Not many answers…but trying to ask better questions
From the FA’s “England DNA: Playing your part” conference, I will be taking the focus on “social” skills, from their 4 Corners model. In particular, I shall be encouraging my players to take five minutes before a game or practice to work together to devise field settings and strategies. If they don’t talk off the field, what chance …
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I spent last Sunday with a group of football coaches from the FA East region, finding out about the FA’s new initiative, “England’s DNA”. With presentations and coaching demonstrations on “who we are”, “the future player”, “how we coach”, “how we play” and “how we support”, the day offered both theoretical and practical guidance as to how …
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“[the coach] didn’t grow players by nurturing individual talents, he created a regime.” “…coaches now are so controlling that they don’t allow players to go and express themselves…[young players] are not able to make decisions for themselves.” “The coach should prepare the team, then let the captain get on with it.” Recent quotes from England …
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