ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
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I'm not a football coach but in my job I do a little bit of running 11 aside teams aged 11-13. Most of them play for clubs anyway and get proper coaching there so my job is really to run a fun training session every week and pick/organise a team (very much of the mindset that I want as many of them to get some game time as possible). More than anything I'm very mindful of not being one of those unqualified idiots that ruins football at a grass roots level, particularly as I've never been any better than Sunday league level myself! I reckon things have probably moved on since I last had any meaningful football coaching, so I've decided this year I'm going to invest a bit more time in researching some basic stuff to help me do a bit of a better job - e.g. good basic training drills etc.
So, any recommendations on books to buy or good websites? I know that we have a few qualified coaches on here, and there must be more than a few dads or whatever who've done a bit of running their kids' teams...
I'm not a football coach but in my job I do a little bit of running 11 aside teams aged 11-13. Most of them play for clubs anyway and get proper coaching there so my job is really to run a fun training session every week and pick/organise a team (very much of the mindset that I want as many of them to get some game time as possible). More than anything I'm very mindful of not being one of those unqualified idiots that ruins football at a grass roots level, particularly as I've never been any better than Sunday league level myself! I reckon things have probably moved on since I last had any meaningful football coaching, so I've decided this year I'm going to invest a bit more time in researching some basic stuff to help me do a bit of a better job - e.g. good basic training drills etc.
So, any recommendations on books to buy or good websites? I know that we have a few qualified coaches on here, and there must be more than a few dads or whatever who've done a bit of running their kids' teams...