AFC TOTTON are linking up with Zuko Sports to provide community coaching at the Testwood Stadium.

Zuko, a sports coaching company run by Stags’ frontman Joe Maxwell, will be running coaching sessions during school holidays and can also cater for birthday parties and private sessions.

Maxwell will work with a team of specialist coaches, including Totton’s goalkeeping coach Steve Hollick.

The first holiday coaching camp will be held over the October half-term (27-31) and can be booked as single days or as an entire week.

Children aged 4-13 are welcome, 10am-3pm, with prices starting from £12. The camp will include quality coaching from FA-qualified coaches, a ground tour, prizes and competitions, goalkeeper training, meet The Stag mascot and much more.

Maxwell, 24, is a familiar face on the local football circuit having played for Eastleigh, Bashley and Winchester City and spent six years at the Saints Academy.

Zuko Sports has been running for four years now, coaching PPA, lunchtime activities, after-school clubs and holiday courses. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for us at Zuko Sports to improve the standard of football in the local community and bring young lads to AFC Totton’s fantastic facilities,” said Maxwell, who eventually plans to set up an academy.

“We have a team of coaches that includes three or four current AFC Totton players as well as some coaches in different non-League teams.”

Hollick’s goalkeeping set-up also offers young ’keepers playing for local clubs the chance to receive specialist training during the season.

Weather permitting, one-hour sessions will take place on the Testwood Stadium training pitch on the first Thursday of every month, starting at 6pm. Parents are welcome into the clubhouse for refreshments while the kids are training.

Hollick, who has played and coached widely in the Southern/Wessex leagues, is the current England beach soccer senior goalkeeping coach and an FA Regional Centre of Futsal Excellence goalkeeping coach. His fellow coaches, including AFC Totton pair Steve Mowthorpe and Matt Renouf, are all CRB-checked.

To sign up to AFC Totton In The Community’s football holiday camp please visit website at www.afctotton.com/community or email Joe Maxwell at info@zukosports.co.uk For details of Hollick’s goalkeeping sessions visit www.thekeepersunion.co.uk