About Ballaz
Coaching lives through football
Founded in 2002, Ballaz Development Academy has spent 24 years developing footballers and building character across Kingston and Portmore.
Our mission
Challenge, inspire and empower youth to play at their highest potential, become people of strong character and achieve their full potential on and off the field.
Our vision
Individuals, families, communities, the nation and the world transformed through love and football.
How we work
We are not just coaching football - we are coaching lives through football. That is not a slogan; it decides how sessions are built. Technique and competition matter, and so does what a player does when a result goes against them.
Every session runs at a maximum of ten players to one coach, so no child spends the morning in a queue. Our coaches include people with professional and national team experience, and more than 200 coaches have been trained and equipped through Ballaz programmes.
Our philosophy
What B.A.L.L.A.Z. stands for
Six values, one for each letter of the name. They are what we assess players on alongside their football.
Balance
Football matters. So do school, family and rest.
Attitude
How you turn up decides how far you go.
Love
For the game, for teammates, for the work.
Leadership
Standards held when nobody is watching.
Ambassador
You represent more than yourself.
Zeal
Play with everything you have.
Our coaches
Who runs the sessions
Individual coach profiles are being prepared. In the meantime, this is how Ballaz coaching works.
Ten players to one coach
Every session, every age group. No child spends the morning waiting for a turn.
Professional experience
Our coaches include people who have played and coached at professional and national team level.
Trained and certified
More than 200 coaches have come through Ballaz coach education, many now working in their own communities.
Our Impact
24 years
on the pitch
- 8,000+
- Players trained
- 200+
- Coaches equipped
- 24
- Years operating
- 1:10
- Coach to player