Football training holds many benefits for your kid, no matter their age but, within this article, we are going to focus on the benefits of football for 9 year olds.

Benefits of football training for 9 year olds. Image shows a boy balancing a football on top of his neck in a BSS training session.

The benefits of children being active are vast and these benefits often remain into adulthood as an active child usually goes on to be an active adult. But, there is a big difference between running around the garden and having the structure and commitment that is brought by football. 

Within this article, we are going to look at some of the main benefits of football training for 9 year olds and let you know how BSS will be able to help. 

Physical Fitness

One of the biggest ways that football training will benefit your 9 year old is that it will greatly help their physical fitness. Football is considered a moderate physical activity which 9 year olds need to do 60 minutes of a day across the week. 

All the running, kicking and jumping will help your child’s cardiovascular health, help to strengthen their muscles and bones and will help to lower the risk of certain conditions and illnesses as they get older. 

Discipline And Commitment 

All children are active. Whether it’s running around the garden, playing at the local park or doing football training, it is all good for them. Where football training differs is that it will give them a good level of discipline and commitment. 

In order to be good at football, you need to be committed and disciplined. They need to be attending classes regularly, trying their best at all the skills and accepting areas that need some more work.

A good level of discipline and commitment will be highly beneficial to their football career but, even if they don’t pursue football as a career, it will be beneficial to their schooling, work life and their life in general. 

Confidence 

Attending football training will boost your child’s confidence because, as they become more skilled at football and overcome any areas they find harder, they will see what they can do and how far they can come. They will have confidence in their abilities and in themselves.

 

Mental Health Benefits

Football training has positive benefits on your child’s mental health as it will help to build their confidence, their social interactions and their general well-being. 


Any form of physical activity is highly beneficial to your child’s mental health as it will help them manage stress, improve their mood, improve their sleep, helps with memory and brain function and helps to manage the symptoms of depression and anxiety. 

Teamwork 

Football is a team sport so taking part in football training will help your child to learn the benefits of teamwork and of communicating respectfully with other people. If they want to pursue football as a career, these are really important skills to have but they will also be beneficial in school, university, work and life as a whole. 

Social Benefits 

The final benefit is that football training will hold a great deal of social benefits for your child. They will be training and playing with children of a similar age to them and building friendships. Making friends is easier when you have a shared interest and making friends at football training will further build their confidence. This will be beneficial to them throughout their life. 

The Benefits Of BSS Football Training 

Our BSS football training will offer your child all of these benefits. Your child will come away from our training with confidence, discipline and friends. 

Our training is based upon Futebol de Salão, the original Brazilian version of futsal which is an insanely fast, tightly compressed and highly pressurised version of 5 a side football. Studies have shown that small-sided football training holds a great deal of benefits to children. It induces high heart rates, a large number of intense actions along with high involvement which leads to technical success and training effects for boys and girls irrespective of body mass index, fitness level or prior experience with football. 

98% of children who are members of a football club get the amount of physical activity that is recommended by health authorities and they have stronger bones, less fat and greater aerobic fitness than non-sport club members.

Our style of football training and your children just taking part in our football training will hold huge benefits for them. 


Benefits Of Football Training For 9 Year Olds 

There are many benefits for football training for your child. It will help with their physical fitness, their mental health, their confidence, their discipline and commitment and it will help with their social skills and to make friends. 

Football training will be highly beneficial to your child. If you would like to know more about our football training, please click here to find your local class.