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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
- Psychology5 min read
The group needs training too: team cohesion and leadership
Putting fifteen players together does not make a team. How a group moves through its stages over the season, which roles and rules hold it together, which coaching style works with young players and what to do about the leaders who do not wear the armband.
- Psychology4 min read
How to Train Concentration in Football
“Concentrate” means nothing if the player doesn't know on what. The four types of attention a match demands, what breaks them, and simple games to train them from under-8s upwards.
- Psychology4 min read
Parents are part of the team: how to work with families
Parents are often more competitive than their children. What a child needs to enjoy football, how to explain your way of working to families and a code of conduct to share at the start of the season.