Our story
From our family to DRIBLR
It Started With Two Boys and a Football
Like many parents, we were looking for somewhere our boys could enjoy football, get active and have fun. Both of our boys love football and our eldest joined a club but there was nothing for our 4 year old.
We didn't have ambitions of our sons becoming the next Ronaldo, they just love playing the game and having fun. Our goal as parents was for them to do something they enjoy and keep fit at the same time.
When we looked for football coaching in Newport, we found that many sessions were heavily focused on progression and competition. Our nine year old joined an academy but eventually, something that was supposed to be fun became something he didn't want to go to anymore. We were paying a lot of money for an activity our son was no longer enjoying. At the same time, our youngest desperately wanted to join in too, but we struggled to find anything suitable for him because he was under five.
Then life gave us the opportunity to do something about it.
When our youngest started full-time school, we suddenly had a little more time to think about what might come next.
Stephen has had a lifelong love of fitness and sport, with qualifications in personal training, football coaching, as well as experience in weight training and bodybuilding. Hannah, meanwhile, has always loved the business side of things: planning, organising, building ideas and working out how to make them happen.
So we started brainstorming. What would we create if we could build the kind of activity we'd been looking for ourselves? We kept coming back to the same things. Football should be fun. Children should be able to enjoy playing without feeling that they have to be the best player on the pitch.
Fitness doesn't have to mean going to the gym, there should be somewhere to enjoy football whether you're taking your very first kick, growing in confidence or simply want a fun way to keep active.
And that's where DRIBLR began. DRIBLR brings together the things that started the idea in the first place: football, fitness and fun. We're not setting out to create the next Ronaldo, we're creating a place where people can play, move, build confidence and enjoy football, whatever their age or ability.