First Step Footy is a football-based activity session for boys and girls aged between 2 - 7 years of age. Sessions take place weekly on Sunday morning. We work hard to improve your child's movement, awareness and co-ordination skills to give them the best chance in their future football/sporting careers.
We are really proud of our history and love seeing our First Steppers going on to play and captain Herefordshire junior teams and even sign for academy teams. Our link with clubs is underpinned by our affiliation with Hereford FC community programme. This affiliation also gives us access to some great opportunities, including a fun day in Edgar Street itself.
What to expect
The Venue
We use the Point 4 (RNC) as our training base. This gives us access to their huge indoor sports hall during the winter months and the option of an outdoor pitch during the warmer months. There is also a cafe on site to help with those early Sunday mornings!
The Sessions
The sessions are planned in accordance with the children's skill level, attitude and desire to learn, meaning that sessions are varied and progressive. We use a range of games and training equipment to build well rounded sports people with a focus on football. Those in the toddler age group might find children unresponsive at first and often a little clingy, however, this is natural and we often find that after 4 or 5 sessions they are off independently running around. In the toddler age group we encourage parent participation as it further demonstrates the skills we're looking to achieve and allows children to copy from a familiar person. In the older age groups parents are able to sit back and watch their children nailing techniques, although you still need to be on site.
Children will need to be dressed in active clothes and wearing trainers for every session. We also suggest bringing a drinks bottle and ask that these are sports top bottles as they reduce spillages.
The Extras
We run sessions with a little extra theming (and chocolate) at Christmas, Easter and Halloween, alongside some random fun themed sessions. We look to hold a end of season presentation at the end of nJuly with activities and food. All of these extras are included in your monthly subscription so you're never hit with an additional bill.
Your child will be presented with a certificate on their first session with us, you'll need to bring this certificate to each session and we'll fill them up with stickers.
First Step Footy T-shirts are available to purchase to help your little one feel part of the team - these can be purchased at the start or end of our session at £15 per top.
The Season dates
First Step Footy will be operating all year round unless told otherwise, we automatically adjust your monthly payment if any sessions are cancelled by us so you are never out of pocket - we also have a few weeks off at Christmas and a Summer break after our end of season presentation day.
Booking details
Booking Process
We use a booking system called ClassForKids. You will need to register yourself first as a parent/carer and then your child onto the system. When you have your account on ClassForKids you can use this to sign up for our classes as well as any other company that uses it.
When you book your child into their class you will be subscribing to a £25.00 per month direct debit. This will be taken on the 1st of each month. If this is the first time using the club you'll not pay for classes until the following month (ie book on 12th of the month, you'll not pay until 1st of the following month.
Trials/covering payments
We always suggest booking after the 1st of the month, this means you don't pay for your first session, essentially a trial. You'll still need to set up the payments but nothing will come out until 1st of the following month. If your child doesn't like it, you can cancel using the process below. Depending how many sessions are in between your booking, attendance and the following month, we might add a covering payment - but we will always inform you of this before 28th of the month.
How to cancel
To cancel your subscription you'll need to email us at 1stfooty@gmail.com before the 28th of the month. We cannot accept cancellations by word of mouth or social media although we're happy to confirm a cancellation through these methods. For example, your payment will come out on 1st March, you will need to email us by 28th March to cancel April's payment. Your child can attend throughout March.
Age Group Confirmation
Toddler Group 1 : 2years - 3years 6months
Toddler Group 2 : 2years - 3years 6months Pre-Reception: 3years 6months - 5years
Pre-Club: 5years - 7years
Please let us know if you feel you child is in the wrong group or has had a recent brithday and you would like to move them up to the next group.