Coaches - what strategies do you use to build effective relationships with your players?

On Thursday 11th May, England Football Learning will be hosting a webinar to discuss this topic more broadly. We'd love to share ideas and tips on building effective relationships from coaches across the Country.

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Marc Hollis over 2 years ago in reply to Tim Bamber +1

Hey Tim/Rebecca, Personally, on an individual level, I like to make sure I know something about each of the players. Do they have any other hobbies? What team do they support? Then I try to ask them…
Lee Cooper over 2 years ago +1

Morning Rebecca, as im in the foundaton phase now (u8's) the first thing i built was trust with the players and parents. letting them know about me then i spend my time with them listening into their…
Stephen Phythian over 2 years ago in reply to Tim Bamber +1

Thanks for inviting my input Tim and sorry for the delay in replying. I think Marc has got most of what I would have said. I think the key is to build relationships with players and parents/carers…

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Coaches - what strategies do you use to build effective relationships with your players?

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