In this final work, we talk about the way in which the development of motor and functional abilities is important in children, with an emphasis on children who choose football as a sport they want to play. Kinesiological activity is only important today when we are daily witnesses of how a sedentary lifestyle affects us and other people. This is precisely why it is important for us that children understand from a young age why any kinesiological activity is important. If we teach children in right way how important it is to us to move daily, eat healthy and do some activity several times a week, they will adopt all the mentioned habits and, in that way, they will become part of their everyday life. Functional abilities are part of anthropic characteristics, and the most famous definition that describes them reads: „Functional abilities are the ability to release the appropriate amount of energy in the cells that enables the organism to maintain homeostatic conditions and perform specific functions of its individual parts “. (Findak, 2003.) Today in Croatia, but also in the world, the most famous sports activity among children is football. Precisely because of this, because this sports activity attracts the attention of the whole world, it should be used as an opportunity for children to lead a healthy life. Motor development is important in the same way as functional abilities, and we have to work on it intensively with children from preschool to adolescence.