Sacrifice, freedom, and Feedback

Hi Everyone,

I hope you’ve had a great week. As always we’ve got some top content for you to read and think about. Here in the UK we’re having more local lockdowns which may mean stopping football for a few weeks and then starting again. I encourage everyone to take some time for themselves and also check-in on all your players, especially those who may be a little more vulnerable in one way or another. Right on to this weeks top 10!

Top Ten of the week

1. How much freedom do you really give your players to make mistakes? Do you truly embrace risk or do you ask your players to play safe? Something to think about after looking at this article.

   matthewsyed @matthewsyed

   Creativity can’t happen without mistakes. In the PL last season, Liverpool made the second-highest errors leading to shots. But this is why they were so dangerous - they sought out risky, defence splitting passes. British sport needs to embrace errors

   

   thetimes.co.ukDistrust of creative talent runs through British sport – it is time for a rethinkOne of the most remarkable findings emerging from the stattos who analyse English football is the payoff from making mistakes. Players who are prepared to take risks in seeking out killer passes may

2. A video here from Andrew Brownhill where Rassie Erasmus talks about what sacrifice really is. I found this interesting as he talks about sacrifice being more than one thing and thinking back to when I was playing, I always dismissed coaching because of the amount of sacrifice needed to become what I defined as a great coach. What have your sacrifices been?

   AndrewBrownhill @AndrewBrownhil

   Rassie Erasmus on what sacrifice really is 👇 🗣"It's about understanding that sacrifice is not getting up at 5am and going to the gym. That's just one leg of sacrifice"

   

3. Please take some time to listen to this podcast. Feedback is so vital in your career and the career of players. How to give and how to receive. For your players, it can mean staying in the game or not, driving that desire to get better or not, and for you, it's can give you the motivation to keep seeking more or drop out altogether.

   Brett Bartholomew @Coach_BrettB

   Feedback is something we all want, but often don’t know how to give or even ask for in a skillful manner. Enough with the “360 reviews” and “feedback sandwich” stuff. Here’s what you need to know: artofcoaching.com/e127/

   

4. If you like and believe in the power of Rondos then I have a treat for you. Oliver Lederer's 50 different rondos for all ages.

   Oliver Lederer @OliverLederer7

   Inspired by @jensschuster_de , supported by @BerndEibler 50 different Rondos for all ages #letthemplay #itsallaboutrondos #sharingiscaring

   

   dropbox.comletthemplay.pdfShared with Dropbox

5. Some fantastic webinars available from the FA here giving you a real insight into some really important topics during Black History Month.

   FA Learning @FALearning

   Want to get involved in our #BlackHistoryMonth celebrations? We’ve got some inspirational guest speakers joining the discussion and you can be part of it! Learn more about the month itself and our 🆓 webinar series 👇

6. So we've all probably had the parent who has well-meaned intentions but just doesn't quite understand the line and boundaries between supportive parent and pushy parent. Here InnerDrive Sport Psychology gives you a nice infographic to print off or save and email to parents.

   InnerDrive Sport Psych @InnerdriveSport

   Here's our top tips on what to say to your child after they compete 👇

   

7. Some points to think about from Pav funBall Academy and goes back to the feedback I mentioned earlier.

   Pav FunBall Academy @Pavfunball

   Youth⚽️BLOG: How your interventions my restrict learning opportunities for players? Coach interventions have the potential to reduce or have negative impact on the young players learning. Read why? 👉bit.ly/30mH1px

   

   bit.lyHow your interventions my restrict learning opportunities for players? - Football Coaching Norfolk - Sports Academy NorwichWe all love coaching. When we are out on the grass working with young players, most of us wants best for them. Under coaching umbrella, we communicate, demonstrate, plan, manage and use interventions as a tool to help children improve their game. This could mean increasing players learning or limite…

8. Another one for both you as a coach and to pass on to your players. What's your narrative to challenges and how do you keep self-control

   Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77

   The capacity to deal with competition in sport so often comes down to 2 factors: meaning and self-control. - Meaning: strive to create a 'challenge' narrative - "Let's have fun. This is an opportunity. I'll express myself" - Self-control: take control through a mental framework

9. people will always debate whether coaches improved players, how good they are tactically but I always love coaches who are good people managers, able to get in the head of their players and know how to help them get the best form themselves. This quote from Maya Angelou is so relevant to coaching.

   Jay Blades @Jay_n_Co

   THOUGHT OF THE DAY "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - Maya Angelou Black History Month #mayaangelou #blackhistorymonth

   

10. I try my best to keep all links to content, podcasts, webinars, etc to free but I feel this may be something really important. At some point you will or already have come across players with different mental capabilities, the more we know and recognise them the better we can coach players with them. In the business world, they are called neurodivergent. SO I think this webinar from Ray Power is amazing and we should have more sessions like this available.

    Ray Power @power_ray

    ⚠️ THE most important webinar for ANYONE coaching football / soccer AT ANY LEVEL👇⚽️ 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃 “𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉” #ADHD Register now: buytickets.at/raypowercoache…

    

    

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