FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT
Football skills, physical fitness and personal development for a holistic player.
Our Approach
Through football, leadership, and financial trainings, RV United supports the development of life skills that enable young women to make healthy choices. The club currently consists of three divisions, including Senior SASOL and Junior Development teams, with 60 adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 35.
Senior SASOL Team: Competes in the SASOL league, the highest women’s league in South Africa, with a complementary focus on financial literacy, work placement, tutoring and mentoring the younger RV United teams.
Junior Development Team: South Africa does not have a formal league for Juniors, so young players train and compete against boys, with a focus on education and staying in school.
Making sport and life skills work for adolescents doesn't happen by accident. Experts say that these seven factors play into a great experience.
Club Philosophy & Style of Play
RV United provides a football and team environment for adolescent girls and young women that creates a sense of connection and purpose. This leads to self-reliant, skilled, and confident players who think and communicate for themselves on the pitch and in life.
RV United teams play an attacking and expressive game that celebrates the natural skill and creativity of players. We develop multi-functional, technical and intelligent players who, in moments of the game, play with individual flair and artistry.
RV United club model: the 4 m's
Mentors: Qualified football coaches trained in youth-centred education.
Mastery: Learning, progression and mastery of soccer skills – evokes transferable life skills such as discipline, and self-belief.
Meaning: Competitive team sport with that creates a positive peer network with meaningful shared goals.
Movement: Helping players grow & move to their next important life stage successfully towards their own interests and goals.
CLUB ACTIVITIES
Club Structure
Physical activity perpetuates a prosperous cycle that begins to take hold early in life.