There will be no school football training tomorrow (Monday 23rd) due to it being the last day of October break. We will however be recommencing next week (Monday 30th) for both P6 and P7. We will remain outdoors from 3.15 – 4.15pm until the darker nights draw in during which time we will have use of the school hall. At this point P6 and P7 pupils will attend training on separate weeks due to the space available.
I’ve been delighted with the numbers of pupils attending each week (averaging 45 at the moment) and they have all been working hard to develop their football skills, applying these in small-sided game situations. So far we have focused on dribbling, close-control, passing and shooting with our focus between October and December moving to possession, attacking/defending in 1v1, 2v1, 2v2, 3v2 scenarios and shape.
In order to give the children attending something to work towards, I am in the process of trying to arrange some friendly fixtures. Details to follow over the coming weeks. Springfield will have one P6 team entering the Junior Soccer Sevens local qualifiers with one P7 team entering the Soccer Sevens qualifiers. Local qualifying fixtures will be announced in due course before seeing if we can progress to the area and national finals.
We are also pleased to announce that our Linlithgow cluster schools football league will be up and running again after Christmas. This is great news after a long period without any sort of league format. There will be cluster meet ups at Linlithgow Leisure Centre on one Monday afternoon in January, February, March and April. On each afternoon we will play games in a round robin format and all results will be counted towards league standings. The league winner will be announced at the end of April before we head into the annual George Allan and Roundtable tournaments.
If pupils wish to be involved in these events, they must show dedication through their continued attendance at training and demonstrate a positive attitude at all times.
Mr. Logan
