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Helping hands Helping our local community is really important to us. That’s why every wilko store has a budget to give a little helping hand to local groups and community projects. You could get wilko gift cards, products or volunteers to help with whatever you’re doing for your community – whether it’s a raffle prize […]
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“How long do the players in your team have to wait until they kick a ball at your practice session?” This is the type of question, Merfyn Roberts, FA Coach Educator for the social corner, wants coaches to ask themselves when they are struggling with ‘poor’ player behaviour. “Coaches spend endless hours of planning coaching […]
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Can you kick it? Can YOU Kick It? CBBC is searching for the UK’s best young technical footballers. If you’re aged between 10 and 14 years old and think you have got the necessary tekkers, we’d love to hear from you! Download the Application Form How to apply To apply, you’ll need to complete the application […]
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Coaches at every level of the game will experience unexpected changes to player numbers, area size or weather conditions at their coaching sessions. Other challenges include unpredictable player motivation or your well prepared activities not going to plan. So, what can you do? Here are our 10 top-tips to help you deal with the unexpected scenarios […]
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“They’ll never make it as a pro” is a comment heard on touchlines at every level of the game. But how much do we really know about what talent looks like? Here, Joe Baker, talent development expert, challenges coaches to reflect on their current selection processes and asks: what are the ideal conditions for talent […]
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As more and more children battle to be the best at younger and younger ages, what is the damage to those children around them, who spend large amounts of time comparing themselves to their higher performing peers in terms of their own long term development and potential future participation? Potentially it is huge and we […]
One of the hardest things to see as a sporting parent is when our children are struggling or they do not achieve what they aspire to. One of the most common times for this is when our child is not selected either for a particular match or or in a representative team after going through […]
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Many of us, coaches, parents, league officials and players will have come across a football scout at some point. How can we check they are who they say they are? What are their obligations you may ask and who do they need to identify themselves are questions you may have. Below we have the FA […]
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From Prejudice to Pride in partnership with Kick it Out, Grassroots and Cheshire FA hosted a women’s football tournament as part of LGBT History Month. The aim was to celebrate the diversity and inclusivity of women’s football from the 1920s to the present day. The 5-a-side tournament was open to existing teams or groups of […]
Hello to anybody and everybody who will take the time to read this. If I bore you I apologise. If you take something from it, I’ll be delighted. Now every manager loves a good team talk. They are what motivates and inspires our players. They set instructions and guidance for what our players need to […]
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