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The FA Disability Cup returns this summer with England’s top grassroots disability teams competing at the national football centre, St. George’s Park, on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June. The competition, which is now in its third year, is the largest of its kind in this country, with six cup finals scheduled to take place […]
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION AROUND U6S PLAYING FOOTBALL. After being made aware of a number of posts on social media, we believe it is a good time to remind everyone about the rule concerning the youngest age that children can play in organised matches. The FA rule on this is really clear, and is contained within the […]
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Below is a full list of CPD events across the England. Click on the event topic to be taken through to the relevant booking page. FA conference events Dates Time Topic Location 17 Feb 2018 All day Futsal Conference 2018 St. George’s Park 15 April 2018 All day Goalkeeping Conference 2018 St. George’s […]
The application window is now open and is due to close on Thursday 29 March. Grow the Game provides funding for projects that use football to: increase participation by both players and volunteers. Applications are welcome from organisations that are ‘not for profit’ and planning to set up one or more new football teams over the […]
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Often during coaching sessions, coaches observe and impart knowledge from the side of the pitch – what are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Joe Sargison, FA Youth Coach Educator, provides an insight into where to coach from during a game-like practice session. The advantages are: you are out of the way of the players […]
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Setting challenges for games and training is a great way for coaches to motivate individual players and teams. Here are our 10 top- tips for using individual player and team challenges in your work: 1) Get to know your players How well do you know the players in your group? Do you know who can […]
I am running the Marathon without being in Marathon shape (to say the least) as a way of showing my boy how I can try to be as strong as him. Max was a very active child playing football whenever he could. He played for his club, trained with Newcastle, he ran junior park run […]
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Having sat a few weeks back to watch the much acclaimed documentary ‘No Hunger in Paradise’ I felt it important that we look at what parents, coaches and any adults involved in sport could potentially take away from it. Although the programme was focussed upon the professional game and academy program there are many underlying […]
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Transforming communities through the power of football is the ambitious aim of a new two-year Cics Cymru community programme devised by the Premier League, Welsh Government and FAW Trust. The programme sets out to inspire a new generation across Wales with a range of opportunities and engaging activities. Cics Cymru will build upon the success of […]
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Swansea City make pledge to roll out defibrillators across grassroots football after death of grassroots player Mitchell Joseph in Swansea Mitchell Joseph collapsed and died last weekend while playing football for St Joseph’s AFC against Maltsters Sports. Mitchell, 33, tragically passed away recently while playing for his Swansea Senior League side St Josephs after suffering […]
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