The return of the new normal?

The 4th of July is the US independance day, but also happened to be the day that had the biggest relaxing of lockdown rules here in the UK which some dubbed our independance day (not to belittle the significance of the US holiday of course). The FA has updated the guidence which is shown below, so please have a look if you haven’t already. Thanks to all who have completed the survey, if you haven’t had a chance, please do so by clicking this link. Right on to the top ten

Top Ten of the week

1. The FA's updated guidence for restarting grassroots football from Today (Satursday 4th July)

   The FA @FA

   We've updated our guidance for adult players, coaches, facility operators, parents and carers involved in restarting grassroots football activity from Saturday 4 July:

2. Kevin Nicholson outlines his five A's framework for helping young players achieve their potential. I think this doesn't just have to apply to young players, this could be a framework for senior teams as well. Do you have frameowrks or base principles that your team know must be met.

   Kevin Nicholson @kevnicholson1

   The Five A’s: A Framework for Helping Young Players to Achieve Their Potential #football #playerdevelopment #coachdevelopment

   

   linkedin.comThe Five A’s: A Framework for Helping Young Players to Achieve Their PotentialThere are many ways of analysing and assessing a player’s development. One approach is to clarify how they rate in the areas of attitude, ability, application, adventure and achievement.

3. A nice thread about Scanning and what it is, what it's not, and why you cannot blindly use it without context.

   Sławek Morawski @slawekmorawski

   A thread. 👀→🧠→⚽️ More and more coaches are being aware of the importance of "scanning". First of all let's put a few things straight. Scanning just like "kicking the ball", without intention and the context is pointless and has no influence on the decision making process.

4. Looking at this tweet from Mark Wilkins do you agree with what are the important outcome staistics for those profiles? Do you have player profiles and then actions/outcomes you look for those players to achieve?

   Mark Wilkins @biscuitchaser

   In case anyone missed it yesterday. A little dabble with PCA outside of the top leagues. Some interesting names cropping up!

   

   Mark Wilkins @biscuitchaser

   NEW BLOG: Using PCA within data driven recruitment: https://t.co/PsPkK143b9. Building on work by @MarkCarey93 I take a look a midfield profiles in 'second' leagues in the top 5 in Europe https://t.co/0T4YIkuGny

5. I like this challenging tweet from Yiannis. Do your sessions always look the same. Same size, same numbers. Have you ever varied the designs like the below?

   YT @Yiannis_Tsala

   👁‍🗨Varying the riddle... A critical principle in session design

   

6. Every week I have something from dan but he always makes you think! how would you feel about co-creating a solutions with your 'uncoachable' players?

   Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77

   Players who aren't easy to coach aren't 'uncoachable'. They possibly just need to be coached in a different way. Ask them: "What can I do to help you progress your game?" Take their viewpoint seriously. Enjoy negotiating with them. Co-create solutions. Stretch where you can...

7. Agree with Laura here, whilst you may not think of yourself as a scout because you coach but you're making assessments of players in every session and every game. You know your players better than any scout.

   Laura Seth @LauraSeth82

   I'd encourage everyone to go and watch this webinar, it's though provoking, challenging and has had a big impact on the way I've been thinking this week and will continue to think and act moving forwards

   

   youtube.comThe Modern Player Requires The Modern Scout | FA Learning Course ResourceWe’re joined by Ed Cope (FA Talent ID Level 3 Course Lead & Lecturer in Sports Coaching at Loughborough University), Richard Allen (FA Talent ID Level 4 Cour...

8. Always great content from the people over at The Training Ground Guru. This time it's about understanding the teenage brain when coaching young players

   Training Ground Guru @ground_guru

   “Nowadays the more human leader is the one that is successful. The iron fist is a thing of the past.” 🗣Mauricio Pochettino trainingground.guru/articles/why-u…

   

   trainingground.guruTraining Ground Guru | Why understanding the teenage brain is key to coachingTHERE’S mounting evidence that the brain doesn’t fully develop until the mid-20s. Do coaches need to be aware of this when they work with young players?

9. Whilst quite a controversial figure in some football circles. Raymond Verheije is also very well respected in many. Listen to his appearance in the football fitness federation podcast where he talks about football fitness, testing, isolated and contextiual speed.

   Football Fitness @FootballFitFed

   #94 is with Football Coach Evolution founder @raymondverheije who spoke about: ⚽️ Football Fitness 📝 Testing Football Fitness 🔐 Post lockdown competition 🏃🏼‍♂️ Isolated v Contextual Speed & more! Listen here👉buff.ly/3eOjbYJ Watch here👉buff.ly/38nFsdB

   

10. A great webinar form The FA's Learning hub on Youtube about recieving skills. some top coaches talking about it too!

    FA Learning @FALearning

    The full discussion with @Paulmcg8, @paulholder12, @mdportas, @JustinCochrane8 and @GemmaGrainger82 is now on the FA Learning YouTube channel 📺👇 youtu.be/X7hV4Fawht0

    

    youtu.beUnder the Microscope: Receiving Skills | FA Learning Hot Topics WebinarWe are joined by Dr Matthew Portas (FA Physical Performance Education Lead), Paul Holder (FA Youth Coach Developer), Paul McGuinness (FA Senior Pro Game Coac...

Thanks for joining me again. Good luck if you’re just getting back to coaching. Feel free to contact me on twitter if you want to discuss anything. Happy to expand my network. My twitter is here

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