What was your most cherished possession as a child? Ask that question to anyone with an interest in football and more often than not you'll be told of some fancy pair of boots or a kit of their favourite team received as a gift at Christmas or on their birthday.
Even though years will have passed since they last wore them, they'll go on to describe every little detail about them and just what it was that made them special. More than their words, however, it is their faces that typically do most of the communicating as these usually light up at the memory of the games they used to play and the fun they had.
Playing football should always be about creating such memories yet, unfortunately, that’s not always a priority when a child signs on for an academy or a centre of education. Suddenly it becomes all about the pressure of keeping up with the rest so as to be retained and the fear of being let go.
Not at Rhyl FC, however. “When a player signs for us they get their own football,” says the club’s manager Greg Strong. “We strongly believe that everything should be done with the ball.”
The rest of this interview can be read at Blueprint for Football.
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