Lead Coach - Soccer Elite, Coach Mentor. FAY Mods 1,2,3. WRCFA JOC/PDC/England Disabled 11-16s Talent ID Coach. My own views.
Halifax, UK
Joined August 2012
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Calling girls/womens teams, I'm looking for another 10 + teams to put a team shoutout in the next issue of Women's Football News. Any team interested, drop me a DM.
Grab this month's edition in most newsagents today or you can order online ⤵️ shop.regionalnewspapers.co.u… – at South Shields, England
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Having asked c.350 players aged 9-15 years old in the past few weeks what they DON'T like about playing football.
#1 - Parents and coaches shouting at them.
Nothing else came even close.
Imagine - many children are playing DESPITE adults around them, not because of them.
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⚽️ We’re looking for new players ⚽️
It’s for those girls going into Year 9 in September….the team even designed their own poster!
You don’t have to be like Beth Mead, just willing to give it a go 💪
Spread the word and get in touch.
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Footballers may be best served playing aggressively. Perhaps not physically aggressive...but mentally aggressive.
They should seek to play front foot, rather than back foot. Toward, rather than away from. Approach, rather than avoid. They should seek to assert and impose
A coach is just one of the first outside influences in life, guiding major associations & understanding of both success & failure. By helping them deal with both, has an impact on how they deal with these extremes, all the way through life. Respect to any coaches doing this.
An important lesson for parents and coaches 🗣️⚽️
The journey through football can he extremely difficult for children; there’s often so much pressure to achieve, compete against others and impress those who are watching you.
Now more than ever, in the spotlight of social media, so many children feel like they’re “not good enough” or that if they don’t win, they’re not worthy of being a footballer. Add this to the pressure of achieving contracts and maintaining spots in teams, the understanding of children’s emotions is extremely important for coaches and for parents too.
Both in and out of football, I’ve learned a lot about myself emotionally, but more importantly, I’ve learned how crucial it is for me to support the emotions of the kids I work with. Especially within Foundation Development Phase (U7-U11), the process of helping children become better footballers and better people should always be the main focus, as well as helping them be themselves, and feel comfortable in expressing who they are.
This picture from last Saturday is just one of many times I’ve experienced a player who has felt the overwhelming emotions of being on the losing side of a game. It’s never nice to lose, but it’s always massively important to show the players I work with how highly they are thought of, regardless of the match result.
So, my message to you all… parents and coaches…
Try your very best to remind our young players how amazing they are, regardless of a win, draw or loss.
As long as they give 100% and show positive human values, they will make us proud for a very long time to come! 😁
Enjoy your weekends,
Coach Liam @LiamDavies663
#footballcoach #workingwithkids
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Let's make girls playing football the norm. 💪
#LetGirlsPlay | #InternationalDayOfTheGirl
Mark Brier retweeted
Super excited about this episode of #UnfairAdvantage with the one and only @DanAbrahams77 @sportpsychshow. Dan’s experience and wisdom shines through and we can’t wait to have him back!
unfairadv.substack.com/p/not…
Always so much passion and knowledge. A class act! Thanks.
Hey…this was so cool to do. Especially with superstar @AlexAuerbachPhD (and also an important mention is @codyroyle and his role in their new venture)
Thanks to both for having me on and listening to my rambles 👍🏻
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Mark Brier retweeted
Some ideas to incorporate 'psych' into coaching sessions:
-team huddles between reps (teamship; leadership)
-freeze the activity and ask questions around mindset ("what mental factors are involved right now?")
-help players have action-based cue words they can embody and enact
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Merry Christmas to all my friends, colleagues and clients. Hope Santa brings you everything you wish for….Presents too! 😘🥂🍻👏🏻🎅🏽
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Mark Brier retweeted
Here's a twist on a common take:
It's not that great body language is required to high perform...
It's that poor, contracted body language annihilates high performance!
Subtle levels of player 'inhibition' and 'avoidance' kill awareness, anticipation, and decision-making
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📸 Players from @ScottonScorcher U15s at the @Lionesses game last week meeting @ellsbells89 and @Mdawg1bright after their win against Latvia.
Inspiring the next generation 🌟
A pleasure to see this collaboration happening. Amazing people making good things happen. 👌🏻👏🏻
U13 Leicester 🏸. Fausto Ku u11 showing great promise. Spotted 2 years ago by @BradfordKobras in partnership with @tagsprogramme.Big shout to Dom Phillips who has worked with Fausto pre & post Covid. 2 days later back on court with Dom.1 component to take next step.@Yorksbadders