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Expert Series: Arsene Wenger Interview
Watch this video interview with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in which he explicitly links the football heritage of Arsenal with that of Johan Cruijff and FC Barcelona…
Mixed Age Football, Play and the Community
Mike is small for seven but has magic feet. He plays for a local U7s team and scored all their goals the week before in an 8-0 win. He makes straight for the pitch where the older lads play. His eleven year old brother goes with him…
Every Boy’s Dream with Author Chris Green
Chris Green’s latest book tells the story of the 10,000 boys in the Academy system in England, and particular of the 9,990 who will never make it as professional footballers…
A Golden Rule For Your Soccer Team’s First 11-a-side Match
You can help your junior team along by coaching a ‘defensive golden rule’; a key point that they can follow if they’re ever in doubt as to where they should be…
Confidence Snakes & Ladders: Raise Your Soccer Player’s Self Esteem
Confidence is everything. But how can we get our young footballers playing with confidence? First we need to look at why confidence is so fickle a beast…
Expert FA Coach Educator Peter Glynn On Making Your Practice More Effective
Peter Glynn is the editor of The FA Licenced Coaches Club journal ‘The Boot Room’ and an expert F.A. Coach Educator. He took a little time out of his hectic schedule to talk to us about the Youth Award age-appropriate coaching.
Be A More Effective Soccer Coach: The Echo Method
It’s time to reveal the outcome of a fascinating year-long experiment with a methodology called ‘Echo Coaching’ – and the results are so positive, I’m sure you’ll want to apply this to your own sessions…
Give Us Back Our Game with Paul Cooper
Paul Cooper is the co-founder of Give Us Back Our Game and an expert soccer coach. In this in-depth interview he discusses the importance of playing Small Sided Gamesand talks about the motivations for junior soccer players.
Most Important Principles For Successful Soccer Coaching
Nobody told me at the time but I was to be the fourth manager in two seasons – and the best three players had just left. For a time coaching this team was incredibly stressful, but it was vital to my own coaching development as it revealed two of the most important principles in coaching…
