positive soccer type non profit corporation industry youth sports soccer founded march 1986 headquarters houston texas united states key people jack hendrie founder executive director products seasonal youth soccer programs slogan making youth sports fun again website official web site fun fair positive soccer ffps is a 501 c 3 non profit organization located in houston texas . ffps promotes non competitive soccer in a fun safe and positive environment . 1 to ensure this ffps was designed with special rules and policies to enable equal play for every child in all positions . founded in 1986 in katy texas by jack hendrie ffps believes that every child should be accepted and included without a requirement to try out or perform . contents 1 history 2 philosophy 2.1 fun 2.2 fair 2.3 positive 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit fun fair positive soccer was founded in 1986 by jack hendrie and a group of dedicated parents in katy texas who believed there was a better way to provide every youth with a positive soccer experience . rules and procedures were designed to give children the opportunity to play and enjoy soccer without the demands from adults to win or perform . five a side soccer rules were chosen equal play rules with a unique equal substitution system were designed balanced teams were instituted and parent training was set up to ensure that games would be fair and positive . parents were asked to behave and be positive toward their children . in 1995 jack began expanding ffps beyond katy to other areas of houston . since then ffps has grown to encompass 22 new leagues throughout the greater houston area and more than 15 000 players . philosophy edit ffps believes that each child has the desire to play to be treated with respect and to be safe . the goal is for everyone to be successful belong to a team build self esteem have positive coaches and be positively involved parents . the ffps system enables everyone to realize these values . citation needed fun edit 5 a side soccer much ball contact fast to learn very safe rules great exercise fair edit equal playing time play every position balanced coed teams no tryouts special needs kids included positive edit trophy to every player only players keep score positive coaching positive parent education everyone wins see also edit houston chronicle houston chronicle blog sugarland league sugarland park and rec . woodlands league the woodlands tx the observer east montgomery county the observer kingwood external links edit www.ffps.org references edit http www.ffps.org welcome.aspx mission retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fun fair positive soccer & oldid 703944340 categories youth soccer in the united stateschildren s sporthidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 february 2016 at 16 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view