My son, who is 8 has played for his team now for a year and a half now, I accept that he has the least…
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Tag: parents
Oh Great! It’s Sunday! A Grassroots Substitutes Parents’ Matchday
Oh Great! It’s Sunday! A Grassroots Substitutes Parent It’s Sunday, the day my son has been waiting for all week. It’s football day. For me…
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ENGLAND CAPTAINS HOUGHTON AND KANE LAUNCH THE FA’s PLEDGE OF POSITIVITY
The Football Association [The FA] has today launched the ‘Pledge of Positivity’ which asks parents and spectators involved in under-18s grassroots football to commit to…
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“Its easy to pick a team, isnt it?”
Have you ever wondered how hard it is to pick a team? They’re only 5 who can play on the pitch at any one time…
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‘Why do I only come on if we’re winning by loads or losing by loads?’
So why did I want to be a football coach and what did I think I would get out of it? The answer is not…
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The FA Guide to Improving Matchday for Children
We can all help children enjoy football more by creating the right environment. That is why The FA has produced an easy-to-follow guide to help…
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Engaging parents: it’s not ‘us and them’
FA county coach developer, Rebecca Garlick, discusses the importance of engaging parents* in the coaching process and the crucial role they can have on the…
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Whose game is it anyway?
In many ways a simple question to answer, but one that despite what we may say as parents and sometimes as coaches, is not always…
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Join the debate everyone’s talking about. 😂 What’s better dance mum or footy mum? We have no bias here. 😉
The dreaded ‘playing time’ conversation
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…
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Be Honest, have you ever……
A very honest message from a parent coach, if only I had asked first….
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…
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