Enterprising Football

Overview

Your students will develop their teamwork & football skills, along with the enterprise skills needed open a football retail outlet.

Benefits for your students

At the end of the Enterprising Challenge Day, your students will:

• Have practised football skills needed to control the ball
• Have worked as part of a team, making decisions to complete a set task
• Have solved problems under the pressure of time and change and recorded the results
• Be able to describe the strategies used to develop a retail outlet
• Have produced & delivered marketing materials and a presentation orally with suitable visual aids
• Have worked in an exciting, interactive learning environment that simulates the real business world
• Be able to evaluate personal performance to aid future development
  Have developed sustainable skills that increase their employability

Benefits for your school

• Immediate tangible outcomes showing development of enterprise awareness, and individual personal development plans
• Ofsted requirements are met and exceeded
• E4A’s experienced business people run the day

Content

Professional coaches from a local club come to your school. Your students are divided into teams of 6 – 8 and are trained in fitness and football skills development including ball control, team working, spirit and personal drive.

After a plenary introductory session to set the challenge, your students have various tasks and roles to perform including:

• Selecting prices for their products, how much stock they need, and how they will publicise their products.
• Negotiating a loan to buy the stock required to meet their business targets.
• Having to change their plans against tight time constraints because of external events that occur
• Creating a Business Proposal and presenting it as a team, along with a Concept Board displaying their marketing materials

Learning Styles

The day is based on group work, role plays and exercises to encourage participation. Business people provide professional delivery, enabling your students to learn through practical experience. Business activity, teamwork, time management and presentations are just some examples. This day is appropriate for all abilities.

Awards

• Awards are given to the team with the best proposal and demonstrating the most commitment to teamwork and performance. 
• All your students receive a certificate of achievement.

For more information on the structure behind the day, please go to Research.

Click here to download the brochure for Enterprising Football (1175k).

Click here to download the E4A booking form (75k).

Please note: We only offer Enterprise Challenge Days to schools in Lancashire and Cumbria. Contact us on 0845 054 2552 if you would like a Challenge Day and your school is out side of this area.

E4A Ltd, PO Box 135, Waddington, Clitheroe. BB7 0AJ
Registered No: 5536957. Registered Office as above.
Tel: 0845 054 2552, Fax: 0845 051 9378
Email: enquiries@e4a.org.uk