My Thoughts on the FA Level 1 Coaching Course After my level 1 assessment on the 27th of July, I have had a week to reflect on my experience over the previous two weekends. Firstly though I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. When the FA Tutor predicted the…

For my Level 1 Coaching Football I have been tasked to run a 15 minute session called “Traffic Lights” Traffic Lights Initial Set Up -In a safe area every player has a ball. -When coach shows a red cone players must stop with foot on ball. -When yellow cone is…

Under-rated and underused — In my experience in grass-roots football, drills that actually have an aim and purpose are few and far between. One drill which I always enjoyed, and felt could potentially be very useful, was “Attackers vs Defenders”. …

Is everyone preparing to fail? — Whilst listening to an excellent discussion-podcast by the “Followtonians”, featuring the brilliant Roberto Martinez, a very interesting point was raised. Whilst the group were questioning Martinez on how he implemented his distinctive playing style on the squad, inevitably discussions involved pre-season. Martinez suggested that pre-season is frequently done incorrectly. …

Introducing me! — I thought it would be useful for you to know who exactly is blogging for you. So I am a 16 year old from England who, clearly, is passionate about coaching. I live in Norfolk and I am doing my FA Coaching Level 1 course in July. I am currently studying for my GCSE’s and my first exam is Monday. What a great time to start blogging. I hope to continue coaching as a profession later in life. I’m not sure there is anything else I need to say at this point. Oh yes, my name is Charlie.

Hello! Thanks for coming to The Coaching Path. For my first post I was thinking of just stating why I created this blog and state the aims I wish to achieve. My first aim for this blog is too provide information on the coaching ladder in England, how to climb…