Life & Sports Academy players in red home shirts in a team huddle on the pitch

A football academy in Lang’ata, Nairobi

We train boys and girls from Under-7 to Under-20 in Nairobi: professional coaching, competitive fixtures every weekend and schooling that keeps every player's options open on and off the pitch.

Boys and girls, every age group
U7–U20
Pathways, one curriculum
4
Training evenings a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
3
League football on Saturdays
Sat

This is what Saturday looks like

Every squad plays a real fixture list. Training builds to the weekend, and the weekend shows what training missed.

Match footage, 2026 season. No sound.
An LSA junior squad in the red home kit, posing on the pitch
A junior squad in the home kit.

How a player grows here

The same four steps for every player, at every age, from the first trial to the next level.

  1. Identify

    Open trials each term across Nairobi, plus scouting at school and estate tournaments. No fee to try out.

  2. Coach

    A single curriculum from Under-7 upward, so a player moving age group meets the same principles, not a new philosophy.

  3. Compete

    Every squad plays a real fixture list. Players are picked on merit and rotated so nobody develops from the bench.

  4. Progress

    Termly reviews with players and parents, and placement support into clubs, colleges and scholarship programmes.

Academy players huddled together on the pitch before kick-off
The huddle before kick-off.

A footballer is a person first

Football is the reason players turn up. What they leave with is everything that happens around it.

  • Schooling comes first

    Sessions sit outside school hours and attendance is checked. A player who is not in school does not play at the weekend.

  • Nutrition and recovery

    A meal after every session, hydration on site, and a physio clinic once a week for the older squads.

  • Life skills

    Termly workshops on money, media, discipline and mental health, run with the players rather than at them.

  • Safeguarding

    Vetted coaches, a named welfare officer per squad and a confidential route for players and parents to raise anything.

An LSA squad lined up in two rows on the pitch, in red shirts and white shorts

Come and play

Trials are free and run every term. Bring boots, water and a parent or guardian.

  1. Register interest

    Send the player's name, date of birth, position and location. Trials are free.

  2. Attend a trial

    A 90-minute session with the relevant age group. Boots, water and a parent or guardian.

  3. Placement

    Coaches confirm the squad and training days within a week of the trial.

Training: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday · 4pm to 6pm. Call +254 722 416 173.