About us - Sports Coaching Specialists

Sports Coaching Specialists (“SCS”) is the largest independent children’s coaching company of its kind in Essex. We successfully deliver hundreds of PPA Cover and after school sporting activities for kids every month. SCS support teachers in their PPA Cover, and also provide parents with an invaluable service before, during and after school, we also host a wide range of after school sports, training days and our exclusive holiday camps during holiday periods. Sports Coaching Specialists work closely with schools across East Anglia to inspire children to live a healthy, fit and fun life.

The Sports Coaching Specialists team are all National Governing Body qualified and hold industry leading insurance, liability and safeguarding certification plus have all been CRB checked. We believe in nurturing and developing talent, supporting those wanting to gain additional qualifications and skills in the work place, our team work with staff guiding them towards the management side of the company, thus fulfilling career pathways for exceptional staff.

Since the formation of the company in 2011 SCS have grown rapidly, building strong relations with a number of schools across the Essex and Suffolk region. SCS prides itself in its ultimate unique selling point which is the level of coaching quality in each core sport. Within the SCS team there are coaches who specialize in sports across the board such as Cricket, Rugby and Football.

Confidence

Building children’s confidence through sport is a wonderful experience, which SCS prides itself in doing successfully. When delivering various sporting sessions we know that each child has a different character and confidence level. Because of this our coaching team has learned to recognise each children individual needs and look to coach them in an appropriate age/standard level whilst maintaining fun sessions. This promotes confidence to all participants, leaving them feeling as members of the team and build confidence in themselves and their abilities.

Positivity

This is key to our coaching delivery across all our activities and programmes which we offer, such as PE and after school clubs. The environment in which we deliver our sessions ensures positivity in abundance, there is plenty of encouragement to build the children’s enthusiasm and ultimately this leads to a greater experience. Often its easy for children to give up on a practice because of lacking confidence in performing a drill we’ve set out, but they key for the SCS team is to be very positive to enable everyone involved to believe in themselves more and to “inspire children in sport“.

Team Play

This is fundamental in all of our activity programmes. Its a very satisfying feeling for a coach, and teacher, to see a number of individuals work together as a team and in union. When you work as a team whether it is in basketball, or football, you learn to know that it doesn’t just come down to the best player, its about a group completely working for each other giving the whole team the best chance to do well. Team play for us also ensures children are not isolated in practices which is key for individual development, and lastly it helps children deal with winning and losing.

We at Sports Coaching Specialists ltd embrace the moral and statutory responsibility placed on all staff to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children. We aim to provide a safe and welcoming environment, underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, are able to raise concerns and believe they are being listened to, and that appropriate action will be taken to keep them safe.

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Mrs Kay Harrop

Our Alternate Deputy Safeguarding Lead (ADSL) is Mr Angelo Harrop

If you have a concern or feel you need to share a safeguarding issue, both members of staff can be contacted via the School Office by telephone on 07989173744 or by email using the address scssportsteam@gmail.com

For further information, you can access our child protection policy here

Sirwan Omer

My two boys have been going to SCS for 5 years and they really love it there, they never get bored and always saying they enjoyed the training, they also go to the football camps during school holidays and always coming back happy and smiling

Jenny Ballentyne

We came across SCS a year ago when they started teaching at my sons school. Since then he has attended summer camps, after school clubs, 121s and now plays for the academy on a Fri night. The coaches are fantastic, have a high level of coaching and engage really well with the children. A huge thank you to Angelo, Michael and John who have all helped my son gain so much confidence which he has really struggled with.

Geoff Harrop

Arrived at SCS tournament with excellent welcome and greeting, 12-14 yrs tournament over 2 days . Organisation and tournament structure was first class and actually ran on time . . Fantastic experience for the Southampton DC London boys , played well at times , keeping to our Academy philosophy. Happy to support SCS again , Southampton DC London

Vicky Edwards

Amazing coaching. Was so patient and encouraging throughout last summer when my son would not step a foot on the pitch for weeks and now he runs on! We couldn’t recommend these guys enough.

Shawn Rackley

Our son has recently started training with scs and he’s loving it and doing great. The coaches are awesome with all the players and definitely recommend them great job to the coaches and thank you. 👍

MoSeS

Amazing coaches, there so good with the children that take part. Highly recommend.

Sarah Carter

My sons go to the friday academy sessions, great training and the coaches are very professional my boys always love going. Have done the camps too in holidays well organised and well priced for day of football fun.

Kimberly Lovegrove

My 7 year old attends the SCS holiday camps- he’s been going since he was 4 & still gets so excited to go all school holidays he just loves the camps. He also does a 1-2-1 fortnightly with Michael & I highly recommend as he’s counting down to his next one already & we noticed him using what he learnt straight away in his team match.

David Avery

Scs are awesome. My son Louis was 4 when he started with them and wouldn’t even walk on the pitch. He was scared of the bigger boys. Michael was very patient with him and after 2 months managed to get him on the pitch he now loves it and trains 3 times a week with them. They are very good with kids highly recommend them.

vickie Dodkins

SCS are the physical education provider at my children’s school. They love their PE days and the variety of different sports they play. My eldest is also in the after school football club which is also run by SCS and this is he second consecutive sign up. They love the staff and even made them Christmas gifts for teachers. SCS are professional, friendly and genuinely care about the children. They are brilliant!