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“Our terminology needs to be age and stage specific.” 💬

📄Language and sessions change depending on your playing group.

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Want to build on your UEFA C Diploma with a specialist focus on goalkeepers?

Find out how the National Goalkeeping Course gives you practical experiences to apply in your own environment.

🔗 Book now

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How can you make your sessions more inclusive? ⚽️

Think about how your practice design can give every player opportunities to feel challenged, supported and successful.

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Sharpen your players’ pressing, covering and defending skills.

Use these three practices at the start of your session 👊

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How do you reflect on your coaching? 🧠⚽️

Journals, voice notes and conversations with other coaches can all help you learn from your experiences and keep developing.

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Help your players improve their individual marking 👊

Encourage good movement, scanning and positioning with this practice.

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Are your players choosing the right pass? 🤔

Encourage them to think ahead, experiment with different techniques and connect with teammates before playing the ballAre your players choosing the right pass? 🤔

Encourage them to think ahead, experiment with different techniques and connect with teammates before playing the ballAre your players choosing the right pass? 🤔

Encourage them to think ahead, experiment with different techniques and connect with teammates before playing the ballAre your players choosing the right pass? 🤔

Encourage them to think ahead, experiment with different techniques and connect with teammates before playing the ball.

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"If we're only interested in winning, that becomes problematic." 💭

Why coaches need to know that every match day, win or lose, is a chance to learn 📚⚽️

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🧩 Create safe, fun and inclusive sessions!

Practical ideas to help every player feel supported, involved and ready to learn.

Join the webinar and discover how. Register now.

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“We need to chunk the learning and keep those learning points really simple.” 🧩

Discover how revisiting key themes can help players build on their learning from week to week.

Listen to the latest Coachcast 🎧

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Get your players on the ball and making decisions early!

Three arrival activities that get players thinking and moving at the start of the session 💪

Aimed at young players in the grassroots foundation phase.

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“At times you need to be able to step back and give your players ownership and a chance to be creative.” 💡

Allow your players more responsibility to help their development 👊

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Learn how to press, cover and delay with this practice.

Swipe to find out how to adapt ‘Locked In’ 🔐

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When it's better suited, it means more 🙌

Here's what the players think of 3v3.

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How can you progress your practices towards game scenarios? ⚽️

Smaller formats can create more opportunities 👊

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How can you stop your defence being played through? 🛡️

Positioning, scanning, cover and balance can help your players defend better as a unit.

🧵 See our thread ⬇️

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🗣️ “We can get caught up in doing things in certain ways, but fundamentally you’ve got to look at what players you’ve got in front of you.”

Assess where your group is at during pre-season 📝