Team SSA, Following on from my announcement to step down as Director in April, I’m excited to announce that Jack Moore has now officially taken over as the new Director of SSA. Jack is well known within the company, perhaps even more so than me! He will be an outstanding Read more…
Dear Parent, Dates for next season (including pre season) The last session for the 2020-2021 season will be on Thursday 15th July 2021. The 2021-2022 season will commence on Thursday 19th August 2021. Signing on package Following numerous requests for the monthly travel team payments to be aligned with the Read more…
Following the successful post lockdown start up of all SSA programmes we wanted to share a number of important updates with you. Season Dates: The last session for the 2020-2021 season will be on Thursday 15th July 2021. The 2021-2022 season will commence on Thursday 19th August 2021 (inc. pre-season) Read more…
Following the fantastic piece of work we did at Xmas with Fairways, on the Homeless Rucksacks, we now have our next charity campaign which we hope the whole SSA family will help us support. We have agreed to support the ‘Kits for Kids in Zanzibar’ project in association with The Ameir Foundation. What Read more…
Here at SSA, we are very passionate about creating a whole individual as well as a football player. We believe that a massive part of this development comes from multi-skills and multi-sports sessions to develop every single fundamental movement skill (FMS). As part of our extensive SSA youth coach CPD Read more…
Hi all, We hope you are all as excited and eager to return to play as we are! With just under a week until our return, it is important for us to get this information out to you all regarding our return. These protocols are crucial for ensuring our return Read more…
One-to-one coaching has been deemed standard practise within many industries that focus on the individual, these include education, solo sports, music/theatre and more. However, there’s has recently been a fast-growing trend within football for one-to-one training, despite it being a team game. One-to-one football training when delivered with purpose and Read more…
We have been working hard the past few weeks creating our NEW and IMPROVED website. So much here at SSA has grown and developed in recent times, and we hope our new website showcases this.
‘If you do not know what you are looking for, you never know what you are discovering.’ A thought provoking statement taken from my recent trip to Valencia CF Academy that I feel underpins the cultural learning structure at the club. It was clear to me that learning and personal development Read more…
According to an inspiring and informative CPD event I recently attended, speaker, Tom Bates highlights that individuals can be motivated by fulfilling 6 core human needs. This enables us to begin to understand what drives our decisions and behaviours on a daily basis. Once we develop a deeper awareness around Read more…