Playball

It can be a challenge to get number one son off the sofa at the weekends as he ‘needs to recover from a busy week’ (he’s 10 — how busy can he be??). But after the excitement of the World Cup, he’s now hooked on football and so the opening of this new club for under 14’s was enough to shift him from his Sponge Bob stupor. A result before we even got there.
There are sessions of mini soccer across the weekend and we went to the Saturday morning one. There were plenty of Beckham wannabes there but it was very well structured and organised. There was about 30 minutes of skills practice and then they played a match which number one son really enjoyed.
The coach was approachable and friendly and paid attention to safety too — the boys cannot play unless they have shin guards. The sessions are held on the new all weather pitches at Stormont so it’s the perfect environment for the footballers of the future.
The cost is a very reasonable £2 a session so mini soccer ticks all the boxes for me and for number one son as well. A rare and very welcome thing!