Kids & Toddler Football – Newcastle
Football Classes in Newcastle for Toddlers & Children
Soccer Stars Academy Newcastle is a children’s soccer academy offering kids and toddler football in Newcastle, North East England, across a range of abilities and age groups.
Our programme is made up of structured classes with fun activities all based around the FRIENDS values:
- F – Fun
- R – Rewarding
- I – Inclusive
- E – Energetic
- N – Nurturing
- D – Develops confidence
- S – Skills progression
Soccer Stars Academy was founded by ex-professional footballer and physical education teacher, Mark Molloy, and his wife, Siobhan. Since its inception, the club has been growing at speed every year.
Having started in Scotland with various locations across the country, we have since expanded south of the border to England as well.
Our fun, age-specific classes range from 18 months to 9 years old with over 2000 boys and girls attending our award-winning football training sessions for kids every week.
Soccer Stars Academy: Newcastle Locations
We have several venues for you to choose from when signing your child up for fun football classes in Newcastle.
Simply choose the venue closest to you in North East England.
Soccer Stars Academy Whickham
Address: Whickham School, Burnthouse Lane, Wickham, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode: NE16 5AR
Phone Number: 07837092619
Soccer Stars Academy Newcastle
Address: Benfield Sports Centre, Benfield Road, Walker gate Newcastle
Postcode: NE6 4NU
Phone Number: 07837092619
Soccer Stars Academy Bertram
Address: Hadrian School, Bertram Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode: NE15 6PY
Phone Number: 07837092619
Soccer Stars Academy Ashington
Address: Josephine Butler Academy, Academy Road, Ashington
Postcode: NE63 9FZ
Phone Number: 07837092619
Soccer Stars Academy Whitley
Address: Blue Flames Sporting Club, Whitley park, Whitley Road Newcastle
Postcode: NE12 9SF
Phone Number: 07837092619
Soccer Stars Academy Cramlington
Address: Cramlington Sporting Club, Highburn Road, Cramlington, NE23 6BN
Postcode: NE12 9SF
Phone Number: 07837092619
Kids & Toddlers Football Classes by Age Group
Our football classes for toddlers and children are curated to develop skills that are relevant to their age while being a fun learning experience.
We have four children’s football training classes:
• Twinkle Stars – 18 months to 3 years old
• Bright Stars – 3 years to 4 years old
• Shooting Stars – 5 years to 6 years old
• Super Stars – 7 years to 9 years old
No matter what age group your child joins, we aim to encourage every child to hit the fundamental milestones set out at each age group.
Twinkle Stars
If you want to get your little ones to develop a love for football from an early age, the Twinkle Stars classes are ideal. With a starting age of 18 months, we take into consideration the abilities and needs of toddlers to ensure the sessions are playful and light.
As the first level in our development pathway, these classes are fun and interactive for both parents and children. This level is designed to help toddlers and children develop social and motor skills so they can move on to more active independent interaction.
Bright Stars
Our Bright Stars classes, like all the classes in our programme, are designed with the philosophy of being fun in mind. We understand the concentration and energy levels of this age group and have designed the programme around this.
In our classes for children of 3 to 4 years old, our aim is to develop basic football skills. Over and above this, we aim to develop self-confidence and cognitive skills such as attention and memory by using a range of exciting football-related games and fun activities.
We also have a theme each week to help develop the children’s imagination and creativity.
Shooting Stars
The Shooting Stars classes are for children between the ages of 5 years and 6 years old. Based on the foundation set in the first two class types, children in this age group get to enjoy more focussed football lessons, without compromising on fun.
Designed with new skills in mind, we aim to advance finer motor skills and football abilities such as shooting technique, dribbling, ball control, passing and tackling.
We also introduce the children to our ‘Skills to beat players model’. Always ensuring that the children have FUN is essential in this development of creativity on the field.
Super Stars
The Super Stars classes are designed to further enhance the football development learned in the previous age group and can serve as a stepping stone towards joining a more competitive football club for children.
In these fun sessions, children of 7 to 9 years old are introduced to more complex techniques to beat players and we engage in interactive ways to improve game awareness. This includes understanding the various football positions and developing spatial reactions, in-game focus and tactical movement within a team.
Term Time & School Holidays
Our weekly classes and birthday parties run throughout the year and we offer holiday camps for the Easter and Summer school holidays.
This is a great way for parents to introduce their children to football while also teaching them social skills and how to be a team player in a fun environment with trained coaches. Our holiday camps are also an excellent way to build confidence
Benefits of Our Football Classes for Toddlers, Newcastle
Our football training sessions for children in Newcastle welcome boys and girls of all ages and abilities with the purpose of making football and exercise fun and constructive. Each class aims to develop and teach children through play.
Starting football training at an early age can encourage and inspire toddlers and children in many ways.
The journey that our programme has set out for young developing children builds self-confidence, creativity, cognitive skills, and general motor skills. Football is the perfect sport for engaging physical and mental capabilities in your child through play.
These are some of the major benefits:
Contact with Peers
Our training sessions are a great starting place for toddlers to develop fundamental social skills and make new friends.
With Soccer Stars Academy Newcastle, children learn the benefits of being a team player and learn how to play fair.
Each football training session strives to encourage a friendly atmosphere and promotes cooperation, togetherness and respect for opponents.
Professional Training
In order to provide a high standard of coaching that is on par with any professional football academy, the football training sessions at Soccer Stars Academy Newcastle have been created by experienced coaches with children in mind.
Our coaches are a combination of ex-professional footballers, physical education teachers, primary teachers and trainers with academic qualifications such as sports coaching degrees.
Every coach at Soccer Stars Academy is SFA qualified, DBS checked, fully insured and first aid certified.
Football Techniques
Each 45-minute session at Soccer Stars Academy Newcastle involves paired activities, ball work, and game situations that develop a variety of football skills.
Over each level and age group, our football club coaches teach children to command the ball and to make on-the-spot decisions. Some of the techniques include dribbling evasively, performing a variety of kicks, basic mastery over the ball, and kicking the ball accurately in a specific direction.
Individual Approach
Each kids’ football training class is restricted to a maximum of 16 children, so parents can rest assured that their child will receive adequate attention and care.
In these small classes, our coaches are able to give individual attention to each child, focusing on and assessing every player’s unique abilities and strengths with the aim of developing them further over the weekly sessions.
Physical Development
The key to any sport is movement and positive physical activity. From our littlest toddler sessions to our most advanced children’s sessions, we make the development of motor skills, muscle strength, and co-ordination fun.
Through football, movement and play, the children learn and understand what their body is capable of and how extra effort can improve performance.
They also heighten their body’s ability to respond to specific activities and physical actions, which helps develop agility.
Football Skills
Our football classes will help to develop sound ball skills while teaching the importance of abiding by the rules and fair play.
Along with football skills, the journey that our programme has set out for young developing children also builds important cognitive skills and general motor skills.
Football is the perfect sport for engaging physical and mental capabilities in your child through play.
Sign Up for Our Football Classes for Toddlers, Newcastle
Let your child enjoy learning through play with a fun weekly session of kids football in Newcastle. Sessions are booked in blocks of 4 weeks and signing up is quick and simple.
Signing up is easy. Book our kids football classes in three quick steps.
Step 1 Find a venue
We offer kids football training across Newcastle. To find a venue click on the location nearest to you.
Step 2 Pick a class
Our weekly football classes are organised every weekend and certain mid week days. Each session goes on for 45 minutes. Pick from four convenient time-slots starting 9:00 am.
Step 3 Sign up
Our football classes are booked in 4-week blocks at £29 per block. Sign-up here.