U11's are the first age group that can play competitive football at grassroots level. All official rules come in to place including offsides, disciplinary and published results & league tables.
Due to the introduction of competitive football and official rules, U11's is the stage where we start to introduce tactical skills to aid the technical skills learnt in previous age groups. Tactical skills are very useful and important during competitive football, which can be the difference between teams winning and losing.
Changes in formats from 7-a-side to 9-a-side will see positional play and player roles covered in fine detail to ensure every individual understands each role and how to play in different systems.
Format: 9v9
Match Times: 60 minutes (30 min halves)
Ball Size: 4
Training Topics:
Positional play, offside rules, transitions, player roles, passing combinations, attacking principles, defending principles, shooting, technical skills, ball mastery, possession, fitness.
Boys
Our U11 Boys are an advanced class with a range of talents within the squad. Physicality, dribbling, passing, movement and shooting are all strong within members of the group, but overall the mindset and attitude of every individual is extremely positive which enables them to improve every week and create a positive environment for training.
Girls
The U11's Girls are a newly formed group, which includes players that have trained with us over the last few months. Focused recruitment on this group has allowed us to quickly form a team, which enables the academy to provide game opportunities against other academy sides for this group. With recruitment continuing, we are aiming to build a strong group of players to regularly compete and raise the standard of all within the group.
