Burnside Tigers FC

Some fun pics from last week!

Thanks for the shirts Level 1 Customz & Team Sales Vancouver Island !!

Some great summer camps from our friends in football!!

That Friday fun football feeling!! 🐅🤘

Pics from our first day as a club! Totally roarsome!

🌟 Exciting news! The World Cups Youth Soccer Festival is confirmed for Easter, April 18 & 19, 2025 at Westshore Rec.

⚽ Register now for Early Bird pricing at $45+tax!

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A BIG PART of our philosophy at BTFC is creating realistic/representative, kid-centric, & FUN environments! We give them the game & the freedom to play in small-sided & soccer-in-disguise game formats! Let them play & bond to the game!

Researcher Jean Cote calls this deliberate play, which he defines as:

“activities such as backyard soccer or street basketball that are regulated by age-adapted rules and are set up and monitored by the children or adults engaged in the activity. These activities are intrinsically motivating, provide immediate gratification, and are specifically designed to maximize enjoyment.”

Why free play is a crucial ingredient for player development, explained by @CTGProjectHQ The following is an excerpt from John O’Sullivan‘s latest book, “Every Moment Matters: How theWorld’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams.” * * * * * * * * * * Ted Kroeten is onto something in St. Paul, Minnesota, and you can tell from the smiles on the faces o...

Tigers are agile & quick! 🐅

A key part of physical literacy is empowered by cognition; Perception👁Cognition🧠Action🏃‍♂️

At Burnside Tigers FC, we recognise that physical and technical movements of the game must be coupled with realistic & representative game elements; opposition, bi-directionality, and consequence (4 moments of the game). This is a significant part of what we do on the field to build competencies, the perception & action coupling, and consolidating player attunement.

Warren Young on the science of agility Warren Young delves into the issue of agility in footballers, explaining what the term means in practice and suggesting how coaches might develop it in players.

Ripening the green bananas!

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