To mark #PlaySafe weekend, yesterday we welcomed friends and participants to the #BantamsClubhouse to show their commitment to ensuring football is a safe and fun environment 👇
@officialbantams stars Brad Halliday and Nick Powell joined us to lend their support 💛
A huge thank you to @WestRidingFA, @FootTechAcademy and everyone who made the day a special one 👏
#BCAFC | @EFL | @EFL_Community | @NSPCC
Year 2 are in for a treat this afternoon, with @FootTechAcademy coming into school with their state-of-the art air pitches to give the children a taste of 3v3 and other air pitch games too! Thank you to Nick and Luke for organising! #weareroundhay 💚 ⚽️
Massive thanks to the awesome @FootTechAcademy coaches for running such a fab Leeds NE KS1 Euros ⚽️ Event today 👏🏻 & thanks to Dave at Decathlon Leeds @DecathlonUK for providing some special ⚽️ prizes for the children 🥳🙌🏻
A great coach is not determined by the level of the athlete he or she works with but rather by what the coach can do with the level of that athlete.
- Allistair McCaw
In a match, players spend more time without the ball than with the ball.
It’s vital young players learn what to do off the ball.
Spending most of your session on ‘individual ball mastery’ means they’ve lost out on so much opportunity to learn the actual game of football.
Children do not learn best from being shouted at, from being criticised or from being told about their mistakes.
They learn best from encouragement, guidance and praise.
We were back at @LowerWortleyPS today to see Dan @FootTechAcademy deliver our ‘evade invade capture’ unit as part of his Level 3 PESS course!
A fantastic lesson with brilliant engagement from the pupils (despite the weather 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️)
https://t.co/2jiczEuo1i
Easy way to help your child’s football development:
- Grab a ball
- Round up their their mates
- Take them to park
- Sit back
- Let them play
Repeat as much as possible ⚽️
Fun is a great reason for children to play football.
It’s also a really good way to help them get good at football.
Whether a parent or coach - ask yourself what you’re doing to make sure your players/children have fun?
One of my favorite moments from our (@basketse) Super Clinic was when Joe Boylan (Director of Player Development, Minnesota Timberwolves) was asked about the number of repetitions versus representativeness.
"Rather 30 shots in context than 1000 undefended shots."