To mark #PlaySafe weekend, yesterday we welcomed friends and participants to the #BantamsClubhouse to show their commitment to ensuring football is a safe and fun environment 👇 @officialbantams stars Brad Halliday and Nick Powell joined us to lend their support 💛 A huge thank

Year 2 are in for a treat this afternoon, with @FootTechAcademy coming into school with their state-of-the art air pitches to give the children a taste of 3v3 and other air pitch games too! Thank you to Nick and Luke for organising! #weareroundhay 💚 ⚽️

Thank you @FootTechAcademy for an amazing morning of football today! All of our KS1 students had a brilliant morning! @LeedsWellSchool ⚽️🤩

A fabulous day of football ⚽️ for our Leeds NE LWSP KS1 pupils 🙌🏻 Awesome effort everyone 👏🏻 Bring on the Euros 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁 @FootTechAcademy @EnglandFootball @JSmeatonSport

Massive thanks to the awesome @FootTechAcademy coaches for running such a fab Leeds NE KS1 Euros ⚽️ Event today 👏🏻 & thanks to Dave at Decathlon Leeds @DecathlonUK for providing some special ⚽️ prizes for the children 🥳🙌🏻

A great coach is not determined by the level of the athlete he or she works with but rather by what the coach can do with the level of that athlete. - Allistair McCaw

In a match, players spend more time without the ball than with the ball. It’s vital young players learn what to do off the ball. Spending most of your session on ‘individual ball mastery’ means they’ve lost out on so much opportunity to learn the actual game of football.

Truth is, the best form of support SOME parents could give would be to simply wait in the car till the game is over

Kids you coach now will thank you in the future for making them a better player. They won’t thank you for prioritising winning over their development.

Children do not learn best from being shouted at, from being criticised or from being told about their mistakes. They learn best from encouragement, guidance and praise.

Research shows that 90% of young footballers play better in a positive environment - The FA

Mastering the ball doesn’t mean they’ve also mastered the game

If your child is dribbling around cones at their training, they aren’t getting better at football. They’re getting better at dribbling around cones.

We were back at @LowerWortleyPS today to see Dan @FootTechAcademy deliver our ‘evade invade capture’ unit as part of his Level 3 PESS course! A fantastic lesson with brilliant engagement from the pupils (despite the weather 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️) https://t.co/2jiczEuo1i

Easy way to help your child’s football development: - Grab a ball - Round up their their mates - Take them to park - Sit back - Let them play Repeat as much as possible ⚽️

Fun is a great reason for children to play football. It’s also a really good way to help them get good at football. Whether a parent or coach - ask yourself what you’re doing to make sure your players/children have fun?

One of my favorite moments from our (@basketse) Super Clinic was when Joe Boylan (Director of Player Development, Minnesota Timberwolves) was asked about the number of repetitions versus representativeness. "Rather 30 shots in context than 1000 undefended shots."

It was great to organise the inclusion day @WestRidingFA with the Bfd FC Dev Centre youths! Thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thank you Jo & @TDent20 #inclusion #diversity @bantamsacademy @FA

Inclusion Day at Fleet Lane⚽⭐ BEAP Bradford City AFC Development Centre joined us at our HQ to host an Inclusion Day, with players having the opportunity to take part in fun football sessions delivered by Foot-Tech Academy😊 👉 To see the day in full - https://t.co/Nr3Onk2y79

You know how it’s really annoying when you’re trying to concentrate on something and your children keep shouting things at you? Makes it so hard to concentrate on your task, doesn’t it? Bear that in mind when you’re next on the sideline at kids football