by GRF Admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Coaching, Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says former Talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to eleven age group. Yet, across English football, professional clubs are scouting children as young as...
by GRF Admin | Feb 19, 2025 | Coaching, Featured, Health, News
This week we visit Osgood Schlatters Disease, or as I like to call it a condition of the knee in children! What exactly is Osgood Schlatters? Essentially it is painful inflammation or irritation of the bone growth plate in the shin bone (tibia bone) which is just...
by GRF Admin | Jul 24, 2024 | Coaching, Latest Session Plans
Players start on the cone next to the goal, one at a time they dribble through the gate in front of them and try to score. Once the shot is taken that player that just shot goes in goal and the next player starts dribbling. The old goalkeeper gets a ball and joins the...
by GRF Admin | May 24, 2024 | Coaching, Latest Session Plans
3 players go at a time and dribble to the end performing certain tasks. On the way back they have to try and complete another task. A few examples: – Get to the end with as little/many touches as possible – Go to both sides before getting to the end...
by GRF Admin | May 23, 2024 | Coaching, Featured, Footy Mums, News, Parents
Yes, I did the seemingly unthinkable after weeks of consideration I decided to award a player with the Managers Player award, this player was my son who plays on the team. I’m absolutely appalled by the response from some of the parents who openly said in front...
