Welcome to our Ninth FREE monthly newsletter
We now have over 2,000 subscribers from soccer coaches who want to find out how the web can support the development of soccer players and coaches
There is an awful lot of material for soccer coaches available on the web - the purpose of this newsletter is to signpost this material more clearly and simply for you,the coach. We have a lot for you this month: we hope you will forward this newsletter onto your friends and colleagues and encourage them to register here to receive future issues
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National Associations launch free coaching and teaching resources
This month saw the launch of the following FREE resources :
- Football Federation Australia -The second edition of the National Football Curriculum is the centrepiece of the long term development of a truly Australian football philosophy and style of play. It offers a free online practical resource that will greatly assist all coaches, from parents coaching their children at grassroots level right through to elite coaches in the A-League here
- The English FA's Curriculum materials for school teachers: here
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Leadership and Management
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To read about Sir Alex Ferguson at The Harvard Business School here - To read "How do you manage Mavericks?" from the LMA Magazine go here
Also more than 1,500 coaches have now enrolled on the LMA School of Football Management Course ' Creating a Culture of Excellence ' since May 2010.
A recent coach to complete the course was Mick Browne, Head of National Team Scouting, Qatar FA and formerly Head Coach Aspire Football Academy, Qatar and Director of Charlton FC Youth Academy who said this about the course:
'The whole concept of creating a Culture of Excellence was introduced and developed very well throughout the modules. I feel that the activities that required personal observation and input such as Persuading the Chairman were relevant and enjoyable to complete. The comments from the top Managers that were viewed throughout the Modules were enlightening .Overall I would say that all of the aspects covered were very relevant.'
For further details of the course and to seem some of the course videos go here and to read what other coaches said about this course click here
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Web Skills
Number 7: Using Apps
Our research with readers on the use of apps came up with one clear market leaders : Academy Soccer Coach http://www.academysoccercoach.co.uk/asc_mobile_p-126.php
The evidence was that coaches were using apps as both a record for themselves and to share details of practices with players.
The English FA also have a popular app here
We have developed a Directory of apps for soccer coaching :you can view it and add comments here
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Evaluating Performance and Analysis
Please see some data from Prozone on Playing Style here
and an interesting piece of research from John Bilton here on the recent UEFA Under 21 Tournament here
Also some original research on the demands of the game at different leavels in English Professional Football here
Remember we have a course in Evaluating Performance details of which are here
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