Dear Parent / Carer,
West Ham United Foundation is extremely happy to invite your child to one of our new extra-curricular
Football Development Skill Centre sessions. These are held on a weekly basis at our new Community
Schools’ Hub at Emerson Park Academy (Wych Elm Road, Hornchurch RM11 3AD). Please see below for
timetabled activities:
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Tuesday - 5:00pm 6pm – Mixed Gender PL Kicks Football session – 10-13 years
Thursday - 5:00pm 6pm – Female Only Football -10-13 years
Friday - 5pm 6:30pm – West Ham United Foundation Development Centre*
Female Specific & Premier League Kicks Sessions
Working in partnership with Emerson Park Academy, our female specific and Premier League Kicks sessions
provide the perfect opportunity for young people aged 10-13 years to participate in fun, small sided games
and activities within a controlled and safe environment after school.
These programs provide participants with the basic skills and game understanding required to enjoy the
sport of Football at a social level.
These sessions are fully funded and come at no cost to the attendee, however, to attend one of these
sessions please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start time with a parent/guardian who will be supplied with a
consent form that must be completed before sessions commence.
West Ham United Foundation Development Centre Programme.
Re-launched in January 2017, our new format of Development Centres allows for
maximum learning opportunities, enjoyment and progression. Throughout the 10 week blocks of training,
each player will engage in challenges and sessions to help push them onto the next level with the aim of
players progressing along our ‘Elite Player Pathway’ into West Ham United Academy.
The aims of the West Ham United’s Foundation Skill Centres are to provide a fun and engaging environment
to aid the development of young people both through football and for football. Every session is run by highly
qualified coaches who look to progress each child onto the next stage of their personal learning pathway.
Following the conclusion of each 8-10 week coaching block each child will receive a report, based on their
progression. Each Skill Centre will have a fixture arranged against another West Ham United Foundation
Skill Centre to offer each child with the chance to show the skills they have learned in a friendly but
competitive situations.
Opportunities to progress onto the West Ham United Elite Talent Identification Centre are available
throughout the 10 week programme with centres running at several locations across London and Essex.
To book onto one of these sessions please visit our booking site soccerschools.whufc.com
We hope to see you at one of our sessions in due course
Kind Regards
Luke Stone,
West Ham United Foundation Community Hub Officer
Emerson Park Academy
*To book onto a development centre programme that has already started, please tick the box that says
‘show courses that have already started’ and click on ‘Football Development Centres’ before pressing the
search button which will enable you to bring up all bookable courses.