One-Two Magazine November 2014 | Page 16

Little lions coaching clinic is an organisation which caters for kids aged 3-7 years old. Little Lions Coaching Clinic was founded by Nathan Sargeson in

March 2014.

Little Lions starts with kids that are in the last year of nursery all the through to Year 1 children. Kids are welcome to join at any stage during their journey from Nursery to Year 1.

We have a partnership with Mill

Hill Juniors (Blackburn) and

Little Lions acts as a

development centre and creates

a conveyor belt of kids ready to

serve them with players at the

end of the Year 1 age group in

June. At present we have 2

groups of Year 1s (U6s) which

have 14 children in each age

group.

At the end of June 2015 there

will be 28 (U6s) children who

will make 4 teams for Mill Hill

Juniors ready to play in the East

lancs football alliance (5-aside

non-competitive league). Little

Lions also has a link with BRFC

Academy due to the founder

working as youth scout for the

club. Talented kids who show

good potential whilst attending

Little Lions will have the

opportunity to be invited into

the Academy for further

training to continue their

progress and hopefully build on

the good work that has been

put in place at Little Lions.

“Before I set up this

organisation I had a wealth of

knowledge for competition of

who is catering for kids aged

3-7 years old. It was evident

that during my primary research

there was a common

denominator with other

organisations."

"Firstly sessions was either

packed with as many kids as

possible with only 1 coach

trying their best to get through

the hour as quick as possible

without any real structure to the

session or coaches was only

educated to a standard of FA

Level 1, which is classed as an

assistant coach and to a parent

it won’t mean a lot with any

decent knowledge of the game

but if you dig a little deeper it

counts and can pay dividends."

"Another major factor of what

was present is that the sessions

where motivated by making

money which makes my blood

boil.”

HELPING 'LITTLE LIONS' FIND THEIR ROAR

Founder & Lead Coach

Nathan Sargeson

UEFA B Licence Coach

BRFC Youth Scout

Mill Hill Juniors Club Development Officer

(BSc Honours Degree) in Sports Coaching & Performance