Season 3 Pre-Season Week 1
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Pre-Season Preparation: 5 Elements You Must Include For The Foundation Phases
For may of us, pre-season has already began. I remember my first pre-season as a young player – plenty of running and bodyweight exercises without a ball in sight. Ugh. Well, being built for long distance, I didn’t mind the running. Still, nothing compared to having a ball at my feet. Thankfully, coach education has
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Season 2 Week 18
Download Session Plan This the final week of our season before we have a short summer break. We were due to have a tournament at the weekend, however due to Covid restrictions being in place for a further month, the organisers postponed things for another month. As a result, I wanted to give the girls
Season 2 Week 17
Download Session Plan The girls got their first ever win at the weekend. While results are not the be-all and end-all for us coaches, kids do keep the score in games and it was an enjoyable moment for them. As a result, I wanted to keep the positive momentum building and keep any group talking
Season 2 Week 16
Download Session Plan Today’s session was a Goalkeeper session. It had been while since the girl had any dedicated GK practice due to the Covid break. We prioritised outfield practice and small sided games. Now that we have had a few games back and players have had plenty of touches of the ball with their
Developing Your Season Plan: 5 Considerations to Make
“I always put the emphasis on learning. When a player with talent couldn’t defend, I put him in defence so he could learn, but that could cost a point. I didn’t care, I was busy developing the player.” – Johan Cryuff A young coach recently told me that he was going to work on passing
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Season 2 Week 15
Download Session Plan This week I had both the U8’s and U9’s, so had to plan to accommodate the needs of both groups. We started with both groups together for the warm up game of Protect the Bib. This included the progression where players would be protecting a ball instead. As the theme of the session
Season 2 Week 14
Click here to download the full session plan Welcome to week 14 of the video sessions. Tonight I was with the under 9’s, building on what we’ve done over the last few weeks in terms of playing out from the back. The structure was really simple today, we started with a warm up, then went
Small Sided Games: 5 Reasons To Make Them A Staple Of Your Sessions
“Before kids can play like a pro, they must enjoy playing the game like a kid.” – Steve Locker Grassroots Football is scheduled to return in the UK and the first order of business for the teams that I coach will be 3 weeks of Small Sided Games. Children have had enough going on for
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