In his blog post, Adam McEvoy highlights some of the key differences in powerchair football and his initial journey in coaching powerchair football.
Adam is the national development manager for the Wheelchair Football Association, a disability delivery…
In this blog, Mark Leigh, The FA’s coach development officer, discusses how best to develop players aged 5-11 so that they can meet their full potential.
Recently, I was watching a game where I saw a sublime piece of skill from an under eleven. Upon…
In this blog, Simon Houston, The FA’s game insights analyst and The FA’s youth coach developers Mark Kearney and Martin Dighton talk about some key insights from the Euros tournaments and how these can be applied to coaching sessions with young players…
It may come as no surprise that Fabio Vieira was named the UEFA European U21 Player of the Tournament by UEFAs team of technical observers, the future looks very bright for this young Portuguese attacking midfielder.
Described by one of the observers…
Si Houston (FA game insights analyst) and Mark Neville (FA youth coach educator) explore the findings from a recent case study on how game formats can affect an individual player’s actions, such as passing.
As players travel through their developmental…
10 top tips for dealing with unexpected scenarios at your training session.
1. Use arrival activities to assess the scene
An arrival activity at the start of the session is the perfect opportunity to stand back, observe and assess. To do this, the…
The FA’s Pete Sturgess adds to his first blog series which is designed to help people who are taking their first steps as a coach with players aged 5-11. Here he highlights the key messages from a video clip of a small-sided game.
Throughout this series…
Hi Mark, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Below is a pdf that Peter Sturgess shared with me which has loads of games I like. What do you reckon to these?
What is your favourite? Keen to hear about yours and others.
Is this fact or fiction? England has a men’s team that has reached back-to-back world cup finals.
We have a team that are ranked 2 nd in the world.
We have reached the semi-finals of the last five major tournaments.
We have come third in the last…
Hi Christopher, this is not as uncommon as you may think. Is the player new to playing? I have had this with several of the young group we have at our club. Personally I think avoiding getting hit by a flying object should be considered a sign of intelligence…
