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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
- Planning2 min read
Warm-ups in youth football: how long, how, and with the ball
Not five minutes of laps and not half an hour of stretching. How long it should last by age, how to set it up before a match and the mistakes that come up most.
- Planning3 min read
The training week: how hard to push each day
Repeating the same sessions at the same pace every week doesn't make better players. How FIFA spreads the load between matches for under-13s, under-15s and under-18s, and how to apply it to a team that trains three days.
- Planning3 min read
How to put together a training session for the little ones
One hour, well shared out: arrive playing, learn playing and finish playing. Structure, timings, how many exercises and the mistakes that come up most often with under-7s and under-9s.