Our Values & pathway

Our Values

Its important you know why we do what we do...’

We wanted to create a mind-set where every player coached at FOF feels like they are part of something special and it is more than just football. Everything we do is underpinned by our strong values as we focus on the Holistic development of each player.
Our sessions improve technique, are challenging physically, and develop psychological and social skills.

 
 

Our Core Values

  • Create a learning environment that supports each individual player in reaching his or her full potential. 

  • Encourage creativity and inventiveness

  • Make learning enjoyable. 

  • Give players freedom to make decisions and express themselves.

 
 
 

Player Values

  • Ownership - take responsibility of your development
    and learn from mistakes. 

  • Growth mind-set & desire to learn 

  • Embrace challenges 

  • Persist in face of setbacks 

  • View high effort as a path to improvement 

  • Listen to feedback and use it to develop 

  • Find lesson & inspiration from others 

  • Humility – Stay humble. Do not compare yourself to others. Focus on how good you can become.  

  • Compassion - respect and care for other people. Play the right way. 

 
 
 

Staff Values

  • We are a team  
    One team unified by a clear common purpose. 

  • We are an open book 
    We are eager to teach and share existing knowledge and new ideas.  

  • We evolve fast  
    We take risks and think outside the box. We constantly look for new methods and ideas to develop our practice. 

  • We do everything with industriousness and enthusiasm 
    “Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way” 

 

Our Player Pathway

We are passionate about developing young players and we want all of our young players to love the game.

Give players more time on the ball.

We want all of our players to be excellent decision makers, confident dribblers and to be creative and confident on the ball.

Development time is maximised at every opportunity.

We want players to express themselves, be brave and take risks on the ball.

We want to create exciting, confident players.

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