Surprise Guest....

Hi Everyone,

Over the next couple of weeks I’m going to be handing over to a very welcome guest who’ll be sharing with you his top coaching content he’s found. You’ll still get the usually top 10 from me but then you’ll get some bonus content too!

My first guest takeover comes from Peter Prickett. Peter is an FA affiliate tutor with a decade of experience coaching with various organisations. He was one of the first coaches in England to obtain the UEFA B Futsal qualification. Peter is currently studying for a Masters in Performance Football Coaching.

He’s written two books (click the link to check them out) called Developing Skill: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching and Developing Skill 2: A Guide to 3v3 Soccer Coaching. The am of both books is to help coaches develop environments in which players can express themselves creatively while learning implicitly and to give the players a pltform upon which they can play.

Here are Peter’s top 5 practices from Developing Skill 2.

Thanks again to Peter you can follow him on Twitter. He’ll return next week with the top 5 YouTube videos to watch as a coach.

The normal top 10 below

Top 10 of the week

1. An interesting Article about development coaches. I remember Rene muelensteen at Man Utd whose credited with helping C.Ronaldo improve. Interesting part about the “2nd learning phase” in 18-22 Year olds similar to early years learning.

   Training Ground Guru @ground_guru

   How the new Development Coach roles favoured by likes of Liverpool, Sheffield United and Southampton are backed up by the latest findings from neuroscience (✍️by Dr Perry Walters) @RhysCarr86 @rmeulensteen1 @Jeff_Ignite @davehughes44

   

   trainingground.guruTraining Ground Guru | How new Development Coach roles are backed up by neuroscienceDR PERRY WALTERS says new Development Coach roles are prescient, because they chime with the latest findings from developmental neuroscience.

2. When designing your sessions what do you try to create. Gerard Jones quotes from a study here.

   Gérard Jones, MSc PGCE @Gerard_Jones

   How can coaches become better learning designers? Ensure your practices offer: CHOICE-COMPETITION-CHALLENGE-CLARITY? Players have problems to solve & ownership on how they receive feedback, co-adapt to environment, reality-based, competitive & relevant (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016)

3. Dan Abraham’s talking about thinking in football. Something I may write a few longer form pieces about later.

   Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77

   In football, thinking the game is a mix of higher (slow) and lower (quick) thinking: It's paying attention It's anticipating It's strategising It's solution-finding It's checking in with yourself Football isn't about 'no thinking'...it's about appropriate and flexible thinking

4. The Health Minister Matt Hancock answering Robbie Savages question on when Grassroots football can resume.

   Grassroots @FootballGrf

   @RobbieSavage8 asks Matt Hancock and Chris Witty what everyone has wanted to ask.... "What is the pathway for the return of Grassroots Football and will it return before a vaccine?"

   

5. England rugby coach Eddie Jones on the training ground gurus podcast talking about coaching leadership and life. He’s a massive advocate for giving players leadership responsibilities of the group.

   Training Ground Guru @ground_guru

   “You have to have the courage to create situations where leadership of the team can fail, which is the best way for players to learn.” TGG Podcast #10: Eddie Jones - Lessons in coaching, leadership & life

   

   trainingground.guruTraining Ground Guru | TGG Podcast #10: Eddie Jones - Lessons in coaching, leadership & lifeENGLAND rugby coach Eddie Jones shares insights gleaned from three decades in coaching, ranging from the influence of Pep Guardiola to managing mavericks to tactical periodisation.

6. Kevin Nicholson commenting on the Art of scanning. Have you been able to incorporate scanning exercises into you sessions?

   Kevin Nicholson @kevnicholson1

   Good piece on the art of ‘scanning’. Crucial element of a player’s development. Coaches can practice scanning with their players to improve awareness & decision making. The best players scan between 6-8 times in the 10 seconds prior to receiving the ball.

   

   telegraph.co.ukThe art of ‘scanning’: how Erling Haaland and Frenkie de Jong honed a supernatural awareness on pitchThe ability to ‘scan’ a football pitch in play is something that the best football players have mastered — but what, exactly, is it?

7. Great post from mark on how AIK in Sweden have changed the way they view youth football and young players. There’s a lot of talk at the moment about changes to how youth football should be run.

   mark o sullivan @markstkhlm

   Reconceptualising youth football. Thanks to @MSAIreland for hosting @DHrtin and I, and to all the people from around the world who tuned in and got in touch.

   

   youtube.comMSAI 2020 Webinars #6 - Repositioning and Evolving Youth Football at AIK StockholmMark O’Sullivan and Dennis Hortin from AIK Stockholm discuss how the youth development system has been modified at the club in the last couple of years.

8. I love this question from Tom Hartley. It’s really important to self-reflect to improve.

   Tom Hartley @thomaswhartley

   Coaching community, I’m curious... What is the most important discovery you’ve made in coaching? 🔎

9. Interesting article on how to develop your coach player relationship.

   ConnectedCoaches @connected_coach

   The importance of deep & meaningful coach-athlete partnerships should never be underestimated. But how do you create them? Here are some tips from @JowettSophia bit.ly/2GJ8lUd

   

   

   

10. Webinar on YouTube from The Dutch FA on building an evidence based youth development programme. Lots to think about especially the fact the development is non-linear.

    Jorg van der Breggen @JvanderB78

    “Building an Evidence-based youth development programme” ⚽️🇳🇱💪🏼 Ask questions & question things that seems so common, like f.i. the system. What are the returns? Look beyond the outcomes a/t peak. It’s all about opportunities! Thanks 🙏🏼@MSAIreland ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=DVTXzN…

    

    

    

    

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