Youth Football
Rotating Positions in Youth Football and When to Stop
A parent asks why their daughter has played left back for six straight weeks when she wants to score goals.
You have stood under the same badge for twenty years, sung the songs and bought the shirts, and you still could not tell a friend what the Latin scroll underneath actually says.
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Youth Football
A parent asks why their daughter has played left back for six straight weeks when she wants to score goals.
Player Development
A 13 year old who was the sharpest dribbler in your squad in September suddenly looks clumsy by February, misses simple passes...
Fan Culture
Most homemade flags look brilliant on the living room floor and terrible from the far side of the ground.
Coaching Notes
Most grassroots coaches book pre-season friendlies the same way: whoever replies first on the league WhatsApp group gets a...
Club Heritage
Your club announces that the ground your grandfather called by one name will now carry the name of an energy drink, a bank or...
Youth Football
You planned a tidy hour of drills, and ten minutes in, two children are lying in the goal, one is crying about a lost shin pad...
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Three writers who come at football from different angles: one breaks down match tactics and substitutions, one writes about player and youth development from time spent on training grounds, and one covers fan culture and club history. Every article carries a byline, and every byline links to everything else that person has written.