by GRF Admin | Feb 5, 2018 | News
The application window is now open and is due to close on Thursday 29 March. Grow the Game provides funding for projects that use football to: increase participation by both players and volunteers. Applications are welcome from organisations that are ‘not for...
by GRF Admin | Feb 5, 2018 | News
Often during coaching sessions, coaches observe and impart knowledge from the side of the pitch – what are the advantages and disadvantages of this? Joe Sargison, FA Youth Coach Educator, provides an insight into where to coach from during a game-like practice...
by GRF Admin | Feb 2, 2018 | News
Setting challenges for games and training is a great way for coaches to motivate individual players and teams. Here are our 10 top- tips for using individual player and team challenges in your work: 1) Get to know your players How well do you know the players in your...
by GRF Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | News
I am running the Marathon without being in Marathon shape (to say the least) as a way of showing my boy how I can try to be as strong as him. Max was a very active child playing football whenever he could. He played for his club, trained with Newcastle, he ran junior...
by GRF Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | News, Parents
Having sat a few weeks back to watch the much acclaimed documentary ‘No Hunger in Paradise’ I felt it important that we look at what parents, coaches and any adults involved in sport could potentially take away from it. Although the programme was focussed upon the...
