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Are you coaching football to young players? Check out session idea for kids at our Youtube channel: Situation: 2v2 & 3v3 Problem: How to defend an attacker back to goal? Adapt to your learning environment and young players needs. Thank you for all subscriptions! ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=S4pgXQvE…

When we observe training environment carefully we will notice 'good learners' on the pitch!

Where learning, love of the game and passion come together. Join our growing football learning programme for children in #Norfolk Our coaches understanding child, their learning and how to maximize individual learning potential in football context. Children grow in confidence, learn individual football competencies and motivated through play! Learn more here: bit.ly/4fvyqrm

Are you coaching football to young players? Check out session idea for kids at our Youtube channel: One Way Street Adapt to your learning environment and young players needs. Thank you for all subscriptions! ⤵️ youtube.com/@PavFunBall

Ownership can indeed empower kids, but not all feel competent to fully control their own learning. Before we give learning autonomy based on choice, opportunity & problem is good to know: 1) which players can be left alone 2) which need close monitoring 3) which needs our support

Perhaps too often coaches ask kids to tackle rather than support learning environment of intelligent defending such as interceptions which allowed: begin counter-attack build up play retain the ball pass/run forward use space score positional advantage

These quotes resonate with me when coaching young players! “Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.” ~Alfie Kohn Messi: "I think football has changed a lot. It's more difficult to see a player who is different, who is out of the ordinary... Because from a young age you are forced to play in a certain way. And that's the problem." “Teach children what to think and you limit them to your ideas. Teach children how to think and their ideas are unlimited.” ~ Sandra Parks

Our Global Grow to Coach Football Education Programme is designed to give you: Cutting-edge training techniques to support your interventions, demonstrations and communication skills Practical tools you can apply immediately with your players How can we bridge the gap between how children learn and how we coach? How can we support coaches’ current knowledge to design learning environment that truly reflect children development needs? GROW your coaching craft with us to COACH children needs effectively! 👇 growtocoach.co.uk

Technique becomes a skill when you can apply it in a game situation.

Having observing countless youth football training sessions, here are some reflective conclusions: 1) Most focus on well-run sessions (similar to well -run classrooms in school settings)! 2) Most giving kids prescribed ideas what the 'success' looks like and as result limiting kids learning potential! 3) Focus on delivery the 'curriculum topic' which only rewards 'false' standards, context and performance for the moment! 4) Most 'creative' things kids try to do is limited, downgraded only because is not part of curriculum. 5) Most have very limited relevance to kids and no understanding why they have to learn something! 6) Most sessions focus on coaching the 'game format' rather than age appropriate individual learning needs! 7) Spent large amount of time on team tactics not individual tech-tac habits & competencies!

Observation is a vital coaching skill, often overlooked or even neglect. Reason? Most coaches enjoy being in centre of the pitch, demonstrate their knowledge via endless coaching interventions. So ,how observation can help coaches learn more about their players? 1) How they respond to your instructions? 2) How they interpreted information you are providing? 3) Do they change their learning behaviour? 4) What is their interaction with learning environment you set? 5) What is their response to mistakes & failures? 6) What is the learning gap to help players with? 7) What impact the challenges you set have on players and their learning?

Our football programme giving kids as broad a range of experience. Our coaches encourage a love of learning & love of the game which benefit every player. Our starting point is grow the passion for sport in children!

Effective long-term learning-5 things to consider at your practices to push players to higher level! 1. Edge between success & failure 2. Appropriate level of challenges 3. Actively engages learning brain 4. Allow adaptation to demands of the game 5. Repetitions accelerate learning

Are you coaching football to young players? Check out new session idea: for kids at our Youtube channel: Dribbling or passing forward? Adapt to your learning environment and young players needs. Thank you for all subscriptions! ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=kd5NCe4c…

When we are coaching young players is worth to consider: 1) Understanding is more important than repetition 2) Performances aren't as valuable as learning 3) Learn when to get out of the way of their learning process 4) Observe the players learning behaviour which determines how you can support them 5) Embrace their curiosity 6) Engagement drive positivity 7) Simplicity drives understanding 8) Play drives motivation 9) Critical thinking drives problem solving 10) Failure drives learning

Are you coaching football to young players? Check out session idea: for kids at our Youtube channel: Combination play Adapt to your learning environment and young players needs. Thank you for all subscriptions! ⤵️ youtube.com/@PavFunBall

Dribbling ideas!

Movement -what is involved?

Coaching young players is rewarding and challenging also. Therefore our our communication is vital to support player learning. Consider these 10 simple principles to be better and more effective communicator during sessions and match days.