Mighty Midgets

Extension Groups for Football Mad Kids

From the 5th Grade we run extension groups called Academy and Development Squads. These are a great opportunity for your Football Mad Midget to stretch themselves.  Your child can be nominated for these groups either by your coach or yourself.  Parents please be aware this will involve extra mid week training sessions and an additional fee.

What You Will Need

• Shin pads are essential- no shin pads, no game
• Socks your child will need long socks to hold the shin pads in place
• Shorts or track-pants
• Adequate footwear - football boots or training shoes are preferred (no gum boots)
• Water bottle - a full drink bottle is an essential
• Warm clothing for after the session

Shirts and footballs are provided - please return these to your coach at the end of your session.

Club colours are black shorts and red socks; however, you do not need these for Mighty Midgets, if you are planning to purchase new kit it may pay to get the right colour for when your child moves up to the 7^th grade.

Prize Giving

Coaches’ will award a Player of the Day for their team who receives:

• A certificate to keep
• A trophy which they will return a week later

and their photo taken to be posted on our Facebook page
 

Parental Support

Please feel free to provide lots of positive encouragement from the sidelines because it is the best way to support the team and your child.  We would also encourage you to teach your child to play by the rules, respect game officials and respect others; it is as important as learning the skills necessary to successfully play a sport.

Loss of Interest

Kids will occasionally lose interest and not want to take part.  This is OK; it’s happen to all of us at some stage.  If this does occur let them come back in their own time.

Slipped Halos

Every now and again kids will become upset and disruptive. If this does occur the coach will intervene to address the behaviour, as a parent we would ask you to support your coaches’ actions.
 

Coaching

We cannot run Mighty Midgets without those willing to get involved as coaches. It is a fun and rewarding way to spend your Sunday mornings. Each year we run pre-season and mid-season training courses for our coaches.  

Managers

If coaching is not your thing, but you would love to help please let us know, we need Managers, sausage sizzlers and people with ideas to make it fun for the kids.  Please contact us for more information.

Mighty Midget Sponsorship

Thank you to all of our sponsors from last season. We received tremendous support from the local community which provided us with new kit and equipment.  We have a number of options for sponsorship this year specifically for the Midgets from sponsoring the sausage sizzle to kit and goals.  Please contact us for more details.