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Amateur Football (Soccer)

Finding a team at your level, boots for every surface, match fitness and skills, plus the captain's machinery of availability polls, subs, pitches, referees and match-day duties that keeps a Sunday side playing.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Amateur Football (Soccer), and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new training programme, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or are coming back from an injury, and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.

What it installs.

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Starter tasks

🏋️ Fitness & Sport

Amateur Football (Soccer)

Playing amateur or Sunday league football with fitness, skills practice, team availability and match-day organisation for players and captains.

  1. Finding a team at your level
  2. Boots and studs for the surfaces you play on
  3. Pre-season football fitness baseline
  4. Player registration, insurance and eligibility
  5. A football week that fits work and family
  6. Agreeing your position and role
  7. Sharing out the captain, secretary and kit jobs
  8. Team contact list and group chat rules
  9. Team kitty, subs and match fees
  10. Emergency action plan for matches and training
  11. Weekly availability poll before every fixture
  12. Two midweek football fitness sessions
  13. Match-day duties for home fixtures
  14. Personal match log
  15. Kit washing and kit bag rota
  16. Fixture calendar and pitch bookings
  17. Referee booking and match officials
  18. Monthly squad check-in
  19. Cards, suspensions and fines tracker
  20. Team equipment inventory
  21. First touch and receiving under pressure
  22. Weaker foot in eight weeks
  23. Finishing practice for forwards and midfielders
  24. Heading technique and safer heading practice
  25. Laws of the game refresher
  26. Goalkeeping basics for outfield players
  27. Talking on the pitch with agreed calls
  28. Set piece sheet for corners and free kicks
  29. Five-a-side games with a purpose
  30. Squad size and fair minutes agreement
  31. Recruiting players to fill squad gaps
  32. Promotion or division move decision
  33. New team kit and a shirt sponsor
  34. Choosing a home pitch for next season
  35. Eating and drinking before a morning kick-off
  36. Pre-season friendlies and the first league match
  37. Cup tie preparation
  38. End-of-season awards night
  39. Team tour or tournament weekend
  40. End-of-season meeting and next-season plan
  41. Charity or memorial match
  42. Coming back to football after years out
  43. Moving into veterans football
  44. Playing on with a young family
  45. Walking football for later playing years
  46. Joining or forming a women's amateur team
  47. Starting a new team and entering a league
  48. Running the team as a constituted club
  49. Video and GPS review of your own matches
  50. Taking the referee course as a player

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Finding a team at your level

Most areas have more Sunday, Saturday and midweek teams than it looks, from promotion-chasing first elevens to sides that just want a game and a laugh. Trying two or three before committing, and being honest about your fitness and how many weekends you can give, puts you in a squad where you get real minutes rather than a seat on the bench or a heavy defeat every week.

First tasks

  • Search your county or regional football association's club finder for teams near you
  • Message three captains asking about level, training night and subs
  • Go to a training session or friendly with two of the teams
  • Tell your chosen captain you are committing for the season

Boots and studs for the surfaces you play on

Grass in September, mud in January and a 3G pitch for training each need something different under your feet, and the wrong studs are a common cause of turned ankles and sore knees. Working out which surfaces you actually play on, then buying for those, saves money on boots that sit unused in the bag.

First tasks

  • Write down the surface at your home, training and usual away pitches
  • Check whether your 3G pitch allows metal studs or bladed soles
  • Try boots on in the afternoon wearing your match socks
  • Check studs, soleplates and uppers for wear @recurring(monthly:16)

Pre-season football fitness baseline

Amateur players tend to judge their fitness by how the first half felt, which tells you little until you are already blowing hard in October. Three simple tests in the first week of pre-season, a 30 metre sprint, a beep or yo-yo test and a 2.4 km run, give you numbers to train against and to compare at Christmas.

First tasks

  • Download a beep or yo-yo test audio track
  • Measure out a 30 metre straight and a 2.4 km route
  • Run the three tests on one day after a proper warm-up
  • Repeat the three tests and compare them with the baseline @recurring(quarterly)

Make it yours.

Install Amateur Football (Soccer), then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.