program if the next generation are to love the sport. While grassroots is the heartbeat of kids loving football, parents are rarely trained or equiped to introduce the sport in those crucial early stages, especially with such large groups and little support.
It’s no secret that football is the most widely played and competitive sport. With children learning to play football in the playground, at school training, with friends, in local teams or even in professional environments, football is a sport that most children will encounter. The above examples provide ideal environments for children to practice through repetition and increase their playing ability whilst having fun. Playing in social environments is also fundamental to the development of every player. However, with football being a team sport it can be difficult for a child to receive the one on one attention they sometimes look for and at times require to become the best player they can be.

1-on-1 coaching, or one to one football coaching as some people call it, has become increasingly popular over the past few years and to help decide if these sessions are the best option for you, we’ve put together a list of benefits you can gain from 1-on-1 football coaching.

7 Massive Benefits of Football Coaching

Setting personal goals One to one football coaching is very similar to having your own personal trainer. Your first few lessons is more for the coach than the student. They use that time to learn about your key strengths and weaknesses. Through their observation, they then prepare your personalised road map through goal setting and milestones.
Why is this important? Because it makes your performance measurable and that’s the only way progress can be achieved.

Bespoke session plans Don’t get it wrong, group classes have huge benefits too. But it’s often very difficult to offer personalised training in a group setting. That is not the case with one to one football coaching.
With one to one training, you get the added benefit of your own personalised syllabus. This means that exercises are built with your specific goals in mind. If for example, one of your goals is to improve your speed, well you can bet that your lessons will involve a lot of speed work with and without the ball.

Repetition, repetition, repetition
One way to master something is to keep repeating it until you perfect it. One to One coaching gives you the time to do this. Under the guidance of your coach, you can repeat skills and core movements until you have mastered it.

Remember that fear I had as a kid? Well, repetition is one of the best ways to conquer it. Through practising over and over, your brain goes into autopilot mode. On game day, it does the thinking for you because the repetition has stored the information and learnt how to connect your mind and body.

It’s no different to driving a car. After doing it so many times, you don’t even think about applying the brake, increasing your speed, turning, checking your mirrors etc. The same is for football. Repetition makes your mind utilise its toolbox of football skills and it selects the appropriate movement to use in a split second. And here’s the best bit. Because you’ve perfected the technique in your one to one lessons, you’ll pull it off perfectly.

Adding skills to your toolbox One to one football coaching opens your horizon to new skills that you can use. I don’t just mean dribbling skills, but all types of skills with and without the ball.
Your qualified and experienced one to one football coach will select these skills based on your ability so you’ll never feel overwhelmed but definitely challenged.

Again, this is hugely beneficial when it comes to game day. Since the game is played at a very high speed, the playing environment is constantly changing. If you have a wealth of skills in your football toolbox, you’ll stand out above the rest.

Think Ronaldo and Messi. These guys stick out on the pitch because they have so many skills in different areas. From dribbling skills, speed, free-kicks to leaping for headers, killer passes and incredible shooting ability.

Improving your physical fitness To compete in the modern game, you just have to be physically prepared. At the heart of it is speed, strength and agility.
With one to one football coaching, you can develop these areas through various conditioning exercises. One thing that we do in our one to one football coaching lessons is HIIT (high-intensity interval training). This involves 30 seconds of intense training followed by a 30 second resting period. For more advanced players, we may push it to 40 seconds of training and a 20-second rest period,

Why is this important? Because it builds your fast-twitch fibres which helps you react quickly on the pitch.

Remember everything happens fast on a football pitch. If you react slowly, before you know it the playing environment has changed again and you’ll find yourself playing catchup the whole time.

Physical fitness is also achieved in one to one lesson through conditioned exercises. You create a game based scenario and work on a particular physical movement. Let’s say its strength you want to work on. Forget the ball for a moment.

You can have the student hold you off side by side moving from one end of the pitch to the other. With each practice, you can apply more pressure and resistance to build their strength. Once they have mastered the technique of using their shoulder to hold you off and not raising their arm, you can then repeat the movement with a ball. You get the drift.

Building your confidence There’s something about having your own personal coach that motivates you. You may have a personal gym trainer, life coach or business coach. Whatever it is, their job is not only to improve your physical performance but also your mental performance. And the two are equally important.
What you say to yourself each day can determine your output. A personal one to one football coach can shape a child’s mental performance. Through positive reinforcement, encouragement and praise, their own self-talk will follow suit. The more a coach applies this method, players are more likely to build their confidence and be less critical of themselves.

I labelled a kid I worked with in the past as ‘Ronaldo’. The more I did it, the more he started playing like him. He would open his body up more and stand in tall confident positions. He would take free-kicks like him and use skills in the same ways. He’d eventually even copy his hairstyle! It was really fascinating to see but it somehow worked.

Improve your football brain Andrea Pirlo said that ‘football is played with the head. Your feet are just tools’. Your football intelligence needs just as much work as your physical technique. One to One lessons are a great way to develop your tactical understanding of the game so you can make better decisions with and without the ball.
Application of skills is at the core of nurturing good decision making. When you learn a new skill, you have to learn how to apply that skill in a game based scenario so your mind becomes more accustomed to when it should and should not be used.