Future of Youth Football Review

Please share your thoughts on the following questions in order to support the development of the youth football offer - thank you! 

  • How can we maximise the activity levels and involvement of our players?
  • How do we increase the number of touches, actions and decisions for every player?
  • How do we create an environment to ensure more children try football, enjoy football and continue playing football?
  • How do we ensure that you people are given the responsibility to shape their game?
Parents
  • 1) making sure training sessions are split down into sections. So perhaps a 5 minute session on fitness, 10/15 minutes on ball skills, 15 minutes on decision making, 15 minutes on engagement on the ball and team work, and then game time. That way coaches are really focussing on all areas to improve their players as much as possible. 

    2) close and engaging exercises - small sections of the pitch to promote touches and then bigger with attackers v defenders to improve confidence on the ball, also focussing on exercises where players have to make decision - this could be in games or even an exercise with a striker and to wingers and two defenders that way players have to decide and work together to make the right decision.

    3) more schools need to allow girls to be more involved with football, perhaps put it into the PE curriculum, this can help girls see that it is a game for everyone and not just boys. team outings - this would make the players feel apart of a family and see that it isn't just about playing the sport but making friends for life.

    4) self evaluation - at the end of a session maybe a coach could ask each player 1 thing that they enjoyed or felt went well in the session and one thing they feel they need to improve on - that way the coach can tailor sessions to help the players and what they feel they need to improve on helping them feel more individual than turning up to training and being told what to do. In games - letting every player have a go at being captain. This will help improve their leadership skills and team skills helping them to shape their game.

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  • 1) making sure training sessions are split down into sections. So perhaps a 5 minute session on fitness, 10/15 minutes on ball skills, 15 minutes on decision making, 15 minutes on engagement on the ball and team work, and then game time. That way coaches are really focussing on all areas to improve their players as much as possible. 

    2) close and engaging exercises - small sections of the pitch to promote touches and then bigger with attackers v defenders to improve confidence on the ball, also focussing on exercises where players have to make decision - this could be in games or even an exercise with a striker and to wingers and two defenders that way players have to decide and work together to make the right decision.

    3) more schools need to allow girls to be more involved with football, perhaps put it into the PE curriculum, this can help girls see that it is a game for everyone and not just boys. team outings - this would make the players feel apart of a family and see that it isn't just about playing the sport but making friends for life.

    4) self evaluation - at the end of a session maybe a coach could ask each player 1 thing that they enjoyed or felt went well in the session and one thing they feel they need to improve on - that way the coach can tailor sessions to help the players and what they feel they need to improve on helping them feel more individual than turning up to training and being told what to do. In games - letting every player have a go at being captain. This will help improve their leadership skills and team skills helping them to shape their game.

Children
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