Kickerbout: How One Coach Built a Football Community Adults Actually Want to Join

Kickerbout started as a handful of friends getting a game together and has grown into a weekly football community of 80 to 90 players. In this conversation with The NBRH, founder Charlie explains why he left the coaching sidelines to start his own session, how a decade of coaching shaped Kickerbout's welcoming culture, and what keeps players coming back through their 30s, 40s and beyond — including the 67-year-old who scored a hat-trick the first time he played.