Great podcast, as was the first, looking forward to the next instalment. You only need to take a look at what kids do in their own environment to reinforce this - unstructured games on the school playground or out on the street. Take the coach away and leave a ball on a school playground, the kids love being on the ball. You wont see them 'boot it' or work a passing routine. 

Fully supportive of the message, and it certainly does come with a health warning! The more we can help develop the mindset of the parents the better 

Fantastic content!

Great podcast, as was the first, looking forward to the next instalment. You only need to take a look at what kids do in their own environment to reinforce this - unstructured games on the school playground or out on the street. Take the coach away and leave a ball on a school playground, the kids love being on the ball. You wont see them 'boot it' or work a passing routine. 

Fully supportive of the message, and it certainly does come with a health warning! The more we can help develop the mindset of the parents the better 

Fantastic content!

Matthew, thanks for the positive and supportive feedback. You are right about the power of play and how it is vital for the development of children. In Early Years they talk about a "hybrid pedagogy" that looks at the benefits of the children engaging in self-initiated play AND the skilled teacher/adult who works alongside the child to extend any learning opportunities that occur. To me this paints a lovely picture of the child who "borrows" some knowledge from the adult to help them construct their own meanings from the learning. It could be a great thing to use when coaching football as the players will feel they are just playing but the appropriate help, support and guidance from the coach is there to help them over any barriers to learning if they occur. Thanks for your post. Pete

Thanks for the feedback, Matthew. Great to have you with us and helping us to spread some very important messages. Pete