Advice and Articles

This section contains general advice, articles and information on some of the non-technical parts of coaching kids football that you may want to consider. Some of it comes from experience. Some is directly taken from the FA's Youth Module awards. Some is opinion. Hopefully you'll find some of it useful.

• Your team philosophy
• Player development vs results
  
• Streaming
• Planning training sessions
• How do children learn?
• Get your players thinking
• Language matters!
• Know your players!!!!
• A squad list
• Training - long term vs short term
• Game management
• Formations (7 a side, 9 a side and 11 a side)