Are you really athlete-centred? Dare you step into co-created spaces?
What does it mean to be athlete centred? Like, genuinely athlete centred? I’m using athlete here in the generic sense meaning it could be...
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- Aug 27
- 5 min
Working with 14-16 year olds: dealing with a different animal…
Changing times…the emergence of a young adult Across the country we have a challenge in youth football – when we get to U14 and upwards...
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- Aug 27
- 3 min
Why I’m pleased my son is born in May…
It’s been a hotly discussed topic for many years, there are countless opinions available relating to the subject but the topic of birth...
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- Aug 27
- 3 min
Two words to change your coaching relationships
Ok, I’m holding my hands up from the start, this has taken me too long to figure out. As my understanding on coaching has developed and...
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- Aug 27
- 6 min
Teenage players and things to consider…
I was fortunate yesterday to grab an hour of time with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, as myself and...
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- Aug 27
- 3 min
Techniques to encourage learning…
Ultimately, we are all there to help the kids. Sometimes we help the children with football stuff, sometimes we help them learn to tie...
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- Aug 27
- 9 min
The search for talent continues
The search for talent continues to be a topic of much discussion and the last two weeks have been as busy as ever in the wonderful world...
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- Aug 27
- 5 min
Developing better players: switching teaching to learning…
This is not going to be like my typical blog post, a ramble into something I have been thinking about that I feel others may find value...
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- Aug 27
- 6 min
Selecting an England Squad
It’s D-Day just before the final squad of 26 players are selected and also that bi-annual time where us armchair experts step forth...
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- Aug 27
- 5 min
To stick or twist? Rotating positions in youth football…
It’s a hot topic in youth football that rears its head regularly, not one that’s as contentious as sideline behaviour or the intricacies...
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- Aug 27
- 3 min
Reflective questions for learning
One of the crucial elements of a high quality learning environment is the importance of reflection. In order to learn more about the...
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- Aug 27
- 5 min
Coaching mistakes I’ve made: some honest reflections…
Honesty in reflection The beauty of holding a mirror, consistently, to the work you do enables you to move forwards and progress. It...
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- Aug 27
- 4 min
The next frontier: measuring the stuff that really matters…
So I was having a trip round a Professional Sporting Academy, being given the behind-the-scenes tour by the Academy Manager. We walked...
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- Aug 27
- 8 min
Learning and Development??
There are a number of ways I could go with this blog post but rather than use it as a soapbox for an experience I have recently had, I...
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- Aug 27
- 4 min
Guest blog by Stuart Armstrong: kids leading the way…
Stuart is a talented guy. He currently works in rugby for a living, driving forward change, but equally at home coaching golf or hockey...
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- Aug 27
- 3 min
Guest blog by Russell Earnshaw: a lifetime of friends…
You meet some people and you just know ‘there is something about them that I quite like’ and Russell was one of those guys. An imposing...
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- Aug 27
- 7 min
Guest blog by Rebecca Levett: sport psychology in action…
As part of this series of guest blogs I wanted to engage people beyond just coaches, because even specialist knowledge is still coaching;...
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- Aug 27
- 9 min
Guest blog by Neil Plimmer: learning thru the game…
One of my favourite Apple adverts starts with “here’s to the crazy ones…” and it can be found Here. Please watch this first before...
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- Aug 27
- 5 min
Guest blog by David Court: throwing away the plan…
For too long in the world of football many thought we knew it all; ‘we know football, what can we learn from other sports’ was a common...
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- Aug 27
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Guest blog by Aaron Danks: connection trumps content…
Social media is a funny thing; you build a picture of someone based upon the kind of things they talk about and the content they share....
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