Juniors U12 - U18
a Brighter future
Junior football is for kids U12 - U18. Junior football is the next step in your child's football journey and the challenges they will face in the junior competition will help them hone their skills for future development, and they will have a whole lot of fun doing it.
Junior football is the first time you will see the 11 v 11 format that is played across all professional football competitions and the kids will be introduced to competition and grading. At Shellharbour Junior Football Club, we have a strong history within the South Coast with many grand final appearances for both our boys and girls. We would love for you to join one of our junior teams no matter what your experience is and make some new life long skills and meet some new friends.
Grading
All players in juniors must go through the grading process every year they play. The grading process is to ensure that players of similar ability are placed together to create a more enjoyable environment for everyone. Player's won't always be placed with their friends or teams from last season, but they will build new friendships.
At a minimum, grading is a 2-3 hour session where we put the players into various game situations and see how they perform. If required, follow up sessions or trial matches may be required.
Grading dates will be posted on the registration page.
Laws of the Game
Football is the world game and as such, there are set of rules that must be ahered to. It is up to each player to understand their role on the pitch and the coach to help guide the player to learning the rules.
The laws of the game do change from time to time. You can keep up to date with the laws on the International Football Association Board's webstite.