“If a player feels like you respect them, they are more likely to follow you” - a good time to revisit this 📹 interview with Gareth Southgate and the empathy and empowerment that has led
@england
to a
#WorldCup
semi-final
If players are denied the opportunity to pass the ball backwards, they must come up with other solutions ⚽
Use this 'no going back' game from
@Sturge_P
to introduce the idea of finding space and playing the ball forwards whilst under pressure 👇
From 420 appearances as a legendary left-back in the Premier League to achieving his UEFA Pro Licence, Leighton Baines is set for a bright future in coaching. 🌟⚽️
“If you score, I'm going to give you a challenge in order to keep the goal.” ⚽️
Bring your practices and games closer together by using team challenges in your sessions 👇
If players are denied the opportunity to pass the ball backwards, they must come up with other solutions ⚽
Use this 'no going back' game from
@Sturge_P
to introduce the idea of finding space and playing the ball forwards whilst under pressure 👇
Here at The FA, we have identified 11 core moves.
6⃣ of these are considered two-player core moves
5⃣ are considered three-player core moves.
How many have you observed at the top level of the game, and how often do you see these passing patterns in your own game?
🗣️ "If you're asking a player to play with freedom and things go wrong you can’t criticise them for doing what you asked them to "
Gareth Southgate on wanting
@England
's young players to have the freedom to express themselves on the world stage 🌎🦁
📊 We counted every action in a ten minute 3v3 game played on a 30x20 metre fenced pitch by U9s:
▪️ The ball was in play 100% of the time
▪️ Every outfield player had a whopping 71 touches on average
“If you score, I'm going to give you a challenge to keep the goal.” ⚽️
Bring your practices and games closer together by using team challenges in your sessions 👇
How
@JPickford1
became integral to
@england
’s style of play, the psychology behind making big saves and why being tall doesn’t always mean being best – insight from
@FA
lead national GK coach
@timdittmer
here:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗘𝗙𝗔 𝗕 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.
This course helps coaches develop players by designing practices that encourage decision-making, while meeting their technical, tactical, physical, psychological and social needs.
Keep an eye on The Boot Room for updates 👇
📹 An
@England
men’s goalkeeping development camp is taking place at the national football centre.
It’s an opportunity for young stoppers to showcase their skills and experience how to prepare for international football.
Top effort and application from all involved 🙌
We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of
@FA
national coach developer Jon Gittens.
Our thoughts are with Jon's family and friends at this time
Warm up activity 😃🔥
'𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨' is a great activity to fully engage your players in a fun and physically active way before any session ⚽
@sturge_p
talks us through it, here 👇
#SundayShare
|
@SundayShare10
Here's a game from
@Sturge_P
that we know your players will love! 😍⚽
It's high-energy, creates overloads, encourages players to move in different ways and provides plenty of goals 🥅🥅
🗣️ "It’s important to find creative ways of delivering repetitive practice to stimulate the players’ interest, particularly when there's little time to prepare.”
@England
assistant manager Steve Holland on transferring training into games 🦁🦁🦁
"Youth football is not the adult game. The ball is likely to go out of play, use this positively to develop other areas like quick reactions, quick decisions and attacks." 💥⚽
🗣️
@Sturge_P
talks us through a session that promotes skilful play.
#SundayShare
|
@SundayShare10
🗣️ “If you are asking a player to play with freedom and things go wrong you can’t criticise them for doing the things you asked them to."
The boss talking about his coaching approach 👊
Futsal is emerging as a huge benefit to the development of young players who are technically, tactically and physically prepared to make the quick decisions and problem solving necessary to be a great footballer.
#WednesdayWisdom
from our very own
@sturge_p
....👏👏
📊📽️⚽
The success of
@Wolves
' 2018/19 defensive strategy is currently being studied by candidates on the
@UEFA
A Licence course 🐺
It's an example of how data, video content and elite case studies are being used to challenge learners' technical and tactical knowledge 👇
More than 175,000 football volunteers have enrolled on our
@EE
Playmaker course and are helping us
#MakeFootballHappen
🎉⚽
A few
@Lionesses
dropped by to add an extra spark to the celebrations, as they took part in our Buzz Wire Challenge 🔌
Watch the full video 👇
✅ Stay on the ball
✅ Hide it from opponents
✅ Skilfully continue the attack
Give our latest
#EnglandDNA
Foundation Phase session a watch and help your young players with decision making and confidence in possession ⚽
The
#EnglandDNA
Foundation Phase programme at
@BurnleyOfficial
is adopting a unique approach to young player development ⚽
They’ve introduced play-based games,
#futsal
and multi-sports to increase creative returns 😃
#TwitterClarets
🗣️ “It's important to take the lessons you've learned and talk about them, but you’ve got to move on before returning to the training ground.”
Gareth Southgate on the day-to-day schedule at a tournament during his time as
@england
U21s manager.
Fascinating from
@TheRealAC3
👏
The former
@England
left-back and current
@ChelseaFC
U15 coach chats through some simple attributes that made him a skilful defender ⚽👇
The FA is to dedicate one of its St. George’s Park pitches in memory of Jon Gittens.
Gittens, who passed away aged 55 on 10 May 2019, has been described as a role model for his commitment to furthering English coach education.
Goalkeepers should be a part of the team and not apart from the team 🧤
@FA
coach educator, Eric Steele, delivers a goalkeeper practice focusing on integrating the goalkeeper with outfield players 👇
Try this 1⃣v1⃣ defending carousel from
@swales_mark
. It will help your players develop skills in:
🙅♂️ delaying, denying and dictating to attackers
🏃♀️ when and how to decelerate
⚽ when to challenge for the ball
#SundayShare
|
@SundayShare10
Congratulations to
@FA
level 5 coach Graham Potter on becoming the new
@OfficialBHAFC
head coach 🔵⚪
#BHAFC
fans, get to know the new boss and the 5⃣ leadership values that shape his work ⚽️👇
#TheBootRoom
Applications for all UEFA C Licence courses taking place in 2023/24 are now open ⚽
Find out more about the course including a full list of prerequisites and begin your application today 👇
The 2019/20 season will make it 4️⃣ successive years in the top flight for Sean Dyche and
@BurnleyOfficial
📺 Watch our four-part insight into his coaching, man-management and how he has created a positive culture at the club 👇
#TwitterClarets
“The forgotten ones are almost always the youngest and smallest in a year group.”
Are you looking at preparations for next season? 🤔
As you begin to look at new players, here’s an alternative approach to identifying talent ⚽👇
🗣️ "It’s important to find creative ways of delivering repetitive practice to stimulate the players’ interest, particularly when there's little time to prepare.”
@England
assistant manager Steve Holland on transferring training into games 🦁🦁🦁
🏆 Exciting news!
Former FA Technical Lead Peter Sturgess (
@sturge_p
) is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's
@_UKCoaching
Awards.
Many congratulations to a true visionary of the game 👏 ⚽
Read the full article 👇
Practice makes perfect, right? 👀
But, do you ever consider how game formats might affect the opportunity to practice core skills?
Take a look at the difference between 3v3, 5v5 and 7v7 👇
“The forgotten ones are almost always the youngest and smallest in a year group.”
Here’s an alternative approach to identifying talent when looking at new players 👇
🗣️ “Our job is to try and create an environment that they enjoy. That’s the most important thing.”
@England
manager Gareth Southgate talks about the pressure parents can put on players to win and says it’s more important to create an environment that they enjoy 😊👇
🗣️ "Those habits need to be formed, the earlier the better."
Steve Holland discusses the importance of setting strong foundations for receiving skills through small-sided games at an early age ⚽
☑️ Character development
@NFFCAcademy
manager,
@GazBraz
, believes there is one attribute above all else that helps young players progress from academy football to the first-team ⚽
🌳
#NFFC
🌳
‘Keeping possession of the ball by hiding and manoeuvring is as important as being able to pass and move effectively’ ⚽
Do you dedicate time in sessions to this? ⌚
You can find out more about this here 👉
Or use this activity to help 🎥👇
Speed of transition ⚡
In this session, the players will work on decision-making in moments of transition, principles of play and attacking quickly when regaining possession ⚽
Defend the space, area and goal ❌🧤
Use these sessions from
@england
National Goalkeeper Coach Danny Alcock to help your goalkeepers with decisions, distribution and support 👇
📷 It was media day for
@England
MU19s at St. George’s Park ahead of the
#U19EURO
finals last Friday.
Good luck to Paul Simpson, his squad and staff over in 🇫🇮
"The ball is your friend. Don't fear it. Embrace it and enjoy it."
@Matt_Jones7
delivers his 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙩-𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 session to help players when moving with the ball ⚽🔥
#SundayShare
|
@SundayShare10
🗣️ "First and foremost, make me comfortable in the environment and make it enjoyable."
If you want a positive team, you need to make football fun 😃
Steven Gerrard discusses how enjoyable sessions helped him as a youngster at
#LFC
👇
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our friend and colleague, Julie Chipchase.
‘Chippy’ was an inspiration and trailblazer in the female game and a wonderful person who will be truly missed.
Our thoughts are with her friends and family at this difficult time.
A special thank you to our 50,000 Playmakers 🎉
More than 50,000 people are now stepping over the sidelines with BT Playmaker by England Football ⚽
If you want to play your part and become a Playmaker for free, visit The Boot Room today 👇
#MakeFootballHappen
Playing forward ⏩
Help your players find their teammates whilst under pressure by encouraging them to play forward and be positive ⚽
Here’s an example from
@WFCOfficial
U10s 👇
In line with the latest
@FA
guidance for grassroots football, we've added some
#SafeSessions
to to help coaches work safely and effectively with small groups ⚽
Ahead of our 2024/25 season UEFA C Licence courses opening in August, we’ve made some big changes we want to tell you about.
Here’s a list of everything we’re doing a little differently when releasing courses this season.
A thread 🧵 👇
Congratulations to
@FA
Level 5 coach Graeme Jones on his appointment at
@LutonTown
👏👏
Read how he works on the training pitch in our interview on
#TheBootRoom
⚽️
#LTFC
🔜 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙉𝘼 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 🎧
A new 5-part podcast series with expert advice from our early years specialist
@Sturge_P
to support those coaching 5-11 year-olds ⚽
Episode one available from 18 March on The FA Community 👇
During the Foundation Phase, we need to encourage our teams to develop confidence on the ball 👍
Instead of focusing on passing early, we should concentrate on helping our players develop a real connection with the ball 😃⚽
⚽⭐ INTRODUCING STEPPING OVER THE SIDELINES WEEKEND ⭐⚽
Join your local County FA on the weekend of 1st & 2nd July for a FREE workshop aimed at helping female role models take their first steps into football
#volunteering
.
Find out more and book your place 👇
#SOTSWeekend
“The modern goalkeeper probably has as many touches, if not more touches, than any individual outfield player.” 🧤⚽
@FA
national goalkeeping staff
@timdittmer
and Martin Thomas discuss the future characteristics of elite level goalkeepers 👇
🦁 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙: 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣
When defending, our national teams aim to delay, deny and dictate the opposition attacks ⚽
Take a closer look and learn more about our 'how to defend like
@England
' series 👇
1️⃣ Express yourself
2️⃣ Ball in the air
3️⃣ ‘CHANGE’
4️⃣ 1v1 and 1v2
5️⃣ Cross the line
6️⃣ Defend the line
7️⃣ Three goal game
Here’s
@Samanthagriff17
’s 7 ways to help your players master the ball ⚽
🎥 Full session 👉
Remembering Chippy, 5 months on ⚽❤️
This week, we'll be paying tribute to our dear colleague and friend Julie Chipchase, who tragically passed away earlier this year.
A true pioneer of the game, her wisdom, compassion and impact will never be forgotten.
Coaches returning to football activity during COVID-19 must follow Government and
@FA
guidance.
Here are 🔟 practices from our ‘safe sessions’ series to help you work safely and effectively with individuals in small groups 👇
📹
@GeraintThomas86
and
@ChrisFroome
were among
@TeamSky
riders to take part in a medical camp at the national football centre recently.
Check out highlights from their stay 👇
✅ Stay on the ball
✅ Dribble and pass
✅ Move to receive
Use these sessions from
@sturge_p
for Foundation Phase players. Designed to encourage individual and combination play 👇
🧤 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 🧤
💡 Session Insights
🤝 Recruitment
⚽ Integrating Goalkeepers Into Team Sessions
There’s loads of goalkeeping discussion over on the FA Learning YouTube channel 📺👇
🗣️ “The most effective pass could be a little three-yard forward ball when the pressure is coming from one way and you can beat the press.” ⚽
Ex-
@England
and
@ManUtd
midfielder
@Carras16
talks to
#TheBootRoom
about the art of passing and receiving 👇