Do you provide the equipment?

Yes. Balls, cones, bibs and portable goals where needed. The player brings boots and shin pads.

Can my child train with a friend or sibling?

Yes, and for some players it works better — a little competition sharpens the session. Mention it when you book.

Do you coach goalkeepers?

Ask when you get in touch. Goalkeeping is a specialism and availability depends on which coaches are free in your area.

Of course, and women's football in the UAE has grown considerably. Female coaches can be requested.

Will this get my child into an academy?

Coaching improves a player, and a better player has a better chance. Nobody can promise a trial outcome, and be sceptical of anyone who does.

Is this instead of playing for a team?

No, alongside it. Private sessions build the individual skills; playing for a team is where they get used. Players who do only one of the two develop unevenly.

Stefan Vasic, UEFA C licensed coach, outdoor agility and step-up drill in Dubai

Stefan Vasic, UEFA C licensed coach, outdoor agility drill in Dubai

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Head Coach at FitForce. NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist with 20 years in sport, a 2nd Dan karate black belt and five years on the Serbian national karate team. Before Dubai he spent eight years at Fitness Zone in Novi Sad as head coach and lectured at HFS Academy, the regional NASM and TRX education provider, helping educate more than 2,100 fitness professionals.

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Co-founder and General Manager of FitForce. Nemanja has spent over ten years in the fitness industry and has been in Dubai since 2017: personal trainer at Fitness First Middle East, then Fitness Manager at Community Fitness, before co-founding FitForce. He hires and develops the coaching team and makes sure every client gets a structured, safe and results-driven programme.

Published 7 November 2023 Updated 19 October 2026

FitForce runs private football coaching in Dubai for children aged 6 and up, teenagers and adults, at a pitch or open space near you. Sessions last 60 minutes and cover technique, speed, decision-making and match fitness. The football track is led by our Head Coach, Stefan Vasic, who holds a UEFA C coaching licence.

The problem with team training

Most parents looking into private football coaching in Dubai start from the same observation. A typical academy or school session has one coach and twenty players. Divide the session time by twenty and work out how many seconds of individual attention each player actually receives. Then count how many touches of the ball a player gets when they spend half the session queuing for a drill.

Team training teaches you to play in a team, which matters. What it cannot do is fix your weaker foot, rebuild a first touch that lets you down under pressure, or explain why you keep getting caught in possession — because those need someone watching only you.

That is what a private session is for. It is not a replacement for playing with a team; it is the thing that makes team sessions more useful, because you arrive with the gaps already closed.

Our football track is led by Stefan Vasic, Head Coach, who holds a UEFA C licence and a degree in Sports and Physical Education from the University of Belgrade, and brings twelve years of coaching. Strength and conditioning for players follows the same standard he sets for every FitForce programme.

Who football coaching is for

Three groups, three different sessions.

Group	Ages	Focus	Format
Young players	6–12	Ball control, coordination, enjoying the game	One-to-one or with a sibling or friend
Teens and trialists	13–17	Technique under pressure, speed, academy trial preparation	One-to-one
Adult players	18+	Fitness, first touch, finishing for social and amateur leagues	One-to-one or small group

Outdoor sessions run from October to April; in summer, indoor or early-morning sessions keep the work going.

Why players book private sessions

Children who love football and want to get better.

By far the most common. Usually already playing at school or a club, wanting extra work on the basics.

Players preparing for academy trials.

Where a few months of focused technical work makes a visible difference, and where knowing what selectors look for matters.

Teenagers who have plateaued.

Often a technical ceiling rather than a talent ceiling, and one that can be raised with the right attention.

Adults playing socially or in amateur leagues.

Plenty of clients are professionals in their thirties and forties playing weekly games who want to stop being the weak link.

Complete beginners, at any age.

Adults who have moved to Dubai and want to join the games their colleagues play in, without embarrassing themselves in the first one.

Stefan Vasic, Head Coach, outdoor sprint drill at Umm Suqeim beach with Burj Al Arab, Dubai

What happens in a session?

A session runs 60 minutes and starts with a ball at your feet rather than a lap of the pitch. Warm-up is done with the ball, because time spent without one is time not spent improving. The bulk of the session is technical work on whatever the assessment identified, progressed into pressure — a skill that works unopposed but collapses against a defender has not been learned yet. Sessions usually end with a conditioning element built around football movements rather than generic running.

Your coach brings balls, cones and everything else needed. Sessions run at a public pitch, a park or an open space near you, and outdoor timing shifts to early morning or evening through the hotter months.

What is included

A free first session, used to assess where your game actually is

A plan built around the specific gaps, not a general football session

Balls, cones, bibs and goals where needed, brought by your coach

Progress reviewed session to session, with parents updated for junior players

The option to add strength and conditioning for teenagers where physical development is the limiting factor, or a move to a wider FitForce programme if fitness is the bigger limitation

How quickly do players improve?

Technical work shows fastest in children, who pick up movement patterns quickly and without overthinking them. A weaker foot that is barely usable can become reliable in a couple of months of consistent work at that age.

Adults take longer to change habits but understand instruction better, which evens out. Where adults improve fastest is decision-making and fitness — knowing where to be a second earlier makes more difference to a Sunday game than any skill move.

What does not change quickly for anyone is composure under pressure. That comes from repetition in match-like conditions, which is why sessions progress into opposed work rather than staying on cones. Youth competition in Dubai is genuinely competitive — the Equiti Youth Football League runs weekly fixtures from under-7 to under-16, with more than 500 of its players going on to professional clubs, elite academies and college scholarships. Scouts attend.

Where coaching takes place in Dubai

Coaching happens at a pitch or open space near you: Sports City's fields in Motor City and Sports City, community spaces in Arabian Ranches and Dubai Hills, or a garden big enough for drills.

For general fitness for children, see our kids and teens programme; for every area, our personal trainers in Dubai.

Numbers our clients earned

Every figure belongs to a real FitForce client, with the number of weeks it took.

Individual results vary with starting point, consistency, nutrition and health, and the timeframes shown are not a guarantee. If you have a medical condition, check with your doctor before you start. Every client shown agreed to share their photos and results.

BEFORE

AFTER

Weight Loss: 14kg

17 WEEKS

Despite having asthma, I had a burning desire to run a half marathon. The team from FitForce tailored every training session to my unique needs and wishes, taking my health challenges into consideration. Our primary focus was on weight loss, and in 17 weeks, I lost 14kg, going from 69 kg to 55 kg. Thanks to their dedication and expertise, I not only successfully reached my weight loss target but also achieved my dream of completing the half marathon.

Private Football Coaching in Dubai

The problem with team training

Who football coaching is for

Why players book private sessions

What happens in a session?

What is included

How quickly do players improve?

Where coaching takes place in Dubai

Numbers our clients earned

What our clients say on Google

The team behind your results

How to get started

Frequently asked questions

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Private Football Coaching
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