28th September – 12th October 2026
Additional dates by request
Outdoors on Ararat Reserve Frenchs Forest (with Indoor Futsal Court in bad weather)
This school holidays, we are excited to offer a unique series of Specialist Football Camps, featuring some of our very own players who began their football journey at The Football Factory and have gone on to achieve success at national and international levels. We will also have our experienced Argentinian and Spanish coaches working with players throughout the holiday program.
During the holidays, we will be running both Specialist Girls Football Groups and mixed football groups, giving every child the opportunity to enjoy high-quality coaching in a fun, supportive and engaging environment.
Our Specialist groups are designed to inspire and encourage the next generation of footballers, while our mixed groups provide the same high-quality technical coaching for boys and girls. Players will be grouped according to age and ability, ensuring every child receives coaching suited to their individual level.
Families can choose between a half-day coaching clinic from 9:00am–12:00pm or a full day from 9:00am–3:00pm. Our full-day program includes an action-packed afternoon, finishing with one of the children’s favourites — a Mini World Cup.
Each morning coaching clinic focuses on skill and technique development, with a different football focus each day designed to improve ball mastery, confidence, creativity and game understanding.
Players will learn and practise a wide variety of tricks, skills and techniques, including:
- Zidane Turn
- Socrates
- Rabona
- Maradona Spin
- Cruyff Cut
- Ronaldo Chop
- Oxford
Our aim is to help every player become a more creative, confident and expressive footballer, while developing the technical skills and decision-making needed to use these techniques successfully in matches.
All sessions will be held outdoors in Frenchs Forest, with an indoor wet-weather venue available, so our holiday program can continue even when the weather doesn’t cooperate.
Our clinics are delivered by professionally qualified coaches, and numbers are deliberately limited to ensure every child receives individual attention, plenty of touches on the ball and lots of opportunities to practise and develop.
Our Holiday Coaching Sessions are suitable for boys and girls aged 5–14 years, from children who are just beginning their football journey through to experienced competitive players.
We strongly recommend attending multiple days to maximise skill development, confidence and enjoyment, as each day has a different football focus with new skills and techniques to learn.
Children will be separated into groups according to age and/or ability to ensure they are challenged at the right level. And don’t worry — if your child is attending with friends, just let us know and we will always do our best to group them together.
Whether your child is new to football or already playing competitively, these clinics provide an outstanding opportunity to develop their game while learning from experienced professional coaches and players who have reached the highest levels of football.
Places are limited and we expect strong demand for these special School Holiday Camps, so early booking is recommended.
What to Bring & Location
For our Holiday Clinics please ensure your children bring:
- Shinpads (Compulsory)
- Outdoor Boots (or runners) for outdoors
- Runners (or Indoor Boots) in case of wet weather (Please pack this in their bag as a backup)
- Drink Bottle
- Bring their own morning tea and lunch (We will not have lunch orders or a canteen at these holiday clinics)
Our Holiday Clinics will be held at Ararat Reserve in Frenchs Forest. In the event of wet weather we will move the clinics to an indoor venue. Please check our Wet Weather page and your email for any changes.
HOLIDAY CLINICS TERMS & POLICIES
All attendees of Holiday Clinic sessions must ensure they take care of their health. The following is a list of requirements we have:
- Drink: All students must bring their own water bottle with them with ample water capacity
- Food: All students must bring their own morning tea & lunch
- Sun protection: Students should arrive with sufficient sun protection (i.e. sunscreen minimum) for outdoor Holiday Clinics
The Football Factory does not offer make-ups for holiday clinics if you are unable to attend your scheduled session. If you are experiencing extenuating circumstances that would prevent you from attending your scheduled session, please notify us well in advance and we will discuss if we are able to make accommodations for you.
If a holiday clinic session is cancelled due to extenuating circumstances beyond our control, we will attempt to offer alternative methods of delivery of the session, potentially with different dates, locations, or formats than originally planned. A holiday clinic session is considered to have been delivered and missed by you in the event whereby we have offered alternatives and you have failed to attend where it was reasonable for you to do so. In the unlikely event we are unable to offer alternative methods of delivery of a session, we will provide you with a credit voucher proportionately equivalent to the value of the cancelled holiday clinic session. This credit voucher can be used toward any of our programs or any of the products in our sports store. The credit voucher must be used within 6 months of the original holiday clinic session that was cancelled.
Once Holiday Clinics have been paid for, they are non-transferable and non-refundable. If you have received any credit towards Holiday Clinics for any reason they must be redeemed within the time-frame specified on them, or by 6 months from the date credit was applied, whichever period comes first. Any credit redeemed towards a Holiday Clinic for a specific session will be forfeit irrespective of whether the session was attended. All Holiday Clinics must be paid in full before attendance.