Coaching Notes
How to Run Fair Youth Football Trials for a New Season
Every summer, grassroots coaches end up with 40 children on a field and 16 shirts to hand out, and every decision they make...
Player development and coaching writer, page 2 of 9
Priya has worked with youth academies on and off for over a decade, mostly at the age groups nobody writes about. She writes about development with a bias toward what actually happens on a Tuesday training session, not what looks good in a highlight reel.
Coaching Notes
Every summer, grassroots coaches end up with 40 children on a field and 16 shirts to hand out, and every decision they make...
Youth Football
A parent asks why their daughter has played left back for six straight weeks when she wants to score goals.
Player Development
A 13 year old who was the sharpest dribbler in your squad in September suddenly looks clumsy by February, misses simple passes...
Coaching Notes
Most grassroots coaches book pre-season friendlies the same way: whoever replies first on the league WhatsApp group gets a...
Youth Football
You planned a tidy hour of drills, and ten minutes in, two children are lying in the goal, one is crying about a lost shin pad...
Player Development
Your 15 year old is technically sharp, but every time a ball is played into the channel, someone else gets there first.