Football | RFC Academy

The benefits are endless to children and adults alike if encouraged to exercise in their morning routines :

Set the tone – exercising early can help encourage to make healthier choices during the day and through one’s life, start children on the right path early.
Increased alertness and more overall energy – regular exercise boosts energy and reduces overall fatigue, allowing more energy throughout the day.
Improved Sleep – Light exposure early in the day may help increase melatonin level at night.
Attractive Childcare Option – Allows parents to start their day earlier.
Better Mood – exercise reduces stress, start the day on a positive note.
Weight loss – studies show fat burns more before breakfast.
Better Focus – physical activity improves focus and concentration. Students will have better cognition throughout the school day.
Increased overall activity – rather than the normal activity presented through everyday life – add a morning exercise routine to your day rather than sleeping in.

Better School Performance – extracurricular activities improve academic performance.
In everyone’s best interest – Schools are encouraged to provide extra-curricular activities, it also looks good for them when selling the school to a parent / parents need help with childcare and to leave children at school to further expand their knowledge with a sports education will benefit all involved.
Improved health – encouraging more physical activity and a healthy balanced lifestyle.
Social Development – clubs can help children make friends through encouraged teamwork and a place where they feel like they belong.
Exploring passions – allows children to make a choice without being forced to do it with a schools curriculum, if they want extra football, come join a football club.
Set the tone – children exercising can help encourage them to make healthier choices during adult life.
Increased overall activity – rather than the normal activity presented through everyday life – add a new exercise routine to your day rather than going home.

Enhanced Learning Experience – learn through play with story-telling and imagination.
Improved Behaviour – mini rewards like the captain’s armband each week for children to work towards.
Improved Social Interaction – encouraged teamwork and practicing respect for another and learning to win and lose.
Improves listening skills – learning language and the ability to understand commands
Educating youth about exercise – important foundation for children to enjoy exercise.
Motor Skill development – simple but structured movements taught with a football to help encourage a feeling of success and a good foundation to develop in a range of sports.
Help reduce obesity – classes increase children’s heartrate and contribution to day to day exercise.
Release anxiety and stress – exercise help release anxiety and helps children sleep at night.

Specialized and localized – Easier for coach to fit the needs of all participants involved.
Logistics – it is easier to sporadically group a team of 5 together than 15.
Players are more engaged – the smaller the group the more players feel their efforts are important resulting in higher work rate and increased learning.
Players identified by coach more – players are more exposed in small groups, when a player does well the coach will see.
Builds trust and unity – the fewer people there are the easier it is for them to get to know each other.
Small Group cohesion – players will naturally coach and mentor each other in practices.

We host thrilling 3 day multi-sport camps during the school holidays and summer for children from Reception to Year 7. The Camps for 2024 will be hosted at Valley Road Primary School in Henley on Thames and are a wonderful place for your children to experience a range of football, rugby and cricket games where they can develop their skills and, most importantly, have fun!

We're flexible with our itinerary to allow for a relaxing and enjoyable experience for everyone, but a typical camp day will consist of:

9am: Early drop-off and free play
10am: Drop-off and a choice of games or free play
10:30am-12pm: Children are split into age groups and will rotate through different sporting activities and games of rugby, football and cricket
12pm-1pm: Packed lunches brought from home
1pm-3pm: Children are split into age groups and will continue to rotate through different sporting activities and games of rugby, football and cricket
3pm: End of day pick-up
3pm-4pm: A choice of games or free play
4pm: Late pick-up

Frequently Asked Questions

What should I bring/wear to participate in a holiday camp?

We would recommend wearing sports or PE kit and trainers - it would also be ideal for you to bring a waterproof and an extra warm layer, just in case! You should also have with you: a packed lunch, water bottle and any medication that might be required (this can be handed to camp staff at drop-off).

Is there parking at the venue?

Unfortunately, there is no parking at the school venue so we suggest parking on Valley road and walking up to the school to drop-off.

I need to drop-off earlier than 10am or pick-up later than 3pm!

We have limited spaces available each day for early drop-off at 9am and late pick-up at 4pm. Both are charged at an additional £10.00 per child per day.

Do you have a food policy?

Yes, we have a strict food policy to protect our participants who may have nut allergies. Everyone must bring their own packed lunch and no one is to share any food. No one is permitted to bring nut products for their lunch. Please make sure to check the ingredients of your children's food and make sure there are no nuts present.

I have a last minute booking request, what should I do?

Ideally, all booking requests will be made through the Contact Us page on our website, but we appreciate that plans can change unexpectedly and that this may not always be possible. Where you can, please give our staff as much prior notice as possible that you intend for your child to attend our camp. You can do this by emailing admin@rfcacademy.

Do you offer any discounts?

We offer a Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price for sibling bookings and 10% when you book your spaces 2 weeks prior to the start of camp.

How many children can join a camp?

Due to the size of the venue, we are limited to 80 participants per day and so we operate our bookings on a first come first serve basis. Your booking is only confirmed once we have received payment so please prioritise this to avoid your space being given to someone else!

RFC Academy Teams can be created.
Good for all year as its indoors.
Great for ball mastery and control.
Perfect extra training for elite teams.

We host local Futsal sessions from U8 and above to any aspiring footballer who wants to master their skills, this could be part of an extra-curricular setting in schools or an independent development centre.

We also run Futsal Holiday Camps as stated above. These camps usually run from 5PM-8PM.

We host 5 day football during the school holidays and summer for children from Year 2 to Year 9. The Camps for 2024 will be hosted at YMCA Henley on Thames and is a great opportunity to develop your children's football skills and, most importantly, have fun!