What are your memories of school PE lessons? I remember mine well – infact I think I’m still thawing out from years of standing on a frozen hockey pitch in sub zero temperatures! Despite my blog promoting health and fitness for children, I admit that PE wasn’t my favourite subject in school! Don’t get me […]
We all know how tough being a soccer mom can be at times, right? But running a successful junior soccer team is a lot more complicated than any of us imagine. Trying to develop a group of excitable youngsters into talented footballers takes real skill, add to this the rules and regulations introduced by the […]
The football season has now drawn to a close – maybe in your household this signals the starts of the cricket season or a dusting down of the tennis rackets and rounders bats? For me, it signals an end to what has been a truly blizzardous, freezing cold and wet eight months of standing on […]
The summer holidays are nearly over then! It’s been a tiring but most enjoyable time with the boys over the holidays but is it bad to now want to get back into a routine of work and school runs. I honestly think the boys now need it, but I’m sure once I’m back in work […]
English football is thriving. You wouldn’t believe it with the national team’s performances at Euro 2016, but youth football is increasingly popular. There hasn’t been a better time to get your kids involved in the game and who knows, you may have the next English hero sitting in their bedroom, playing FIFA. Grassroots football has […]
Hello there, how are doing? Hope you’re still trying to keep fit and active yourself along with your children. Pretty difficult I know at the moment with all the rain we’ve had. I just can’t work it out, one minute I need my sunglasses and sun cream, the next my coat and umbrella. I had […]
Yes we may be into the opening weekend of the Euro 2016 tournament from France, when all the big grown up kids like my husband get giddy and over excited about too much football being on television. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind it. I appreciate these big tournaments, after all the Euros and […]
For many years, participation levels for girls in football related activities in the UK were not very high, but in recent years that all appears to be changing. More and more girls are now playing and getting involved in the sport. There are several reasons for this increase but what’s clear is that there is […]
Leon Lloyd, former Leicester Tigers & England International, and Chris Brindley, former MD of Metro Bank, are announced as directors of Switch The Play; a social enterprise with a mission to help people fulfil their potential through and beyond sport. Launching their new website this week, Switch The Play work across all sports with organisations, […]
Although there is still more than two weeks to go until the 2013/14 football season gets underway, the release of the new fixture list last month got fans across the country excited about another nine months of spectacular drama on the pitch. However, this season could be a very blue occasion. No we are not […]