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HOW TO MASTER THE ROULETTE TURN “The Zidane Pirouette”, “the Marseille turn”, “the Roulette”, “the Maradona”, “the spin move”, “the 360”, “the double drag-back”; the list goes on. This is a skill with many titles, but its most famous namesakes were two of the most influential football players in history. The trick was first introduced … Continue reading

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How To Take A Free Kick Like Beckham

How to take a Free Kick like Beckham You are likely already familiar with Beckham’s legendary free kick technique, and how he spins and “bends” the ball around the defenders and goalkeeper. It’s not a feat just anyone can accomplish, but with the right technique and discipline, anything is possible. Practice is key for any … Continue reading

Rabona from the legend Paul Gascoigne, 1991

How to Master a Rabona

HOW TO MASTER THE RABONA KICK As a player you will get lots of practice in your weekly training and matches however, you may not always have the time to learn new tricks and skills at these times. That’s why we have put together a series of guides to help you increase your football armory … Continue reading

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Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn

Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn Park footballers, school footballers, playground footballers, team footballers and professional footballers all understand the importance of skills. They are the object of fascination for many children and players as they see idols like Ronaldo and Messi dribble past defenders, skill and drive their way to scoring … Continue reading

World's Top Striker? does Zlatan Ibrahimovic go down as one of the best ever after netting his 500th career goal?

9 Top Tips to be a goal scoring striker

This is a popular question we hear at our training sessions and from our players, scoring goals is the most exciting thing about playing football for most children and adults! Goals are memorable moments for teams and even more memorable if you are the one who has scored! It can be hard to describe what … Continue reading

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Girls Talent Identification Event Review

On the 3rd of March, We Make Footballers hosted our first ever Girls Talent ID event in partnership with Chelsea Ladies. Our all-female coaching team energetically managed over 80 girls between the ages of 6 to 13. After a warm welcoming from the WMF team, Coach Evie took the warm-up and the players already started … Continue reading

Train like a professional!

Train like a professional There are lots of different types of training and training strategies. In our blog on training like a professional, we are going to give you some useful tips to ensure you are getting the most from your training! Rest is important! Whatever types of training you are currently working through be … Continue reading

Football In England vs The U.S.A

My name is Alex and I’ve been with We Make Footballers for 2 months completing an internship as part of my studies. I’m a college student in the U.S.A and I’ve always been fond of the UK and its football culture. I got the opportunity to gain further coaching experience with We Make Footballers at … Continue reading

The Peacock Triumvirate – The Success of Sibling Footballers

We Make Footballers are passionate about developing the ability and talent of every player that walks through our doors, Whether a child is playing with us for training with us for fun, or to progress into football clubs through the pathways we provide, our playing style is able to cater to every individual child’s needs. … Continue reading

Soaring through the ranks at We Make Footballers: Meet 19 Year-Old Academy Manager Sophia

With 2000 children currently attending We Make Footballers classes and holiday camps, our focus is to provide professional football coaching to players of all abilities within a safe environment. This can only be done by ensuring that we have the best team of coaches, we do this by investing in our staff and offering them … Continue reading

Secret Arsenal Player Signs Up With We Make Footballers

We Make Footballers are no stranger to the professional football world. Not only do we offer pathways into professional clubs for the children who dream of playing pro one day, we also have academy managers and head coaches who have experience either playing professionally or scouting for professional football clubs. Since the creation of WMF, … Continue reading

Journey of James Middlehurst

Football Journey of James Middlehurst 2017 has already been such a busy year for us – growing our Head Office team, appearing on national news and growing our franchise network – that we have not been able to congratulate a very special footballer …. James Middlehurst. During Chelsea’s annual Christmas visit to the Chelsea and … Continue reading

Spareroom Ad: NFL Franchise Preferred!

Spareroom Ad: Fabulous, roomy, and modern football stadium to share with the Spur’s, NFL Franchise Preferred! By 2020, there is a possibility of a London-based NFL Franchise playing out of Tottenham’s new £750 million stadium. The stadium is to see its first light at the start of the 2018-19 Premier League campaign. Tottenham Chairman’ Daniel … Continue reading

WMF Talent ID Event Success Stories

Identifying talent in Football can be a tough challenge. From grassroots to elite level there are numerous scouts and coaches who attend games to try and uncover the hidden gem, that no one else can spot. So the resounding question…what should we be looking for? This will differ from club to club and a lot will … Continue reading

5 Reasons Ronaldo Is Better Than Messi

1. Cristiano Ronaldo has made a large impact in two different major football leagues, the Premier League and La Liga. On the other hand, Messi will never leave Barcelona. Ronaldo has done a great job at Manchester United AND Real Madrid – but would Messi perform as well as Ronaldo in the Premier league? 2. … Continue reading

Freddy Adu: Too much, too young for ‘wonderkid’?

Yeah, yeah, we know, your boy is a bit handy at football. In fact, he’s “special”. He’s had trials with a Premier League club, he’s better than all the other kids – and the coaches think he’s special, too. But I hate to break this to you: he’s not going to be “the next Pele”. … Continue reading

Malouda joins Trabzonspor

Former Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda has joined Turkish side Trabzonspor, the club have confirmed. The Super Lig outfit announced the deal on their official website, with the France international signing a two-year deal. Malouda spent six years at Stamford Bridge, making over 200 appearances, scoring 35 goals for the Blues as he helped them to one league title, three … Continue reading

Looking for a Football coaching job in London? Read this before you search any further.

There are likely many football coaching job opportunities in London right now – like there always are in this fantastic, football crazy city. The difference between them is that while some will allow you to help develop children’s football skills in a progressive manner and help you refine your own football coaching philosophy, others will … Continue reading

Guest Coach Lucia, of Tottenham Ladies, Lends a Helping Hand at WMF Finchley

We Make Footballers are growing quickly, we coach 2000 children across our football classes in 14 different venues. With this many children, we always ensure that we have the most talented, qualified and passionate coaches at every class. We Make Footballers Finchley has been the newest addition to our venues and to launch this location … Continue reading

WMF Making A Difference

It’s going to take a while. But slowly, football in England WILL change. We can’t wait for the FA to help. We have to do it ourselves. It’s up to us as the new young coaches to address the fact that the previous coaches have failed us but we are going to step up and … Continue reading

The Benefits of Football for Kids

There are so many sports out there for kids and parents to choose from and these choices can often be difficult to make. All sports will give your kid transferable skills, however, the most important thing is that children are active and enjoy the sport of their choice as this has a lasting impact on … Continue reading

5 Massive Benefits of 1-on-1 Football Coaching

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 … Continue reading

Football Training for Children Benefits

Football Training for Children Benefits We Make Footballers’ football training for children offers many beneficial aspects to your child that attends. Football training for children provides a developmental environment in all aspects. Not solely football skills, but also valuable physical, mental, and communication skills by interacting with other children in a safe and structured WMF … Continue reading

Importance of Football Camps for a Child’s Development

I wanted to write why I believe the football camps are so good for children’s development on a social level as well as on a technical and physical level. At We Make Footballers, we are constantly talking about the players who had success with us, whether with a local grassroots club or an academy. We … Continue reading

Looking for a Football coaching job in London? Read this before you search any further.

There are likely many football coaching job opportunities in London right now – like there always are in this fantastic, football crazy city. The difference between them is that while some will allow you to help develop children’s football skills in a progressive manner and help you refine your own football coaching philosophy, others will … Continue reading

Football coaching in primary schools

Primary School plays such an important role in a child’s development as it is from the age of 5 to 11 that they will be introduced to new activities and challenged on a daily basis through the learning of academic and social fundamentals. Sport and physical activity play a monumental role in their education. With … Continue reading

Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn

Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn Park footballers, school footballers, playground footballers, team footballers and professional footballers all understand the importance of skills. They are the object of fascination for many children and players as they see idols like Ronaldo and Messi dribble past defenders, skill and drive their way to scoring … Continue reading

5 Massive Benefits of 1-on-1 Football Coaching

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 … Continue reading

We Make Footballers vs AG Football Academy | Pre Match

“We’re playing a team who will be young and quick but you can’t put a price on experience, which we have in abundance at WMF” – Simon Karrie, Coulsdon & Carshalton Academy Director. We Make Footballers are constantly challenging ourselves to develop as the leaders of football coaching for children of all abilities ages 4-12 … Continue reading

Kids Football Coaching for Future

Kids Football Coaching The future of English football is through kids football coaching. This starts with the development of England’s children by qualified/proper coaching. Who better to do so than former and current professional footballers? There are many opportunities to learn from those who have been excelling at football for years. Putting to sleep the notion … Continue reading

Subscribe to WMF

Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel. There are some lovely videos currently on the account and we are adding more day by day! Please send us videos made by your children at professional football matches of the team they support. These videos may include: the trip to the game, the players warming up, the players … Continue reading

Sheen Talent Identification event results

We hope everyone enjoyed the Talent ID event on Saturday 20th January, we thought it was an amazing day, it was fantastic to see so many children passionate and enjoying their football. The results from the trial were as follows: 1 x U7 2 x U8s 1 x U9 1 x U11 1 x U12 Are to be invited back … Continue reading

Where will your WMF journey take you?

#WMFSuccess Stories! In September we launched our #WMFCarshatlon venue and as always we offer all our new customers a FREE Trial which showcases our high quality training! From our initial weeks trial we had great responses and some great sign ups from new parents! Our team of FA qualified coaches have now been working with our players for the … Continue reading

Improving Football Environment

Creating a stimulating and rewarding environment where your players are rewarded for their personal successes as well as their teams successes. Grassroots footballers need continuous praise to raise the individuals self esteem. This will encourage our modern day footballers to be risk takers and try new skills and ideas in their practices and games. This … Continue reading

Looking for a Football coaching job in London? Read this before you search any further.

There are likely many football coaching job opportunities in London right now – like there always are in this fantastic, football crazy city. The difference between them is that while some will allow you to help develop children’s football skills in a progressive manner and help you refine your own football coaching philosophy, others will … Continue reading

The Benefits Of Taking Your Child To Live Football Games

Coach Marcelo’s latest 2018 FIFA World Cup trip tells us about the importance of experiencing live football – “The first big game on paper at the 2018 world cup… but we don’t think anyone was expecting a 6 goal thriller!” Coach Marcelo travelled to Russia for a long weekend this June, which was a well-deserved … Continue reading

Guest Coach Lucia, of Tottenham Ladies, Lends a Helping Hand at WMF Finchley

We Make Footballers are growing quickly, we coach 2000 children across our football classes in 14 different venues. With this many children, we always ensure that we have the most talented, qualified and passionate coaches at every class. We Make Footballers Finchley has been the newest addition to our venues and to launch this location … Continue reading

Drooling at the Dribblers!

Let me ask you, what was your ultimate football dream as a kid? Mine was to score the winning goal in a World Cup Final. I would get the ball in the last minute. I would dribble from my goal to theirs, getting past any member of their team who dared to stop me before beating the keeper. My team go wild, the fans explode, … Continue reading

6 tips to be a great central midfielder

There are many different types of central midfielders meaning you can learn inspirational styles from a range of midfield footballers. The diversity of skills required to master the role make it extremely competitive amongst players. There are action-based players like Paul Pogba who always wants the ball and drives their team on. Players like Andres … Continue reading

How to master a flip flap (elastico)

At times, the art of football can be complicated by intricate feints and showcase movements. Sometimes, it’s worth taking a step back and adopting a simpler method: improving your touch and mastery of the ball can be just as effective and helpful when getting past the opposition. All football “tricks” or “feints” have a purpose: … Continue reading

What a * Football academy near me * Google search means to We Make Footballers

Typing Football academy near me into Google is a term that has its origins in something deeper than a simple search. In our experience, most cases one of the following scenarios are driving this search: It is the start of a journey by parents into the world of football for their children There has been … Continue reading

How To Take A Free Kick Like Beckham

How to take a Free Kick like Beckham You are likely already familiar with Beckham’s legendary free kick technique, and how he spins and “bends” the ball around the defenders and goalkeeper. It’s not a feat just anyone can accomplish, but with the right technique and discipline, anything is possible. Practice is key for any … Continue reading

How to Master a Rabona

HOW TO MASTER THE RABONA KICK As a player you will get lots of practice in your weekly training and matches however, you may not always have the time to learn new tricks and skills at these times. That’s why we have put together a series of guides to help you increase your football armory … Continue reading

How to master a Step Over

MASTERING THE STEP OVER Imagine this: You’re running full speed ahead, the goal is within arm’s reach, your teammates are screaming your name, victory is so close you can practically taste it. There’s just one problem. A defender is charging right in your direction and is determined to close you down. What do you do? … Continue reading

Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn

Football Skills for a 6-8 year old to learn Park footballers, school footballers, playground footballers, team footballers and professional footballers all understand the importance of skills. They are the object of fascination for many children and players as they see idols like Ronaldo and Messi dribble past defenders, skill and drive their way to scoring … Continue reading

9 Top Tips to be a goal scoring striker

This is a popular question we hear at our training sessions and from our players, scoring goals is the most exciting thing about playing football for most children and adults! Goals are memorable moments for teams and even more memorable if you are the one who has scored! It can be hard to describe what … Continue reading

Train like a professional!

Train like a professional There are lots of different types of training and training strategies. In our blog on training like a professional, we are going to give you some useful tips to ensure you are getting the most from your training! Rest is important! Whatever types of training you are currently working through be … Continue reading

Tzatziki Taka Football

Disgusting chants and tribalism, cheating and aggression. As football is all too often surrounded by misery and is increasingly treated as a cash cow rather than the people’s game, it is easily forgotten why we love the whole damn thing in the first place. Then something like this happens and it’s like falling in love with … Continue reading

How to hit a volley on the full

In terms of football, not much beats watching a player hit an unstoppable volley into the back of the net, without the ball touching the ground. Seeing the player striding forwards, pause for a moment and finally deliver a perfect shot on goal! The impressive volley is seen as quite a difficult skill to pull … Continue reading

How to master a flip flap (elastico)

At times, the art of football can be complicated by intricate feints and showcase movements. Sometimes, it’s worth taking a step back and adopting a simpler method: improving your touch and mastery of the ball can be just as effective and helpful when getting past the opposition. All football “tricks” or “feints” have a purpose: … Continue reading

HOW TO MASTER THE ROULETTE TURN

HOW TO MASTER THE ROULETTE TURN “The Zidane Pirouette”, “the Marseille turn”, “the Roulette”, “the Maradona”, “the spin move”, “the 360”, “the double drag-back”; the list goes on. This is a skill with many titles, but its most famous namesakes were two of the most influential football players in history. The trick was first introduced … Continue reading

How to Master a Rabona

HOW TO MASTER THE RABONA KICK As a player you will get lots of practice in your weekly training and matches however, you may not always have the time to learn new tricks and skills at these times. That’s why we have put together a series of guides to help you increase your football armory … Continue reading

New Year, New Goals!

Setting Your Football Goals for 2016 As our academies Setting goals can be an overwhelming process to start. There are many different directions on how and why to set goals, setting new goals for 2016 are essential to improving. Benefits of setting goals: You will become more enthusiastic and motivated. You will gain greater confidence and self-worth. … Continue reading

Football Food!!

Sport nutrition, diet or food and drink, for football players is becoming increasingly scientific and recognised for its importance in the game of football. This article covers the most important principles of sport nutrition for young players. Why is sport nutrition or diet important in football? Food provides us with energy for our muscles, brain and … Continue reading

Why 1-1 training is making such a positive impact on the modern footballer

1-1 Football Training So what is 1-1 training? This is where our coaching specialists will work with one player at a time (1-1 session.) This type of training method is becoming more and more popular as the demands of the modern footballer increase. At We Make Footballers Carshalton we provide high quality, elite, development #1-1training … Continue reading

Carshalton’s 3 ways to up-skill your players as a coach during football training

At our Carshalton football training, we realise as coaches we have many roles. This is the same for every football coach and during your sessions, your role is to manage, organise and coach your team as well as being a mentor, friend, role model, facilitator & delegator. The hardest task for a manager is to get … Continue reading

Free Match Play!

Free Play It is a huge problem in the UK. Children aren’t playing enough on their own. Due to more cars on the roads, more crime and a rise in the computer game culture – less children are playing together away from adult supervised environments. They aren’t getting the time to just be kids and … Continue reading

The Ever-Changing Role of the Modern Striker

It can be tough to keep up with modern football. Such is the speed of its evolution and rotation. Defenders go from stoppers and sweepers to ball-playing outlets and surging threats, central midfield has become a diverse, multifaceted job and wingers don’t bother to cross anymore. UEFA Champions League and international football set the standards … Continue reading

Pavard Half Volley - Voted best goal at the World Cup

How To Master A Half Volley

How to master a Half Volley Volleys take time, effort, patience and practice – but well worth the dedication to master this skill as scoring from a half-volley is a superb and impressive achievement as a player. In football there are golden moments when a player scores an unpredictable goal using excellent skill and precision … Continue reading

How to master the Cruyff Turn

Johan Cruyff was known for many things, including winning the Ballon Dor three times and being the most famous exponent of “Total Football”. But perhaps what he was best known for is the infamous skill he conjured up in the 1974 World Cup, the Cruyff turn. The trick involves appearing as though you’re about to … Continue reading

Reasons Why Rooney Should Go To Chelsea

1. Rooney needs a new team which will play him as a main role. Since Robin Van Persie joined the team, Rooney has became the 2nd choice. Rooney is starting less for Manchester United and he has requested a transfer twice in three years. In addition to this, the fans are starting lose faith in … Continue reading

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We Make Footballers Sussex September Launch!

My coaching journey began in 2011 when I travelled to the Middle East to work for Arsenal FC in their grassroots development program. I spent 8 years in the Middle East comprised of 2 years in Bahrain, 4 years in Kuwait, and then 2 years in Dubai. I started as a Volunteer Coach in Bahrain, … Continue reading

Girls Talent Identification Event Review

On the 3rd of March, We Make Footballers hosted our first ever Girls Talent ID event in partnership with Chelsea Ladies. Our all-female coaching team energetically managed over 80 girls between the ages of 6 to 13. After a warm welcoming from the WMF team, Coach Evie took the warm-up and the players already started … Continue reading

The International London Cup – The Biggest Youth Tournament of 2018

The International London Cup and Why It’s Being Referred to as the Biggest Youth Tournament of 2018. What do the following teams have in common? PSG, AC Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City, Ajax, Porto, Everton, West Ham, Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, Fulham, Swansea, Genk and Crystal Palace. I expect you’re struggling to guess? The answer is … Continue reading

The latest addition to WMF – presenting Zorb Football!

It’s official! We have ZORB FOOTBALL! Another fantastic half-term was topped off with our St Mary’s camp trialling the latest addition to the WMF team – Zorb Football! And what a great trial it was. If you aren’t familiar with Zorb Football it is, simply put, a small sided football match where every player is wearing a … Continue reading

Train like a professional!

Train like a professional There are lots of different types of training and training strategies. In our blog on training like a professional, we are going to give you some useful tips to ensure you are getting the most from your training! Rest is important! Whatever types of training you are currently working through be … Continue reading

Talent ID Event in Southall

We recently held a Talent ID event in Carshalton which proved to be very successful. From the 120 children who attended, 7 players were scouted from the event and are now training with Chelsea on a weekly basis. 4 x U6 players and 3 x U11 players. As a result we are holding another Talent … Continue reading

MATCH ATTAX!!

Before reading this article I should say from the outset that we actually work with Match Attax, they are lovely people and they have donated thousands of card to us over the past few years. We wanted to put this article together, as we have been asked by a few parents recently, if we think … Continue reading

We Make Footballers: Bringing Football Training to Richmond

We are very proud to announce that this Saturday we will be opening our 5th Academy –We Make Footballers: Richmond Football Academy. This will be just as good as all our other academies and embody the same fun, challenging football lessons that all our other academies have. Our location will be Orleans Park School that … Continue reading

Summer Camps 2014 Blog

This Summer we are not just doing one week of holiday football camps but two which is great for both you and your child as they are off school for 6 weeks! The dates are from the Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August and Monday 18th August to Friday 22nd August which gives your … Continue reading

Football Training Surrey | We Make Footballers Academy

Surrey is a vast area full of green places, quant towns, beautiful houses and a football crazy population. There are, however, a distinct lack of non-water logged Football related venues in Surrey making it difficult for any decent football training Surrey. This can cause some real issues come Saturday morning when your children want to go … Continue reading

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6 tips to be a great central midfielder

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