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I’M A VOLUNTEER DIDN’T YOU KNOW !!!!! I am a coach and I always try, Sometimes I get it wrong, I attend extra learning and i research all night long. I’m also a parent and a worker providing for my home, My children have to share me, But never once do they moan. Never think […]
£17 million boost for grassroots football in Liverpool Liverpool is the latest city to sign up to The FA’s plan to revitalise grassroots facilities. Football is the city’s major participation sport with over 1,200 teams – of which more than 60 per cent are junior/youth teams – and it is estimated that half a […]
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Grassroots statement on today’s Claims competitive parents have turned grassroots football into a rampage of brutal violence. A spokesman for Grassroots Football – which supports grassroots clubs throughout the UK – says today’s reports of extreme violence are rare in comparison to the number of games played without incident. Although incidents of verbal abuse are […]
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Imagine you’re undertaking a fairly difficult task: assembling a piece of furniture with hieroglyphic instructions, filling out an Inland Revenue Tax Return on Jan 30th or standing on the highest rungs of a ladder painting the crown moulding in your living room with 14-foot ceilings. Think it would help if someone yelled at you during […]
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We have this question sent in on a weekly basis, so this time we thought we woukd run a Grassroots survey to see what the general opinion out there is. We ran the Grassroots poll on our Twitter account @FootballGrf and simply asked the following…. Should smoking be banned on the sidelines at Grassroots games??? […]
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Ok, I’m not one to complain, but I feel I have to vent about an incident that happened 2 weeks ago. Every week I get to training about 30 minutes early to set up and stay back about 20 minutes to pack away. 2 weeks ago it was really wet when I set up, the […]
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This has been a very hot topic of late so today we asked the FA direct about the subject. The following is a statement from an FA spokesperson. “The numerous scientific studies conducted by government agencies around the world, and undertaken by independent experts have all validated the human health and environmental safety of […]
Read More… from Breaking News!!! Statement from the FA regarding 3G pitches.
Before we discuss what qualities and skill sets that make for a good coach, we need to first acknowledge how very difficult this profession of coaching really is. Coaching is sometimes a thankless, frustrating “no-win” kind of activity. It’s most often done in a public fishbowl. In other words, if you coach, then you are […]
Letter to the Professional game. This is an open letter to All pro Players All pro Coaches/Managers All pro Owners/Shareholders Grassroots invites you to any Grassroots game/league/club over the next 2 weeks (or any time). In your area there are 100s of clubs/games every week. To the players, be an inspiration to the kids, kick […]
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Well another Saturday goes by and another game sees my team improve again. Every week I see a pass or a move we couldn’t do the previous week, this a coach makes me feel proud. Small improvements every week is all I can ask for, now to the game and the most monumental over reaction […]
