Brazilian Soccer School

General Information

Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) illustrate that the dreams of any child, combined with daily practice and a unique devotion to the ball, can produce players with previously unseen levels of technical and physical ability.

We exist to develop players who enjoy playing the game so much that they pass on their creativity, passion and enthusiasm to all of those who see them play and train.
The central aim of Brazilian Soccer Schools is to encourage children to spend longer working with the ball practicing and developing their skills. Everything that we do has this in mind and at BSS training sessions almost all of the time will be spent working with the ball at your feet.

The programme has evolved into what we now believe to be the most complete development programme of any sport anywhere in the world. The BSS syllabus covers every area of football and whilst our coaching is by no means exclusively Brazilian there are 4 key aspects that have their origins in Brazil:

• Futebol de Salão
• Emphasis on Individual Skills
• Increased time training
• Physical Training

We do not focus too much on the game of Futebol de Salão, although it is an excellent game in its own right, but more use the game and special characteristics of the ball as a development tool. For developing quick feet, close dribbling and passing skills we have found nothing better than Futebol de Salão. Children at BSS spend roughly two-thirds of their time working with the size two Futebol de Salão balls and the remaining third with a conventional ball working on areas such as longer passing, shooting, heading and of course match situations.

Throughout all ages of our coaching the strongest emphasis is put on developing fully the technical skills of every child. Skills from basic to complex are broken down into easily learnable phases for children and then these moves are taught and repeated many times until the children become accomplished at performing these skills first as individuals and then gradually against other children and later in games. Repetition of all skills from passing the ball in a straight line through to some of the amazing juggling skills you see from our children is stressed throughout.

We believe that children do not spend enough time training, they may spend a lot of time playing matches, but generally children do not spend enough time working on their skills and thus at BSS we have a full syllabus for children from 5 years old to 16 year old whereby an increased duration of actual time spent training and working with the ball is a crucial element in our work. BSS are changing the way that football is played at the highest level, by changing the way that we train children to play the game, however this cannot happen without children spending increased time practicing their skills. At BSS we are able to promote this in a safe and fun environment.

BSS have the very highest standards of health and safety and child protection, all coaches are fully vetted by the CRB, follow our NSPCC Child Protection Policy and undergo 80 hours of specialist training each year at the BSS HQ in Leeds.

Testimonies:- “FDS helped me a lot; a lot of things I do on the pitch today stem from my days playing Futebol de Salão. It is a really enjoyable way of playing football and increasing your skills. Even now when I go home for my holidays I like to play.”
Robinho – in the Manchester Evening News, November 15th 2008

“Futebol de Salão was something that I and everyone in Brazil played when we were kids. The game helped me not only develop my skills but also my awareness. With the pitch being tight, I had to think much faster and play more quickly. When I moved up to normal football it was so much easier.”
Rivaldo – in the Sunday People, June 4th 2000

“This (Futebol de Salão) is how I really got started. This is my love, the thing that I enjoyed the most”
Ronaldo

“I have personally learned a lot from Futebol de Salão.  The whole Futebol de Salão thing really interests me because it is a different way of teaching kids to play the game.  They’ve been doing it in Brazil for years and they are one of the best teams in the world, so there must be something in it for England it could well be the way forward.”
Michael Owen

“People ask ‘where have all the English dribblers gone’, here is a way of finding them again. Futebol de Salão is an excellent tool for improving passing, control and close dribbling.
Dave Parnaby - Middlesborough FC Academy Director / Former Manager England Under 16