SLD Soccer School

Go to the next level with your football

Activities
Meet the team
Activities
Meet the team

– Soccer School –

About SLD

With High-Quality coaching, our SLD Soccer School provides a variety of sessions – from Girls Only to our Elite and Developmental programmes to our beloved Super Saturdays. No matter what age or ability, we have a session for you!
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Term-Time Activities

– Every week during the School Term @ The Elmgreen School –

These sessions provide high-quality coaching for all ages and skill-sets.
We focus on technical opposed/unopposed practice, individual technique, and small games.

Lionesses (Girls Only)

– MONDAY EVENINGS –

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This session invites key stage 2 girls of all abilities to come and improve their football. Our girls programme has really developed over the last two years and we are now starting a NEW Saturday morning session. We have a maximum of 16 spaces available at each session, so make sure you get your child booked in now!

Girls only sessions

Mondays, 5:30pm-7pm

Sessions held at The Elmgreen on the Astroturf.

Remember, your first session is FREE!

To claim your free session, input the voucher code FREE22 when you book.

Finally, please make sure you have read our Risk Assessment and watched our Safety video prior to attending

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Ballers (Years 2-8)

– MONDAY EVENINGS –

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This is a new session for casual players looking for a fun and relaxed football session or for those just starting their football journey! Coaches will be on the look out for players in Year 5 and above that impress for the chance to make the transition into our Year 5-8 SLD Ballers group on a Wednesday night!

Ballers (Years 2-6)

Mondays, 5:30pm-7pm

Sessions held at The Elmgreen on the Astroturf.

Remember, your first session is FREE!

To claim your free session, input the voucher code FREE22when you book.

Finally, please make sure you have read our Risk Assessment and watched our Safety video prior to attending

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BALLERS – ELITE (YEARS 5-8)

– WEDNESDAY EVENINGS –

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Our Development and Elite Programmes focus on providing players with a highly technical level of coaching. We create a positive environment, where we encourage players to maximise on their ability to progress.

Our midweek training sessions are supported by a games programme, so the players get to compete against other teams across South London.

We are always looking for talented players to join our groups, to book a trial, contact our Head Coach George Marsden – georgemovingmatters@gmail.com or call our office on 020 8325 4544

Sessions held at The Elmgreen on the Astroturf.

Remember, your first session is FREE!

To claim your free session, input the voucher code FREE22 when you book.

Finally, please make sure you have read our Risk Assessment and watched our Safety video prior to attending

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Super Saturdays

– MULTI-ABILITY SESSIONS –

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Kick off the weekend with a session for all ages and abilities! Taking place every Saturday morning, we run groups for everyone starting from Reception age.

Mini-Movers (Reception-Year 1)
-10:30am-12pm

Mini-Magicians (Year 2 + 3)
-10:30am-12pm

Mini-Maestros (Year 4 and above)
-10:30am-12pm

Sessions held at The Elmgreen on the Astroturf.

Remember, your first session is FREE!

To claim your free session, input the voucher code FREE22 when you book.

Finally, please make sure you have read our Risk Assessment and watched our Safety video prior to attending

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PLEASE NOTE: We do progress our best players onto trials at academies but only if the opportunity is right.

– Meet Our Coaches –

SLD Coaching Team

George Marsden

Head Coach of SLD Soccer School

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Coached Session: Elite & Development
Fav Footballer: Paul Scholes
Fav Football Team: Man United
Fav Football Drill: The Rondo
Why Do You Enjoy SLD?: “I enjoy SLD because it is an opportunity for me to provide young players with high quality coaching that will hopefully expand their knowledge of the game and help them progress. Reflecting on my own experience as a player in youth football, I did not have any high quality coaching until the age of 19, so I love being able to give the SLD players something that I didn’t have at their age.”
Stan Christoforou

SLD Coach

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Coached Session: Girls Only
Fav Footballer: Rio Ferdinand
Fav Football Team: Man City
Fav Football Drill: Pass & Shoot
Why Do You Enjoy SLD?: “Gives the girls a boost of confidence”
Hosanna Gayle

SLD Coach

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Coached Session: Girls Only
Fav Footballer: Didier Drogba
Fav Football Team: Chelsea
Fav Football Drill: Defending
Why Do You Enjoy SLD?: “I enjoy it when girls attend SLD on a Monday, most of them have never played football before and within a few weeks the girls look really comfortable on the ball.”

Craig Palmer

SLD Coach

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Coached Session: Elite & Development
Fav Footballer: Paul Scholes
Fav Football Team: Man United
Fav Football Drill: One on Ones / Box Drill
Why Do You Enjoy SLD?: ” “

Shaun Rowley

SLD Goalkeeping Coach

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Coached Session: Elite & Development
Fav Footballer: Thierry Henry
Fav Football Team: Arsenal
Fav Football Drill: Shooting or Passing Drills
Why Do You Enjoy SLD?: “I enjoy seeing the children develop their skills and attitude over the course of the programme. The understanding of the game really improves and they have the chance to implement their skills in a wide variety of ways“

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SLD Case Studies

“One of the girls has been coming to SLD for 2 and a half years now. She’s a really polite, friendly and popular member of the group. Her strengths are turning with the ball and her range of passing. We work on ball mastery every session, which involves practising specific skills with the ball and she works hard to perfect her skills with every new move we work on. She has a fantastic attitude for learning and is never afraid to ask questions in order to fully grasp a new activity or concept.

A session that really stands our for me is one that focused on 1v1 situations. Her ability to press her opponent at the right time was fantastic and she won the ball back consistently, timing her tackles brilliantly. Once she had won the ball, she drove forward on the attack, beat the defender in front of her and went on to score with almost every possession. It has been really enjoyable to watch her develop as a player and as a person, particularly given that she had not played much football before joining SLD. She has is always developing her understanding and knowledge of the game and loves to watch her favourite team, Liverpool, play at the weekends. We always catch up on a Monday evening at the training sessions and talk about the scores and our favourite goals from the weekend.”

Teri, SLD Girls Coach

“This particular player has attended SLD for nearly 4 years. He is now in Year 8 and really has become a fantastic person and player. He brings a desire and hunger to sessions that is infectious and which improves the quality of football played as a result. He can play confidently with either foot, dribble with fantastic control, finish from close range or shoot from long distance and lead a team with his positional understanding and organisational qualities. As one of the older boys in our group, he is the perfect role model for some of the younger players.

A session that lives long in the memory is from a fixture, in which this player was influential. That night, we gave the boys autonomy to decide on tactics and positions and to lead their own team talks before, during and after the game, in a player-led session. He led by example in an assured defensive display and played a significant role in the creation of goalscoring chances, but perhaps his most admirable quality that night was his leadership. He orchestrated the team talks, speaking and listening to his team mates to ensure they were prepared to perform. I remember at one point during the half time team talk, lots of the boys were speaking all at once and he took the lead in calming the conversation down and impressed upon his teammates the importance of listening to each other if they wanted to improve their play in the second half. As a coach, it is immeasurably rewarding to see the players you coach mature into well-rounded, confident people and this player is a perfect example of what we aim to produce at SLD Soccer School”

George, Head Coach of SLD

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