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Les Howie, FA head of grassroots coaching, looks at five key issues for coaches to consider when delivering practices. 1. How do I ensure the players leave my coaching session with a smile on their face? Creating a positive learning environment with specific goals for the players to achieve is crucial. If your team are […]
Common sense is key! The best advice we can give is to use common sense, and if in doubt STOP, heat breaks and water breaks are very common in countries where young players train and play in hot conditions, however in the United Kingdom extreme heat is very rare. With the current heatwave we thought […]
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Creag Lawrence, FA PE coordinator, believes that setting boundaries and using consequences can benefit both coach and player. In the past, detentions, ‘laps’ or being shouted at was the extent of ‘behaviour management’ strategy used by teachers at school – or adults in the football setting. Interventions were used to apply control.In modern educational settings, […]
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