It’s two years since the FA Youth Development review, and now that the key changes in the junior game have been properly phased in, I think its worth assessing whether the FA national game strategy of ‘developing better players’ is being served by these new approaches in youth football. Let me nail my colours to […]
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Although more and more parents accept that good quality teaching and coaching can give their child a great start in life, there is still some resistance to paying for football coaching. Parents will tend to conjure up a nostalgic world of kids playing in parks or streets with no adult supervision, just jumpers for goalposts, […]
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Studies have shown that introducing a child to sports programmes at a young age goes a long way to improve their health and fitness. The standard P.E. class a child receives at Primary School will be in a large group, and often lead by non-specialist staff, so it makes sense to supplement these with an […]
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