General and Specific Objectives for Each Category by the Real Madrid Foundation (Patreon)

Didactic-Pedagogical Framework

The didactic-pedagogical area is always framed within a set of values that provide it with an educational identity, while also maintaining social and sporting dimensions.

General Objectives

• Ensure the perfect integration of children within the group, fostering good relationships and interest in daily activities, including teammates, coaches, equipment, and facilities.

• Emphasize the importance of teamwork and encourage a constant attitude of collaboration and enthusiasm for learning new skills.

• Cultivate a genuine interest in sports, allowing students to recognize and appreciate different sports and enjoy the opportunities they provide.

• Use sports as a means to instill healthy habits, including hygiene and nutrition, encouraging students to take care of their bodies.

• Channel football learning into children's daily environments, integrating knowledge from simple to complex, from general to specific, and from known to unknown concepts.

• Strengthen basic motor skills to facilitate technical and tactical football learning while managing improvement times without generating anxiety due to inconsistent results.

• Develop a positive attitude toward learning, enabling children to solve problems requiring mastery of fundamental motor patterns, persevering despite difficulties.

• Design didactic exercises aimed at improving football skills across initiation, improvement, and real-game stages, covering technique, tactics, strategy, and play style.

• Promote inclusivity by demonstrating that individual characteristics (such as gender, height, or weight) are not obstacles to sports participation.

• Utilize sports as a tool for children facing adverse situations, allowing them to find joy and relief through physical activity.

Specific Objectives by Category

Category A (Ages 5 - 8)

Objectives

• Foster group integration.

• Encourage enjoyment and appreciation of sports.

• Establish motivation linking academic and sports activities.

• Develop autonomy and awareness of personal limitations and capabilities in learning new skills.

• Promote behaviors focused on personal care and hygiene.

• Support appropriate psychomotor development.

• Enhance motor intelligence to solve simple problems.

• Introduce fundamental football concepts in the initiation phase.

• Familiarize students with basic team play principles.

• Introduce primary game rules in an adapted format (5-a-side or 7-a-side football).

Social Block

• Reinforce group integration through teamwork.

• Encourage responsibility and respect among teammates.

• Introduce empathy by varying sports positions and roles.

Educational Block

• Teach warm-up and cooldown routines.

• Promote daily hygiene and healthy habits.

• Use games to facilitate engaging training sessions.

Physical-Motor Block

• Develop fundamental motor skills.

• Improve coordination, lateral orientation, and movement perception.

• Introduce balance and breathing control exercises.

Technical-Tactical Block

• Teach basic football skills such as passing, dribbling, and ball control.

• Introduce team positioning on the field.

Regulatory Block

• Familiarize students with basic football rules.

• Explain the role of referees to instill respect for authority.

Category B (Ages 9 - 12)

Objectives

• Strengthen students' sense of community within the group.

• Deepen understanding of diverse physical activities.

• Encourage students to link sports with academic performance improvements.

• Provide tools to establish healthy hygiene habits.

• Solidify psychomotor skills appropriate for this age group.

• Develop physical capabilities (endurance, strength, speed, and flexibility) within their biological and developmental limits.

• Raise awareness of the need to prepare the body for more intense activities.

• Advance football learning by refining initiation and improvement stages.

• Strengthen basic tactical concepts related to positioning, recognizing opponents, and supporting teammates.

• Introduce primary game rules in an adapted format (5-a-side or 7-a-side football), enforcing penalties for incorrect execution.

Social Block

• Encourage teamwork through problem-solving scenarios.

• Introduce multiple sports to provide broader exposure to physical activity.

Educational Block

• Teach safety, geography, and hygiene through sports-related tasks.

• Provide nutritional education covering diet composition and benefits.

Physical-Motor Block

• Develop balance and spatial awareness.

• Introduce exercises that challenge reaction time and perception.

• Begin structured endurance and strength training with body weight.

Technical-Tactical Block

• Improve shooting, passing, and ball control skills.

• Introduce more complex dribbling and tactical awareness.

Regulatory Block

• Teach official football rules in a simplified manner.

• Reinforce respect for referees and fair play principles.

Category C (Ages 13 - 16)

Objectives

• Promote balanced and constructive relationships, rejecting discrimination and unsportsmanlike behavior driven by competition.

• Encourage a passion for sports.

• Guide students in organizing and planning their learning, both academically and athletically.

• Instill lifelong health and hygiene habits.

• Consolidate physical capabilities (endurance, strength, speed, and flexibility), improving performance while teaching students to self-regulate their training.

• Equip students with tools to enhance performance beyond structured training sessions.

• Work on football improvement and mastery.

• Introduce and enforce official 11-a-side football rules, encouraging compliance.

Social Block

• Ensure equal participation among all students, regardless of skill level.

• Expand knowledge of different sports beyond football.

Educational Block

• Teach independent warm-up and cooldown techniques.

• Relate sports training to academic subjects such as mathematics and science.

• Explain the importance of nutrition and introduce the food pyramid.

Physical-Motor Block

• Develop strategies to improve personal performance.

• Enhance coordination and rhythm in real-game scenarios.

• Implement structured strength, endurance, and flexibility training.

Technical-Tactical Block

• Teach advanced football techniques including heading, tactical transitions, and defensive strategies.

• Introduce team formations and game strategies.

• Improve decision-making under game pressure.

Regulatory Block

• Enforce official 11-a-side football rules.

• Teach disciplinary actions for non-compliance and reinforce sportsmanship values.

By structuring training within this framework, the Real Madrid Foundation ensures that young athletes develop holistically, gaining technical, physical, and personal skills while fostering a lifelong appreciation for sports.