What is mentoring? A partnership between mentor and mentee to assist our coaches to acquire new knowledge, feedback, ideas or advice. Mentoring should be developmental, driven by the mentee and
Basic membership of The FA Licensed Coaches’ Club is free of charge. Coaches must hold the necessary certifications (see below) to apply. Using your FA Number (FAN) and password
Thanks for coming to support me today. As my friends and I play I want you to remember a few things: – Please congratulate and applaud both teams and keep
Written By Dr. Alan Goldberg and reproduced from competitivedge.com INTRODUCTION If you want your child to come out of his youth sports experience a winner (feeling good about himself and
Who cares who wins an under-eights game? Who cares if a youngster makes a mistake? It’s how we learn. Former England International and current host of Match of The Day,
Written By John Allpress, FA National Player Development Coach and reproduced from TheFA.Com Many comments or questions that I am asked by youth coaches are usually centred on problems they
Written By Mike Antrobus, FA Skills Coach and reproduced from TheFA.Com Mike Antrobus, FA Tesco Skills Coach, emphasises the need for positive language when working with young players. At times
Written By Mike Antrobus, FA Skills Coach and reproduced from TheFA.Com When coaching youth players, there can be the risk of placing too much emphasis on teaching them technical skills,
BBC News reporter Mike Bushell reports on how the changes to kids football announced in the FA Youth Development Review are set to have a positive impact on our national
It’s time we let kids decide the way they should play On the 28th May(2012), The FA formally ratified some of the recommendations of the Youth Development Review. These amendments
Here’s an inspiring poem, copied from Nick Levett’s blog. Credit to the original author who presently remains unknown. If you remember just one line, it is “winning is not the
Every footballer needs to try new things on the pitch to improve, but young players may lack confidence to do so. Kids Coach Naomi Richards tells us how we can