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Hi Everyone,

Thanks for joining me on another edition of my top 10 of the week. Some really interesting articles this week with a couple of academic papers, which I know can be a bit heavy for everyone but they are an essential part of coaching, being able to confirm what we see through our experience in replicable academic study is the gold standard for knowing we’re doing our best for our players. If they are getting a little too much please do let me know and I will reduce the amount I add to the newsletter. As always feedback is most welcome! you can either reply to this email (if you get this delivered directly), leave a comment on the main substack page, or find me on Twitter https://twitter.com/ACharlesFoster Anyway on to the top ten!….

This weeks top ten

1. Peter Prickett trying to create a season sessions plan using the phases of the game. What do you think? do you plan that far in advance, do you even break it down like that or is that too prescriptive?

   TheBeardedCoach @PeterPrickett

   Just been thinking about and toying with the idea of a "Cycle curriculum" (Better names are welcome). Elements of a spiral curriculum, directed by a game cycle. Would coaches see a benefit to using something like this? How would they change it?

   

2. As last week another academic paper but this time looking at the effects of relative and biological ages on coach evaluation of match performance

   Megan Hill @Meg_Hill13

   Very happy to get my second paper published from my PhD, with my supervisors and @samscott26 🥳journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

   

   journals.sagepub.comSAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class research journalsSubscription and open access journals from SAGE Publishing, the world’s leading independent academic publisher.

3. Sign up for the ICoachKids free online conference. which will take you through topics such as talent development and preventing dropout.

   iCoachKidsWorld @iCoachKidsWorld

   FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME | Take a look at the full programme for the 4th International iCoachKids Conference. Places are now going fast, so sign-up while you can: bit.ly/2SFVE2E Like and Retweet to grow the Global Movement!

   

4. Wonderful words from former Arsenal legendary manager Arsene Wenger. how do you get your players to play for you? How do you get them to play together for each other with everyone pulling in the same direction?

   Bailey Evans @BaileyEvans_9

   I love this from #LeProfesseur Anyone who has built any sort of team will just “get it” 👏

   

5. Whilst not directly football related it's definitely food for thought for us coaches. "when people lack status, they resort to unnecessarily technical language in an attempt to look smart."

   Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

   Jargon isn't a sign of expertise; it's a signal of insecurity. 9 studies: when people lack status, they resort to unnecessarily technical language in an attempt to look smart. When they have status, they're more concerned with communicating clearly. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

   

6. Another gem from iCoachKids. they have teamed up with UEFA to provide free courses for grassroots football coaches across Europe! This will be provided via national FA's so keep an eye out but find out more information via the link

   iCoachKidsWorld @iCoachKidsWorld

   BREAKING NEWS: We are excited to announce that we have partnered with @UEFA to provide FREE courses for grassroots football coaches across Europe. Find out more here: bit.ly/31Ke07N Like and Retweet to Join and Grow the Global Movement

   bit.lyANNOUNCEMENT: iCoachKids and UEFA launch partnership

7. Another academic study, this time into scanning. Whilst it's not groundbreaking, it's nice to have something we've long thought confirmed by scientific study. "the more a player scans, the higher the probability of completing a pass"

   https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553813/full

8. I really like this one from Dan Abrahams. Clues or as some coaches call them cues/triggers. How are you coaching your players to recognise them? Dan shows you the self talk you can show them to help them stay focused on those clues.

   Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77

   Footballers: a guide for paying attention: “My job is to search for clues as I play. I search, search, search...the clues I’m looking for determine the action I’m going to take. There are always clues to look for...which means there’s always a task to accomplish. I'm relentless”

9. What do you think of these 15 ingredients of a successful team? Any you would take out? is it missing anything?

   BelievePerform @BelievePHQ

   15 ingredients of a successful team

   

10. Another one from Dan. what is the toughest task of a 21st-century coach? To make sense of the psycho-social component. Here Dan directs you through some key considerations

    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-abrahams-b72a306_perhaps-the-toughest-task-for-a-21st-century-activity-6727488538322989056-oqh8/

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