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Youth Football Advocate. Challenging the current state of coaching youth football. #LetThemPlay
Joined May 2023
#NewHandle @iDont_Coach (The irony is deliberate) Yes, I'm a Youth Football Coach. But, I refuse to be a coach that stifles development. The current coaching culture is broken. We need to get back to the basics: less interference, more freedom. Time to #LetThemPlay.
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The loudest team isn't always the best. SILENCE, could be a weapon! 🤫 https://t.co/uoeXza3YTf
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Copying elite teams is useless in youth football. Liverpool, City, and Madrid play based on world-class players in a refined system. Youth players need to learn fundamentals, not game models.
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You need to be this desperate to improve if you want to reach your potential. Get angry. Get focused.
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Clearly, this is an “Elite” coach!
If you miss this early engagement period at a young age, you are playing a game of catch-up that you won’t win.
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The loudest team isn't always the best. SILENCE, could be a weapon! 🤫 https://t.co/TI5aRxJPJE
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Ever feel like your team is slipping behind? That’s just the scoreboard talking. The real scoreboard is built over weeks, months, and years. It measures confidence. Decision-making. Resilience. And those don’t come from winning every game. They come from moments that test you.
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Youth Coaches! On a match day, you have little to no influence on the outcome of the match. Prepare your players during training.
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🚨New Post is Live!🚨 “There is No Attack, there is No Defense” 🔹Rethinking Principles of Play 🔹Interaction-based intentionality 🔹Holistic Focus of Attention ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/u6NOnyKdY8
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Stripping it all the way back to a technical practice. High pressing from the centre.
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Asking for a friend. How do you support the “further developed players” in your group without “sending them away?”
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🗣️ A coach’s job isn’t to install complexity, it’s to remove confusion. — S. Armstrong 🏆 Before any elite tactic, players must master the actions that support it: 📌 Shift your lens. Don’t plan drills — plan decisions. Don’t script patterns — teach players to solve problems.
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Link to new post: https://t.co/RZoH0hTvvz Photos courtesy of @AlanHerzberg
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🚨 Youth coaches: before you plan another session, read this. Most coaching mistakes aren’t tactical, they’re developmental. If you don’t understand how kids think, you’ll train them like adults. This article will change the way you coach: 🔗
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Learn how child development psychology can transform your coaching. This guide helps youth football coaches plan better sessions by aligning with players’ cognitive stages, includes a free age-based...
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Agreed! It’s a conduit. A mechanism that organically fuels the very passion that drives players to compete and excel. When the joy is present, the desire to improve and overcome challenges naturally follows.
“Fun” isn’t the opposite of competitiveness. It’s the foundation of passion. The players who stick with the game, who push themselves to improve, and who develop resilience are often the ones who truly enjoy playing. Without fun, soccer becomes a chore, and burnout creeps in fast
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Keep it realistic by implementing “game within the game”? Normal game with the “if” bonus I.e. “if you can play one touch your team gets a point” Play for duration or up to predetermined score. This should allow players to play within context. - Why? - When? - How? - Where
Quickest way to get your players thinking one or two steps ahead? Make this 4v4+3 exercise one-touch.
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A recent study suggests grassroots coaches are still lagging behind the curve when it comes to session structure. Research showed coaches devoting a significant amount of session time (41%) to non-decision making activities compared to active decision-making practices (42%).
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For the last 2 years I have watched youth 🏀games from the elite to starter levels. I’ve noticed a trend: parents/coaches yelling instructions constantly like "Pass! Shoot! Move!" during games. It feels helpful—but it’s holding your player back. Here’s why. A thread 🧵
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Juggling 🤝 Small-Sided Games Coaches rewards effort by sending players to the scoreboard, which in this session is a juggling challenge 🤹 Shares appreciated 🔄 https://t.co/OESxnL4xtB
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