Our Mission
Finesse Sport United FC is a FA accredited club, affiliated with The London Football Association. We are based in the London borough of Barking & Dagenham on the border line of Essex county. Our main ethos is to promote a culture of togetherness, positivity and self-confidence. We aim to bring excitement, a level of elitism and professional standard to grassroots football within our local community.
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As a club, our goal is to cultivate an environment that develops individuals and teams that have a positive and winning mentality. In relation to The FA four corner model, we strongly believe that success on and off the football pitch stems from a strong psychological mindset.
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We aim to achieve this strong psychological state by combining three key components: Faith, Desire, and Attitude (FDA).
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Faith, desire and a positive attitude are the essential key elements we believe contribute to a winning and successful mindset. This coincides with our motto of Dream! Dare! Deliver! - which is our core value and what we believe sets us apart from others. We'll leave you with this quote:
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“Whatever the mind can conceive the mind can achieve and all things are possible to him who believes.”
MEET OUR TEAM
C L U B O B J E C T I V E
To be the best football club in Barking & Dagenham. This is our objective. We will achieve this TOGETHER! As a club we will put the players and families we work with first. Our main objective is to provide opportunities in and out of football, for young people and adults to fulfil their potential and live a better and healthier lifestyle.
WE AIM TO:
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Have regular weekly sessions
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Encourage healthy nutrition
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Identify, Develop and Promote talent (IDPT);
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Install resilience & a hard work ethic on and off the football pitch
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Develop individuals to have leadership qualities and become influential members of society
C L U B P H I L O S O P H Y
At Finesse Sport United FC we believe every player should play with confidence and belief. Playing with a high level of intelligence and having the freedom to be creative will allow football to be enjoyable, exciting and entertaining. Through this, players will develop a genuine passion and desire for the sport, which are all attributes that contribute to success.
We aim to adopt a fluid and exciting playing style that stems from different key principles. The main principle and focus for us is ball mastery, then ball retention in possession, speed of thought and positional rotation. This is similar to principles developed by Johan Cruyff and the style of football associated with the likes of some of the world best football clubs like AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, and most recently Liverpool FC and Manchester City FC.
We are major advocates for individuals to play with confidence, freedom and self expression. We want all our players to play with an element of speed, flare and skill; being courageous and bold with their approach to the beautiful game. These are components associated with players such as Messi, Ronaldo, Mane, Pogba, Ronaldinho and Neymar just to name a few.
B E H A V I O U R P O L I C Y
First and foremost Finesse Sport United FC coaches will always model positive behaviour, as all good leaders do. We will consistently encourage the players, at all times, to learn and develop good social skills. It is essential that every player knows the club rules and behaviour policy by explaining to them carefully, using examples of outstanding or good behaviour.
Coaches are always observing to reward and praise good behaviour. In the rare case of any disruptive behaviour, for whatever reason, we would always encourage the right behaviour but also take necessary disciplinary actions.
One of our number 1 rules for our club is RESPECT. This sets the foundation for positive behaviour. Players and parents must respect all other players and coaches, regardless of their age, gender, race, religion and abilities.
We have a ZERO tolerant rule for bullying within the club and this will be dealt with straight away. In any case of bullying parents or carers will be made aware and this may result in your player being asked to leave the club.
Every player is encouraged to have a voice. To be able to inform coaches about anything they may be unhappy with and this can be resolved reasonably. We aim to do this through creating our own players committee. This will act as a forum where players meet to speak about what they want to see happen within their club.
COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
Finesse Sport United FC at all times will endeavour to provide high quality football training sessions and care for every player. We aim to offer a holistic approach when working with every player in order to give them the best chance to develop and reach their full potential. We aim to deliver quality by reducing the ratio of players to coaches to allow each player to get the necessary attention they need. Also by offering good playing facilities.
COACHES
All our coaches main focus is to make the players their main priority. As a grassroots club we aim for all our coaches to be
FA qualified and we aim to keep increasing our skills and knowledge by attending regular CPD training, seminars and workshops. Some of our coaches have the experience of playing at the professional and semi professional level which puts them in good stead to work with and develop the players. All coaches will be DBS (enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service) checked.
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Finesse Sport United FC coaches are trained and knowledgeable in the area of safeguarding. At Finesse our first priority is the well being and needs of every player, we believe that every player has the right to be safe and cared for. Your child’s’ welfare is always paramount and this will be achieved through following our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy. Any safeguarding concerns will be reported by the coach to Ola Kukoyi (Designated Welfare Officer).
HEALTH & FIRST AID
Finesse Sport United FC coaches have been First Aid through The FA. We also have a designated First Aider (Ben Messo).
In the case that your child falls unwell, we advice that you allow 24-48 hours recovery period. Any medical information and/or equipment such as an inhaler, must be provided by parents or carers and should be clearly labelled with the child’s name. Staff are not permitted to administer any type of prescribed medication; Only basic first aid treatment.with permission from parents.
FOOD ALLERGIES & OTHER CONDITIONS
If your child has any type of allergy or other condition such as epilepsy, please ensure that the appropriate field is filled in on the registration form in order to make the club aware. In the event that you child develops any condition during their time with us, please notify the club with immediate effect.
DRESS CODE
All Finesse Sport United FC players must wear the full Finesse training kit/tracksuit to all of the sessions.
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Appropriate footwear must be worn at all times depending on the playing surface (i.e. football boots or astro-turf trainers). Shin pads must be worn as a protective requirement at all times. In the case of bad weather, please ensure players wear suitable sports waterproof clothing..
WEATHER CONDITIONS
As the weather will be unpredictable throughout the season, we urge every parent to please make sure that their child is dressed appropriately for their health and safety. The unpredictable weather conditions may also affect the delivery of training sessions and matches. In bad weather conditions training and matches may be cancelled.
TRAINING & MATCH CANCELATIONS
We will always endeavour to make sure that all our training sessions and matches go ahead. For training or match cancelations you will always be informed by a message in the specific team group chat. If no prior notice or message has been sent then please assume that the session or match will be going ahead. If you're still unsure please contact the club secretary or specific team coach directly.
REFUNDS
All payments made are non-refundable but credit may be given at the discretion of the club. All payments are made on the total understanding that if a player does not attend, leaves or is removed from the club due to misconduct or consistent display of bad behaviour, no refunds will be given.
Match fees are non-refundable. No refund will be given if a match is cancelled, postponed and played on a future date.
VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY
Throughout training sessions and matches, videos and photographs may be taken. These images and footages may be used for player and team analysis, media and promotion purposes. If there are any objections to this, please inform the club and make it clear when signing the registration form.