Mark Brier

Lead Coach - Soccer Elite, Coach Mentor. FAY Mods 1,2,3. WRCFA JOC/PDC/England Disabled 11-16s Talent ID Coach. My own views.

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@WannaTeachPE @ISFsports @QasimAkhtar7 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️⚽️😄

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@SkiptonJFC @WestRidingFA 😞👏🏻🏃🏼‍♀️⚽️✔️ Been an absolute pleasure working for and alongside Anita. Legend of Skipton Juniors and she leaves a superb legacy too. 😘🙌🏻

[Paul Kirton @PaulKirton_]

Calling girls/womens teams, I'm looking for another 10 + teams to put a team shoutout in the next issue of Women's Football News. Any team interested, drop me a DM.

Grab this month's edition in most newsagents today or you can order online ⤵️ https://t.co/NNcXc8yZwu

[Mike Nolan @coachingboard]

Having asked c.350 players aged 9-15 years old in the past few weeks what they DON'T like about playing football.

#1 - Parents and coaches shouting at them.

Nothing else came even close.

Imagine - many children are playing DESPITE adults around them, not because of them.

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@GreatwoodCPS Well done Greatwood! ⚽️👏🏻

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

RIP Sir Bobby a true legend of the game. 👏🏻⚽️

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@davidrswift @Yorkshiredalesb @anth_anth @PhilMarathons @ColanLeung @CMDaygo @FutsalScorpions @PSFLUK @England @georgejferguson Thanks for your thoughts David. You should quite rightly be proud of the work you guys have put in. Well done Rhys keep it up! ⚽️👏🏻

[SkiptonJuniorsFC @SkiptonJFC]

⚽️ We’re looking for new players ⚽️

It’s for those girls going into Year 9 in September….the team even designed their own poster!

You don’t have to be like Beth Mead, just willing to give it a go 💪

Spread the word and get in touch.

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@BeckfootSchool @BeckfootPE Congratulations Sian! 👏🏻

[DanAbrahamsSoccerAcademy @SoccerAbrahams]

Footballers may be best served playing aggressively. Perhaps not physically aggressive...but mentally aggressive.

They should seek to play front foot, rather than back foot. Toward, rather than away from. Approach, rather than avoid. They should seek to assert and impose

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@stphilipsleeds Well done everyone! 👏🏻⚽️👍🏻

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

A coach is just one of the first outside influences in life, guiding major associations & understanding of both success & failure. By helping them deal with both, has an impact on how they deal with these extremes, all the way through life. Respect to any coaches doing this.

[Grassroots @Teamgrassroots_]

An important lesson for parents and coaches 🗣️⚽️

The journey through football can he extremely difficult for children; there’s often so much pressure to achieve, compete against others and impress those who are watching you.

Now more than ever, in the spotlight of social media, so many children feel like they’re “not good enough” or that if they don’t win, they’re not worthy of being a footballer. Add this to the pressure of achieving contracts and maintaining spots in teams, the understanding of children’s emotions is extremely important for coaches and for parents too.

Both in and out of football, I’ve learned a lot about myself emotionally, but more importantly, I’ve learned how crucial it is for me to support the emotions of the kids I work with. Especially within Foundation Development Phase (U7-U11), the process of helping children become better footballers and better people should always be the main focus, as well as helping them be themselves, and feel comfortable in expressing who they are.

This picture from last Saturday is just one of many times I’ve experienced a player who has felt the overwhelming emotions of being on the losing side of a game. It’s never nice to lose, but it’s always massively important to show the players I work with how highly they are thought of, regardless of the match result.

So, my message to you all… parents and coaches…

Try your very best to remind our young players how amazing they are, regardless of a win, draw or loss.

As long as they give 100% and show positive human values, they will make us proud for a very long time to come! 😁

Enjoy your weekends,

Coach Liam @LiamDavies663

#footballcoach #workingwithkids

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@GreatwoodCPS @AiredaleNHSFT @SkiptonTownHall @skiptonbs @NLIHC @yhousing Brilliant to be involved. Great questions from your Year 5 pupils. Thoroughly enjoyed their engagement. Well done to all involved. 👏🏻

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@SoccerEliteG @SoccerEliteAC Target Setting

[DanAbrahamsSoccerAcademy @SoccerAbrahams]

Effective, intellligent training is key to soccer players improving their game.

I suggest players are proactive in this process...they should look to be a student of THE game and a student of THEIR game!

Effective training can start by 'profiling the next level'

Thread 👇

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

To all my Friends, Family, Clients, Colleagues and Footballers……

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

All due respect. Gone but not forgotten. 👏🏻🕚♥️

[Lionesses @Lionesses]

Let's make girls playing football the norm. 💪

#LetGirlsPlay | #InternationalDayOfTheGirl

[Dr. Colman Noctor @colnoc77]

This illustrates the problem with standardised tests… 😂😂

[Mark Brier @mark_brier]

@GreatwoodCPS @N_StarAT All the very best to all the Greatwood Year 6 leavers. Especially all the footballers. It’s been a pleasure to be involved in your journeys. Enjoy your new schools. Keep on “Scanning and Planning!” 😉☺️👏🏻✅⚽️