LFF Ballers Bulletin - 19th March 2026

Another solid week here at LFF — thank you all for your continued support!

This week we ran our Wear Your Favourite Football Shirt theme, and it was brilliant to see so many great tops on display. A special mention goes to the Man United shirts — and a big well done to Coach Nathan, who definitely took the prize for the best coach outfit of the week 👏 (disagreed with by Coach, Sam, Tom, Tyler and Vicki who preferred all of the Nottingham Forest shirts)!

We also had a special week celebrating both my birthday and Mother’s Day — thank you to everyone who made it so memorable!

On social media, we’ve had loads of great content going out, including:

• Race Week action 🏃‍♂️

• Session photos 📸

• Football shirt highlights 👕

• Star of the Week ⭐

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…and plenty more!

Coming up, we’ve got:

• Player of the Month interview 🎤

• More weekly themed interviews

Our Girls Relaunch has also been advertised this week and has gone down really well — we’re really excited about what’s to come!

Unfortunately, Monday night’s session was cut short due to technical issues with the floodlights. We appreciate your understanding and have pledged to extend sessions once we’re back at Farndon 🙌

📍 Upcoming Changes & Schedule

New Summer Venues:

• Mondays → Farndon Field

• Fridays → Devon Park

• Saturdays & Sundays → No change

Session Dates:

• March 20th–23rd → Normal

• March 27th–30th → Normal

• April 3rd–6th → Easter Break (Week Off)

• April 10th–13th → New Venues Begin

April Mini Leagues:

• 14th, 21st, 28th ⚽

🔥 Lewis Next Level returns Sunday 22nd March — don’t miss it!

Another fantastic week at LFF — we keep building! 💪

⭐🏆 Stars of the Week 🏆⭐

Tots - Coach Lewis

Luca absolutely brilliant second session, a lot more confidence and got involved with all of the games

Finley again, like Luca, a lot more confidence and made a huge effort to get involved

Cubs - Coach Tyler

Ronnie for brilliant work rate and determination throughout the drills

Eagles - Coach Sam

Oliver player of the matches

Parker excellent ball control and communication

Explorers - Coach Nathan

Thomas for setting high standards in the shooting drill and helped guide his team to winning the game

Theodore for excellent effort in the shooting drill and showed superb determination to strike the ball with power

Jaguars - Coach Nathan

Milan for settling in the group since last week and continuing his superb efforts into this weeks session. He managed to get on the score sheet to help his team win the game

Sharks - Coach Jordan

Remy fantastic listening and concentration, played well throughout the session

Eden player of the match

Lions - Coach Hilly

Aleksander excellent determination and listening

Rhinos - Coach Jordan

Harry great adjustment into the group, working so hard and was player of the match

Buffaloes - Coach Sam

Zar for technical ability and finishing

Ninjas - Coach Lewis

Stanley consistent throughout and demonstrated what we were asking with great tempo

Vipers - Coach Tom

Viktoria great attitude, listening and demonstration of skills

Ravens - Coach Charlie

Oakley brilliant listening, responded to feedback, well and was always looking for space in the possession game

Josef excellent finishing in the shooting drill

Girls - Coach Sam

Annabelle for adapting through the drills as well as winning player of the match

Avengers - Coach Tyler

Teddy for excellent determination and progress throughout the session, his confidence is improving so much

Bishop 1 - Coach Nathan

Gabriel great desire to work hard, winning the ball back multiple times in the game and continuously improving in the main drill

Bishop 2 - Coach Nathan

Harry excellent progress and work rate throughout the session

⚽ Group Focuses: ⚽

Tots - reactions, ball control, stop/start, big kicks, scoring goals, directional dribbling, races

Cubs - dynamic warm up, dribbling races, shooting, SSGs

Eagles - bib tag with dynamics, passing and dribbling in pairs, SSGs

Explorers - shooting, control then shoot, shoot first time, correct techniques, ball control, match

Jaguars - scanning with ball when moving, turning into space using different areas of feet, first touch into space, using effective skills they have seen used by their favourite player, pass and shoot, shooting on the angle, shooting under pressure, half volley, aiming for the corners, match

Sharks - reactions and agility, coned exercises, changing pace, shooting, SSGs, match

Lions - relays, races and reactions, rondos, 1v1v1 trying to score, shooting, match

Rhinos - reactions and agility, coned exercises, changing pace, shooting, SSGs, match

Buffaloes - warm up, dribbling with scanning, awareness, avoiding defenders, shooting competition, 2v2

Ninjas - fast paced warm ups, agility and speed, pass and move, communication, positioning, pressing, moving ball quickly, deception in attack v defence, mirror game to create space and score, SSGs

Vipers - speed, change of direction, 1-2s, finishing on the half turn, match

Ravens - dribbling and changing direction, non directional possession, spatial awareness, forward thinking, reaction shooting

Girls - warm up, technical dribbling and ball control, passing and receiving the ball, attacking and defending transitions, 3v2, match

Avengers - cross bar challenge, "nothing but net" challenge, shooting on the turn, anticipating the pass, SSGs, match, penalties

Bishop 1 - scanning, turning into space, first touch into space, ball control, methods of turning, shooting on the angle, shooting under pressure, changing direction, shooting into corners, match

Bishop 2 - ball control, different turning methods, shooting on the angle, shooting under pressure, changing direction, pass and move into space before shooting, shooting into corners with correct technique, match