Fantastic to see this paper now available and it’s open access! We asked sport practitioners about how they plan, do review their environments for the participants they work with.

@Teamgrassroots_ I agree. I see a lot of parents subtly or overtly coaching from the sidelines at academy and grassroots level. There’s a real performance narrative with some. If we want to wider benefits of football [or any sport] leave the kids and coaches to it.

Had the pleasure of watching my youngest son (U11s) play grassroots football only to witness the opposition ‘coach’ shout at his players (children!) including ‘play to the fucking whistle’ and calling the volunteer parent assistant ref a ‘fucking cheat’. 🫣

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@RJPcoach @EnglandLearning @SundayShare10 @BreakthruSoccer @SessionShareNet @TheS_Resource @coachresources1 @Leecosgrove10 @coachtonymee @PeterPrickett I’ve found these fantastic for helping players connect and combine. Even laminated them and initially left the children to practice (unopposed), work them out and show us before adding defenders / pressure in. (u13, grassroots)

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@Teamgrassroots_ In theory it is an obvious yes. I’m not sure how it could be implemented. Who would monitor this? What would the sanctions be? I’m not sure it’s workable. I fully agree players should have minimum game time.

@mhopkinson5 @23Benjones @nicho_g21 @Carnegie_Sport Many congratulations Dr. Hopkinson 👌

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Thanks for sharing. Some of my work has described this has ‘Presence’. But it’s something I’d like look into more. Aura has come out in my research, X factor. You know when these type of people are in the session 👌

@Teamgrassroots_ I try and promote chasing performance, chasing the application of learning from training into games, chasing effort. Now at U13s maybe chase trying to outwit and out play opponents. The score takes care of itself someone once said. The score is way down the list for me.

@Secretgrassroo2 I think there is a place for 1-1 for some specific needs. Eg a technical aspect and / or a physical aspect. If the coaches seek to understand the need and design bespoke interventions then 1-1 is fantastic. £30-50 is fine for 1-1 esp if facility hire is factored in.

@Teamgrassroots_ I feel we need to have a mixed economy of football products eg leagues (if teams want to enter and seek win them that’s fine) and development pools of fixtures (if people want to play games and reap all the benefits without all the winning stuff).

@Teamgrassroots_ Absolutely! 👍 Or even if you share a pitch always fight for the later kick off to avoid marking it.

@PeteOlusoga Totally agree on this 👏

Great initiative 👏