Steve Lapere

Master of disguised learning. Artist in the making & Lasagne chef using truffle oil where applicable!! Views are my own - I'm not a sheep!! 😃👌🏽🤘🏽

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

Seven years ago today we lost a true Reading legend.

Everyone connected with Reading Football Club will today remember Eamonn Dolan.

Never forgotten. Always in our hearts 💙

[Steve Lapere @kneeshintoe]

@SpursOfficial Is Richarlson wearing any shin pads??👀🤔👍🏼👎🏼😂😂😂

[Steve Lapere @kneeshintoe]

@lchopper8 @NAdkins93 Ohhhhh christtttt yeahhhhh

[Reading FC @ReadingFC]

If you want to be a record breaker... 🎵

...follow the lead of 10-year-old @RFCAcademy player Jack Lewis 🔵⚪

Take a read about how Jack honed his skills and kept his teammates together when lockdown brought about an abrupt halt to youth football...

[Ben Bartlett @benbarts]

‘Constraining Football’ the book launched yesterday. All printed pre-orders signed, e-book now live & we have a @Waterstones listing - thanks to @stmarysPFC for supporting the launch and for all the interest - genuinely appreciated. Book now available - https://t.co/ET7kBXjJtR

[Amateur FA ⚽️ @AmateurFA]

Book onto our next coaching CPD event as we look at ‘the art of noticing’ delivered by @peterfacdo.

A lot of what we learn about players isn’t what they tell us. It’s what we observe.

🗓️ Wednesday 26th January 2022
⏰ 7pm
📌 Arsenal Hub, N7 7BA
Register: https://t.co/c2gkXe78E9

[Training Ground Guru @ground_guru]

“If you watch children play in the school yard, the games are often chaotic, with rules that are regularly reviewed and adjusted. Yet as players progress within the Academy system, it is likely they will experience more structured practices.”

@CarlWild75

https://t.co/ihesfx6UJe

[Training Ground Guru @ground_guru]

Crystal Palace have had a clear vision this season: focusing on young players and developing them.

Appointed a manager/ coaching staff and recruited players according to that vision.

[Pav FunBall Academy @Pavfunball]

Learning is messy & chaotic. There is significant difference how children learn and how we want to coach them!

[Ryan FC Official @ryanfc1995]

Great Picture of our U7’s keeper Laclan after our match against ⁦@BTFC_COLTS⁩ today ⁦@TheLPFF⁩ 👏👏 great seeing the young players having fun in the traditional mud bath

[Reading FC Academy @RFCAcademy]

🗣 Mehmet Ali reflects on yesterday afternoon's #PLCup defeat to Charlton, and on his time with #RFCU23 on his final home game as boss...👇

[Training Ground Guru @ground_guru]

Former Man Utd U18s coach @Paulmcg8 has been appointed Head of Academy Player Development at Leicester City.
@LCFC #LCFC
https://t.co/ZS5JmT0GeJ

[Sam Wallace @SamWallaceTel]

What has Eddie Howe been doing this last 16 months? Quite a lot: watching Simeone work, & Rayo Vallecano; picking the brains of #LFC recruitment star Michael Edwards; & reviewing his #AFCB years. Detail here with colleague @JWTelegraph https://t.co/QadaBQp9aC

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

“You've got to be careful in professional youth development that you don't get lost in the detail and only think about the plethora of different practices that you can offer up, when arguably the greatest practice of all is the game" Liverpool's Martin Diggle | Archive

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

“The first thing we do before we start a new season is a ‘how to get the best out of me exercise’ – which is basically building a connection. It will cover things like: who are your favourite players, influences, hobbies and passions outside of football” Dan Micciche | ARCHIVE

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

"Futsal is the best small-sided game for player development in football. Playing a faster game, at a faster tempo, in tight situations, will help players find football easier when they land back into 11v11 with more time and space" - former England futsal head coach @mskubala

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

"I was making 60 to 80 substitutions a game in futsal, each for a tactical or physical reason. The processes you go through give you more feedback and opportunity to make more mistakes - which helps more learning" - @mskubala on how futsal can help coach development in football

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

"Practices are more competitive and played at a higher tempo. There is a greater appetite and desire to win and keep the ball. Players accept it is ok to be more physical with teammates in practices and not just in games" @CarlWild75 on the benefits of 'rough and tumble' play

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

“There are only 92 managers and their assistants who are accountable to win 3 points on a Saturday. The rest, in my opinion, are development coaches who are there to help the experience, environment and learning and to give the kids an opportunity to be lucky" - @RichieHorner

[Technique @TechniqJournal]

“There's a perception in the elite football environment that fun stops for players at 12 years of age. There’s a belief that at 12 it becomes serious training and now it's about gaining a contract. But I think professional players and coaches want to have fun" - @RichieHorner