START THEM EARLY… It’s safe to say we love our football here at Raglan! It is the epitome of grassroots football available right here in our small village community in the heart of Monmouthshire and we are incredibly proud to have teams right from the tots up to teenage years representing the village. The benefits of sport in general, but particularly a team game like football, are limitless. There are so many advantages to playing football in a supportive club like Raglan from a young age that will benefit your child both physically and mentally.

IT KEEPS YOU FIT!
It goes without saying that playing football is good for your child’s physical health, keeping them healthy, improving their cardio and boosting stamina, chasing a ball and participating in fun training sessions keeps them fit without even realising!

IT MAKES YOU HAPPY!
The mental health benefits from being outdoors as well as releasing all those happy hormones through exercise will see happier, healthier children, and that’s all we can ask for as parents and coaches, but it doesn’t stop there…

LEARN NEW SKILLS!
Children who play football learn skills and have experiences that stay with them for life. Learning to cooperate and work as part of a team are skills needed for every part of life, learning to communicate verbally and non-verbally can be the key to success! Understanding you can’t do it all yourself is a valuable lesson to learn early and learning to rely and trust your teammates are experiences to take forward in all aspects of life.

Our coaches are all trained through the FAW and have gained skills to build confidence in the children, imparting valuable knowledge but also enhancing skills such as improving instruction following – it might not be something you see much at home but we can try to help through the joys of football! Football also instils a good work ethic from an early age, if you work at something, and practise, you get better.

BUILDS STRONG CHILDREN!
Here at Raglan, we try are inclusive and encourage anyone to have a go. For such a small village, it is amazing how much success our teams have and that is largely down to the supportive atmosphere created by a village club and everyone involved with it. Take it from one who has been standing on the side lines for a few years now… there are good games, there are bad games but if you can come through it together and learn for next time, that shows the true strength of a team. The mental resilience learnt by picking yourself up when things haven’t gone to plan or celebrating your wins is an essential lesson to learn for the future. These experiences also teach sportsmanship, being gracious in victory, modest in defeat is something to take forward through life as well as treating everyone with respect and humility. This is something we pride ourselves on at Raglan JFC.

SOCIAL BENEFITS AND HAVING FUN!
Then, of course, we have the social benefits of playing football, playing with old friends, making new ones, bonding children and adults, having a common goal….

And having fun every step of the way! We want to give every child the opportunity to play sport, to be a better version of themselves and Raglan JFC is a good place to start!