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Dec 12, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The best piece of advice, for a new coach ⬇️
A few days ago we asked "If you could give a new coach one piece of advice, what would it be?"
Here are some of your best responses 🗣
1. Don’t overcomplicate things. Keep it simple.
2. Let them make mistakes.
3. Make it enjoyable for you and the players.
4. Put the players first.
5. The session doesn’t have to look pretty, chaos is often more valuable.
Oct 25, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
This weekend every coach I saw was shouting instructions.
90% of the time, their players weren’t even listening.
Here are 2 big learnings & some advice:
Learning: Are they ready to listen?
Think back to when you were playing.
Could you hear what people were shouting?
Probably not. You’re too focused on everything else that’s going on.
Your shouts aren’t going to be heard, let alone understood.
Sep 8, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Every coach should have a strategy to manage behaviour.
Here are 4 tips on how to do exactly that:
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Tip #1: No lines
Plan your sessions so players aren’t waiting around for their turn. This is a recipe for disaster.
Instead of using lines, try to set up various activities.
This could be the same practice replicated several times so the players aren’t waiting for their turn.
Jul 22, 2022 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Most grassroots coaches suck at match day preparation.
It's always:
- Players line up behind one another
- Bounce pass with the coach
- Shoot at goal
- Join the back of the line
A terrible approach.
Here's how you can improve your match day:
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To start, you've gotta have a plan.
Inside that plan you need to think about:
• Arrival Activity
• Individual & team objectives
• Team formation / player positions
• Substitutes / game time
Jul 12, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
5 different ways to design a practice ⚽️🧵
Let's start with the most important thing...
Think about the three R's:
1. Realism - Does it look like the game, or a part of it?
2. Repetition - Can we get the players doing lots of what we’re practicing?
3. Relevance - Is it age specific? Will my players be able to do this?
Jun 22, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Making children wait in line to use one ball is like giving a class one pen and expecting them to learn how to write.
Here’s 3 ideas to stop the lines:
1/ Mirror practices.
Do the exact same activity, but split your players into 2 or more groups.
You don't need any extra coaches.
Just stand where you can see all the groups.
Give the players ownership by managing their own games.
May 25, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Get your players to stay in their positions.
📝 1 session plan isn’t going to solve this.
🧵 Here's how you can...
There’s 4 different moments in the game.
1. We've got the ball (in possession)
2. We've just lost the ball (transition attack to defence)
3. We don't have the ball (out of possession)
4. We've just won the ball back (transition defence to attack)
Mar 21, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
How to get parents on side.
1 of the most common ‘problems’ grassroots coaches talk about.
Thread 🧵
1. Involve them.
Parents aren’t the enemy. Many coaches feel the need to keep parents at arm’s length.
It shouldn’t be ‘us vs them’.
Parents are the most vital tool in a player’s development.
Make them part of the process.
Feb 17, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Do you plan your training sessions in blocks, or on the fly? 🐝
Planning in blocks, a thread 🧵
If you react to what happens on a match day and plan your sessions around what went wrong for your team at the weekend, your players aren’t likely to learn a whole lot.
Feb 5, 2022 • 23 tweets • 3 min read
Top tips for coaching 5-8 year old children 🧵
Let’s start with the most obvious…
1/ Be prepared and ready for when they arrive.
Have the first game ready to go.
Introduce them to an arrival activity, this could simply be a match.
Give them a bib and get them on their way. Don’t allow them to just boot a ball around until your ready.
Jan 6, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Coaches should spend as much time as possible on their own development.
There’s always room to improve and if you’re going to remain useful and relevant to your players you have to progress as they do.
🧵 Here’s 7 useful ideas to improve your coaching:
1/ Seek out CPD
Whether that’s from the FA, a pro club, a university or a private provider. There’s loads of learning opportunities out there.
It’s important that it’s relevant to the level of the game your working at/the age of the players you work with.
Dec 28, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Being coached at something you’re not great at.
A short🧵
Let’s imagine your players are coaching you. You’re playing Fortnite.
Do you know how many buttons a PlayStation controller has?!
Dec 16, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
How to explain NO shouting from the sidelines to the parents.
A short thread 🧵
When parents come to training sessions, they are usually quiet, encourage and never question a decision made by a referee or coach. But on match days, some parents become very noisy and shout out to their children, the referee and sometimes even the coach.
Sep 28, 2021 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
THREAD: 10 tips for observations & coach interventions
Firstly, if your planning isn't right then you're going to struggle to understand us here...
Go check our planning thread out first then come back 👉🏼
