coaching Archives - Team Grassroots

Message from a Grassroots Coach, a letter I will never send.

GRF Admin 11/07/2019

Today I heard a comment made about me behind my back. I started to turn around and look, but then decided better of it and kept my eyes on the field. My wife hears things like this more often than I do,…

Whos the best Coach? Your Coach or Pep?

GRF Admin 12/06/2019

Who is your Grassroots Coach of the Year

GRF Admin 15/04/2019

Football is a game For All. It is people who make grassroots football happen week-in, week-out. From supporters, referees, coaches or volunteers, winners will be those whose actions and behaviour make The FA’s PRIDE values part of the game for their clubs,…

Great Creativity for this Panna Arena

GRF Admin 29/03/2019

The dreaded ‘playing time’ conversation

GRF Admin 26/02/2019

One of the most dreaded conversations between players, coaches, and parents involves playing time. Nobody likes it. In my workshops on conflict resolution for coaches and directors of coaching, I ask them to identify the most common types of difficult conversations and…

Why setting boundaries helps both player and coach

GRF Admin 21/02/2019

Creag Lawrence, FA PE coordinator, believes that setting boundaries and using consequences can benefit both coach and player. In the past, detentions, ‘laps’ or being shouted at was the extent of ‘behaviour management’ strategy used by teachers at school – or adults…

Be Honest, have you ever……

GRF Admin 11/02/2019

Using televised games to help players learn

GRF Admin 24/01/2019

Laura Seth, FA performance analysis education lead, looks at learning opportunities for young players away from training. We now live and interact in a digital world where live football – both at home and abroad – as well as a whole host…

Are the Professional clubs getting scouting wrong with kids?

GRF Admin 28/11/2018

“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to 11-year-old age group and one of several FA appointments encouraging clubs to improve…

Alex gave me a look I will never ever forget, in fact it gave me goosebumps.

GRF Admin 27/11/2018

A real moment of grassroots magic happened at the weekend that restored my faith in the sport, a child I’ve coached for about a year who came from a team who said he “wasn’t good enough” In all the games he’s ever…

A very honest message from a parent coach, if only I had asked first….

GRF Admin 22/11/2018

So my boy finally reached the magical age of 7 last spring and all the football training, school clubs could now pay off and I could get him on a team. It turned out the local FA affiliated club were looking for…

Then I realised how much these kids had changed my life – Diary of a Grassroots Coach

GRF Admin 14/11/2018

This weekend I was so lucky, so lucky in fact not only did I get to meet my heroes. I also got to watch them play!!!! Because you see I wasn’t watching Chelsea or Man Utd, not even Barcelona….. I watched them…