Shooting Stars FC is a non-profit football club built from a passion for football and a desire to provide children with better football education and more opportunities to develop.
Founded in 2023, the club has grown from a small Saturday football project into a club with two different projects: our Saturday Sessions and NextGen.
Our Saturday Sessions focus on making football accessible, enjoyable, and welcoming to children of all backgrounds. NextGen offers a more focused training environment built around modern football methodology, long-term development, and decision-making.
Although the two projects are different, they share the same foundation: child-centred coaching, modern football methodology, long-term development, enjoyment, and a positive environment where children can learn, make mistakes, build confidence, and improve.
We believe football can offer much more than just a place to play. With the right environment, modern football methodology, and coaches with education in child development and coaching children through sport, children can develop skills that stay with them both on and off the pitch.
Our first project is the fun-based Saturday morning sessions, which have been running since 6 November 2023. These sessions were created to keep the love for football alive and to work on three elements that are important to us: confidence, creativity, and independent thinking.
These qualities can only develop when children are given the freedom to try and fail. Confidence is often expected from children without creating the conditions in which it can develop. Football does not have one single “right” solution, and we do not believe in constantly telling kids what they did wrong. Instead, we guide them, ask questions, and help them learn to make their own decisions. The goal is to create a safe environment where kids feel comfortable making mistakes, trying again, and above all, enjoying their time on the field.
On Saturdays, we welcome children born between 2015 (2558) and 2019 (2562). Our son Dylan, born in 2017, is the reason Shooting Stars FC exists. We want a group that grows with him and alongside the kids around him.
For Saturday sessions, we ask a contribution of 50 THB per child per session to help cover the field rental fee. We coach for free. If a family cannot afford the 50 THB, the child is still welcome to join. No child is excluded for financial reasons. All NextGen players can also join the Saturday Sessions for free.
All sessions are conducted in English, allowing kids to naturally get used to hearing and speaking English in a relaxed, non-academic environment where they feel comfortable to try.
Read here how to join Saturday sessions.
NextGen is a small-group training project designed for players who already have basic football skills and want to improve quick decision-making, creativity, confidence, and overall game understanding.
We work with a maximum of 16 players per session. Trainings take place three days a week: football on Tuesday and Thursday, and futsal on Wednesday. NextGen is for U9 to U11 players, ages 9 to 11.
For NextGen, we ask a monthly fee. This fee is used to cover field rental, save for competition fees, and invest in equipment. All fees are reinvested into the project, and we do not take any payment or salary from NextGen. We teach because it is our passion, not our income. If a player has to miss a session and gives us advance notice, a deduction will be made from the following month’s fee.
NextGen requires cooperation from parents or guardians, and we do not accept beginners. This environment is not suitable for everyone, so we work with a select group of players who are ready for this type of training.
Here you can find more information about NextGen and the coaches.
Click here to find the information in Thai.
You will not see Shooting Stars FC participating in competitions with large cash prizes. These environments do not align with our values. We do not believe children should compete for money, as it can create pressure and behaviour that go against healthy development.
So why do you sometimes see us join small-sided competitions such as 3v3? Because we see them as an extension of our training. Small-sided games require quick thinking, many touches, constant involvement, and decision-making in realistic situations. They also give children the opportunity to gain confidence, experience different game situations, and learn that losing is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes a loss gives a child more to learn from than a win.
We are also open to carefully selected tournaments when we believe the environment and format are right for the children. We look at each competition individually and consider what the experience can offer: game experience, decision-making under pressure, teamwork, confidence, and opportunities to learn from mistakes.
We do not make decisions in the moment simply to get a result or win a trophy. We may make choices that cost us a game if they are the right choices for a child's long-term development. We accept that sometimes development means losing games we could have won. Winning today will never be more important than helping children develop for the long term.
Shooting Stars FC exists to support children through football. We are not here to chase trophies or make a name for ourselves. We are here to help kids grow with confidence, freedom, and joy, while developing the skills and thinking that football requires. We are there by their side as they grow into the best version of themselves, on and off the field.
