It’s More Skilful: our Retreat Line rule encourages passing from the back and our No Pass Back rule keeps the ball in play.

It Accelerates Development: our No Instructions rule lets kids think for themselves, our Equal Playing Time rule gives every child a fair go and our All Positions rule turns kids into rounded footballers.

It’s Calmer & Safer: with Silent Sidelines to let the kids hear each other, a Blue Card sin bin and Respect Marks to keep standards high and no slide tackling to keep bones in one piece.

It’s More Competitive: our Mixed Teams rule makes every game more of a match, our Power Play rule makes one-sided games more of a challenge and our Equal Numbers rule keeps it a level playing field.

Here’s our 12 Rules for Better Kids’ Football