The Onslow Way captures the Onslow Junior Football Club’s philosophy for junior football. It outlines for our players, coaches, and parents some of the messages that are most important to achieving success in the three major cornerstones of junior football:

The messages in The Onslow Way apply to all junior age groups (Nursery Grade through to Grades 16/17) and all competition levels (JPL/Promo and District Leagues). They are all drawn from authoritative sources, reflecting international best practice and current wisdom and they are all specifically aimed at developing our juniors’ abilities and fostering their enjoyment of the “beautiful game”.

The principles and guidance are consistent with the approach taken to junior football in many of the world’s most successful football countries. We hope some of the messages are provocative and challenge current thinking. We particularly hope they challenge some of the traditional views and attitudes we have inherited, so that our junior football culture can change to more closely resemble those countries that are moving ahead. This will require adults to allow themselves to be challenged and to resist the temptation to approach junior football as if it it were simply a miniature version of the adult game. Most of all, we hope the messages in The Onslow Way help to make positive changes to our children’s football experience.