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What other coaches have learned and written, shared coach to coach: books, manuals and experience, with diagrams, examples and drills to take to the pitch.
18 articles
- Methodology4 min read
Assessing players in youth football: what to look at and how to record it
Assessing is not about giving marks: it is about knowing where each player is so you can decide what to train next. Which criteria to use, how to build a simple assessment sheet, how to observe a match and why, with the little ones, you have to look at the process and not the result.
- Methodology5 min read
Correcting and motivating: how to step in during training
What separates the experienced coach from the beginner is not the exercise, it is how they correct and how they encourage. When to stop play, how many things to correct at once, how to ask rather than give the answer and how to keep motivation up.
- Methodology3 min read
Why small-sided games teach more football
In a 4v4 every child touches the ball five times more than in an 11v11. What the data say, what the player gains and how to grow the format step by step without skipping stages.