Elite Feet was started in January 2007 by FA Professional football coach and development scout, Daniel Larner. Daniel himself had experienced some fantastic times in football, and some not so fantastic times too… using his experience and ideas from several continents where football is played at any level, Elite Feet was created as a weekend football club. Having started with a meagre 5 children in 2007, to date Elite Feet works with up to 2000 players per week in the South East of England.
The ideoligies employed by the sessions EF delivers are not only engaging, but also brave too! We teach children from 2 1/2 years old-16 years in an environment that promotes a can-do approach to sporting activity. It's one that promotes a healthy living lifestye, and most of all teaches a firm understadning of technical skills in an environment that children feel safe, confident and enthused by. Our children leave our sessions associating that football with fun… and that's the way we believe it should be. Currently we offer Weekly courses, After School Clubs, School Holiday sessions, PPA PE Cover, Football teams (Elite Feet FC) and Birthday parties.
We're also working closely with our partners at Chelsea FC, providing players for their U8's development centres, as well as providing services for extended schools consortiums in St Albans, Churchgate, Stevenage and Potters Bar to ensure that children who would not normally get access to professional tuition from dedicated coaching professional get the opportunities they need. More recently, we were employed to provide coaching development courses to staff at the Chelsea Academy based in Cairo, Egypt. Keeping that sort of company, we must be doing a good job!
Guided by enthusiastic, dedicated, Professional FA Coaches, qualified teachers and pro-active parents – we understand the way children learn, and how football can be taught effectively. We enjoy coaching children. It is our exclusive profession. It is our chosen profession. Nobody Does It Better.
Meet Our Coaching Staff
Daniel Larner, Owner/Proprietor
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Daniel Larner has been improving players for over a decade – he successfully worked and developed the youth soccer ideologies that are currently helping to improve the game and players in America and other countries where Football is not the number one sport. More recently, in July 2011, Daniel travelled to CHELSEA FC ACADEMY EGYPT where he was responsible for delivering a course to 30 of Chelsea's Egyptian coaches in delivering sessions for ages 3-5.5 years. Daniel is highly qualified with both the ‘National Soccer Coaches Association of America’ and the ‘English Football Association’. His belief is that every child should get the right introduction to sport, and that every child has the right to enjoy learning in the right environment, with the right curriculum. Daniel regularly delivers coaching development courses in introducing the youngest players and enthusing them to the sport. Daniel holds a season ticket at his beloved Tottenham Hotspur FC, and has a varied playing background. He still plays recreationally. |
Rob Morris, School Sports Coordinator
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Rob works full time in coaching football and has great experience working in Watford FC's player development centres as well as Coordinating PE curricula in Primary schools. More recently, Rob has pioneered our Elite Sports Development project inside schools. Rob is a fantastic teacher and coach and is very popular among our players and coaches. Rob is qualified to level 3 with the English FA and still manages to find time to play too... thats how much he loves the game! |
Jamie Bray - Head Coach & Weekly Courses Coordinator
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Jamie works across all of our age groups, and is popular amongst our players and parents. Under his guidance many of the players have moved on to professional development centres as well as continuing on an Elite Feet course. His desire to see players develop their skills and build confidence is unrivalled, and this is shown through the continued success of players he works with. |
Chris Barrell, Holiday Clubs & Elite Feet FC Coordinator
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Chris is a Level 2 football coach with a good experience both in playing, and teaching football. He works as Head Coach on many of Elite Feet sessions in an After School environment, and our weekly courses. Chris has an infectious passion for the game, and continually seeks to develop himself and the sessions he delivers. Chris joined us in 2009 and is currently responsible for organising our Holiday Clubs and the Elite Feet FC team offering. Chris is an avid Arsenal fan, and also plays Tennis and Basketball on a weekly basis... as well as Football of course! |
Daniel Stone, Area Coordinator
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Dan works on developing our coaches skills, and setting up new and exciting clubs. The experience and skills Dan passes on to our coaches ensures that the quality on all our sessions is maintained to our very high standards. Daniel is a fun, creative individual who works well with all of our age groups. He has experience in working with young children, in a nursery environment, and on the footy field! Daniel has a firm understanding on the development of children, and focuses his sessions to create maximum inclusion. His enthusiasm for the game is second to none, and he is a dedicated Spurs fan. Daniel is qualified with the English FA (Level 3) and has a varied playing background. Most recently playing for Stevenage Borough FC. |
Kyle Hendrickson - Head Coach
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Kyles soft manner and confident approach means that any player that works with Kyle feels comfortable challenging themselves. He has a keen interest in teaching and uses his broad knowledge base to plan sessions that challenge from the very top of his groups. Kyle is a Manchester Utd fan, and is qualified with the English FA. |
Aleksander Novakovic - Head Coach
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Alex has been described as our 'funniest coach' according to the players on our courses in Hertfordshire and Enfield. His sessions are always wacky and well thought through, capturing the imagination (and concentration!) of our youngest players. Alex also works with our older ages and his sessions are well focused and progressive. Alex has a sound understanding of a childs development, and is qualified through the English FA. He is a mad Spurs fan, and like many current Spurs players, he is originally from Croatia. |
Ashley Francis - Staff Coach
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Ashley works fantastically with all age groups. Ashley studies locally, and has just completed his degree in Sports Science. He has good knowledge of childrens development and football which makes him the perfect coach from a one-2-one perspective. Ashley is qualified with the English FA, and supports Manchester Utd. He's not a bad player too! |
Marcus Archer - Staff Coach
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Marcus works across all of our age groups as a staff coach. His enthusiasm and passion for coaching are infectious and he has a fantastic way of making sure all players are fully focused and challenged. He offers great one-to-one tuition within sessions, and helps ensure maximum inclusion in our youngest age groups. Marcus is an avid Tottenham fan and plays football semi-professionally. |
Leanne Buchanan, Staff coach
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Leanne is a vibrant and funny member of the team and particularly enjoys working with our youngest age group (it's because she thinks like them!!). She has good experience working in a nursery, and sports environment. Currently, Leanne plays football weekly for her local team, and works in the community on various different initiatives where promoting girls football, and social inclusion in hard to reach areas are paramount in importance. |
Luke Georgiou - Staff Coach
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Luke has great experience in working with children from ages 2 and older in a Nursery environment and his enthusiasm is infectious! He works with all of our ages, and makes every session he does extremely vibrant and progressive. He has just finished studying for his degree in Sports Science and is an asset to any session he works on. Luke has a great footballing background having played at academy level in various clubs, and is qualified to coach with the English FA. His favourite team is Arsenal, and you'd be well advised to steer clear of him when they lose!! |
Sevgi Tas - Session Assistant
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Sevgi works as an assistant within all of our sessions and focuses on creating maximum inclusion, whilst also providing one-2-one advice within sessions. Sevgi is a popular coach amongst our youngest players and her commitment to creating a comfortable learning environement is second to none. Sevgi is currently studying at University whilst also working towards her Level 3 coaching badge, she is qualified with the English FA. |
Katie Taylor - Session Assistant
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Katie works well with our youngest age groups and has lots of fun being creative with her sessions. Children in Katies classes get lots of touches on footballs which aids development. Her sessions are always well themed with her group in mind. Katie plays football for Watford FC Ladies and is qualified with the English Football Association. |




