Are you ready for Grassroots 2019!!!!!
GRF Admin
03/01/2019
Tag: Football
GRF Admin
03/01/2019
Wow!!!! Coach receives this text from a parent. It will melt your heart.
GRF Admin
21/11/2018
I want to thank you coach for all that you do, I know that my child looks up to you, Not only are you helping him develop his sport, I am aware of how much consideration and thought.. Goes into your sessions…
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…
Diary of a Grassroots Coach – I ask myself is all of this worth it?
GRF Admin
09/11/2018
I’ve just sat down to dinner with the family. My phone is pinging messages constantly, and although I know I shouldn’t, I cannot help but sneak a peak. My messages are almost all concerning the football team I volunteer to coach. The…
Do you want to star in a NEW CBBC show? Apply HERE
GRF Admin
04/04/2018
Can you kick it? Can YOU Kick It? CBBC is searching for the UK’s best young technical footballers. If you’re aged between 10 and 14 years old and think you have got the necessary tekkers, we’d love to hear from you! Download…
Top scouts offer invaluable tips to grassroots players
GRF Admin
08/03/2018
It takes a certain amount of dedication to get out of bed on a cold and rainy weekend morning to kick a ball around a waterlogged pitch. Faced with typical grassroots conditions, football is often anything but a beautiful game, so what…
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AROUND U6S PLAYING FOOTBALL.
GRF Admin
12/02/2018
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AROUND U6S PLAYING FOOTBALL. After being made aware of a number of posts on social media, we believe it is a good time to remind everyone about the rule concerning the youngest age that children can play in organised matches.…
Breaking News – FA & PFA Commission Dementia Link with Football
GRF Admin
23/11/2017
The Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association have appointed Dr William Stewart and colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Hampden Sports Clinic to lead an independent research study into the incidence of degenerative neurocognitive disease in ex-professional footballers. Following…
WE WELCOME NEW LAW REGARDING DISPLAY OF THE POPPY AHEAD OF NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS
GRF Admin
01/11/2017
The four football associations of the home nations (The FA, FA Wales, Scottish FA and Irish FA) welcome the new clarification on Law 4, issued on 26 September 2017 by The International Football Association Board (The IFAB), in close cooperation and agreement…
“WHEN ARE WE HAVING A GAME?”
GRF Admin
17/10/2017
“When are we having a game?” – I’d be willing to bet that this is the question that coaches up and down the country probably get asked most often. Why is this? Don’t these kids realise how much time and effort we’ve…
Kids “released” age 9 in Grassroots, really!!!
GRF Admin
02/10/2017
Right where do I start? For over a decade I have been involved in the local football league. During this period I have spent time as a coach, mentor, referee, physio, kit man, refreshments stall worker etc. For the past two years…