Jamie Bats

UEFA B. lv 1 futsal. FA level 1 Talent ID. Park Tigers Athletico, Gainsborough Trinity JPL. “The more you shout, the less they listen” Ancelotti

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

UEFA B passed ✅

An incredibly challenging and rewarding 9 months!

Too many to thank!
Charl Bats Shane Clarke Gemma Jones Gillian Batley gaz bats the entire greenbank team
Had an amazing tutor which helped massively @CoachMattEvans ⚽️⚽️

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

Taught my old man did dick Bate

[The Sporting Resource @TheS_Resource]

A young coach once asked Dick Bate who is widely regarded as the finest coach educator England has ever produced, how many times he should intervene during a session? Someone had told him the answer was 20.

Bate's response is one of the most important things any coach at any level will ever hear about coaching ⤵︎

1️⃣ Bate's position was clear, there is no number. Not six, not ten, not twenty, not zero. The young coach wanted a target to hit. Bate told him the target does not exist. Coaches who count their interventions are solving the wrong problem.

2️⃣ His advice was to feel the session, watch the players and ask yourself constantly, how much do they actually understand right now?

If a player is not making sense of what you are working on, go in and help them. If a player is close and you believe they will get there in the next few minutes, leave them alone. That judgement, when to step in and when to stay out, is what Bate called the art of coaching, and he was direct that you will not learn it on a course or find it in a book.

3️⃣ On questioning, Bate was equally direct.

Do not ask questions for the sake of asking them. Know what answer you are guiding the player towards before you open your mouth. When a player gives you a good answer, use one word to go deeper: "and." And what does that do for us? And Why? And what happens next? And how does that affect you? Two or three uses of "and" takes you further inside a player's thinking than a dozen closed questions with nowhere to go.

4️⃣ On self-reflection after a session, Bate recommended asking yourself:

• Did it flow?
• Did I make the points I wanted to at the right time?
• Did I get bogged down or was it smooth?
• Did it lead to what I wanted to move on to?
• Did I come across as certain, or did I say things I was not sure about?
• Did the players interpret what I was working on to their advantage?

5️⃣ On developing this skill over time, Bate's advice was practical. Find a mentor who understands coaching, not just someone with an opinion. Record your sessions and watch yourself back, your body language, your timing, your language. Go and watch great coaches work whenever you can. Go and watch great teams play. Study the techniques of the best players in the world and make sure you understand them, because if you do not understand them you cannot teach them.

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

Love watching this lad play #4

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@coachtonymee Enjoy your time away Tony, you are a fountain of knowledge so anything you post will always be appreciated

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Coaching CPD evening with @Chris_She11ey

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Misty one tonight!

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We recreated the same pictures in the session - reinforcing the when, where and why

Play when the opportunity is there
Recognise when it isn’t - when to go longer

Will feed back after tomorrow’s game ⚽️

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

It’s been a while since I posted anything coaching related - feel free to question/critique……
A thread 🧵

1st game of the season - trying to strike a balance between keeping possession and not gifting the oppo goals by trying to play at the wrong times in the wrong places…..

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

We decided to use a ‘function’ in training to look at how we can build with more control when opportunities present themselves like above - working on CB choices, how to exploit the space created by going longer for a period of time, reinforcing technical details - triggers etc

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

New kit time for u15’s 😍

Thank you to GS Kelsey Construction for your continued support

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

Absolutely love this, a great nod to our area and amazing generosity from GS Kelsey

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Next bit of CPD pencilled in 🧐🖋️⚽️

[Brian Shipley @BriShipley80]

Looking forward to this on Saturday. Some really strong U14s school boys teams taking part from accross the North.

SCUNTHORPE
CLEVELAND & REDCAR
DARLINGTON
HARRGOATE
HULL
NEWCASTLE
ROTHERHAM
SUNDERLAND
WAKEFIELD
YORK

[Brian Shipley @BriShipley80]

Congratulations Sunderland champions and Harrogate plate winners from todays Scunthorpe tournament. Some top teams and football played today.

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

Massive thanks to Crosby jnr Football club for hosting our National Schoolboys tournament tomorrow. The pitches look amazing 😍 We look forward to welcoming teams from the north east including Newcastle and Sunderland Schoolboys as well as sides from the Yorkshire Federation

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

Really enjoyed tonight’s session. Out of possession theme - 2 units v 2 units then onto a SSG.

Veo’d for reflection and development

Not a bad view either!

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I tell you what, this man is the pinnacle

💪🏼⚽️

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Wow, #psg

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Trials completed for the Scunthorpe Schoolboys 25/26 season 💪🏼

Really happy with the quality and balance of the squad

Roll on the Yorkshire Federation league and @SchoolsFootball nationals 🩷🖤

[Jamie Bats @BatsJamie]

@andygee007 Well played 👏👏