Guides
Guides for the coach with no backroom team
Short, practical, and written for a volunteer with a phone and an evening. None of it needs an app.
How to take match notes at the touchline that you will actually use
A volunteer coach's way to take notes during a match: what to write, how to keep it to a few words, and how to turn it into one practice for Tuesday.
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How to review a young player without it becoming a ranking
A review helps most when it compares a young player with their own last review, not with others. A simple structure from the FA's four corners.
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Stop saying “unlucky”: what to say instead, and how to find out what happened
Unlucky is the kindest thing a touchline says and the least useful. Three questions to ask first: was it technique, a decision or position?
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