If you or your kids are missing football, we’ve gathered our favourite football games that you can play in your garden. Just because we’re staying at home doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun outside. Wall Ball We’re kicking things off with an easy one but it’s a classic. All you need is a wall […]
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Updated Heading Guidance For Youth Football
Heading In Youth Football Updated Guidance For Youth Football Training and Matches There has been a lot of talk about the use of heading in youth football in recent years and a lot of things have changed. The Scottish FA took the first steps by announcing it would ban children from heading […]
Football and Mental Health
Football and Mental Health Tips for supporting your players’ mental health Around one in four people will experience a mental health problem in any year. Mental health problems range from common problems, such as depression and anxiety, to rarer problems such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Mental health problems can affect anyone at […]
How do we protect grassroots football from the winter weather?
In the run-up to the 2019 General Election, grassroots football became a big talking point for many of the parties. Boris Johnson pledged that he was putting his “heart and soul” into a bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Part of this included a promise that every family would be an average of 15 […]
Should they ban children from heading footballs?
The week, the Scottish FA announced that it was finalising proposals that would ban children under the age of 12 from heading footballs in training. The United States implemented a similar plan in 2015 but Scotland would be the first European country to restrict it. Why the ban? The Scottish FA’s decision came about […]
Footballs: A History
What would football be without the actual ball? Footballs feature heavily in British history and have gone through a long journey to get to where we are now. The creation of modern football is generally credited to Sheffield F.C. by two sportsmen back in 1858 but people were kicking spheres around well before that date. […]
Slalom Pole Football Drills
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at a lot of the training equipment on offer from Pendle Sportswear. We’ve offered information about each piece and given you a few suggestions for how to use them. Previously we’ve looked at agility ladders, hurdles, training cones and markers, rebounders, and evasion belts. This week we’re focusing […]
Evasion Belt Drills | Football Evasion Belt
This week we’re looking at evasion belt drills that can help your teams. In previous posts, we’ve covered agility ladders, hurdles, football cones and markers, and football rebounders. A breakaway belt is a fantastic piece of football training equipment that can help with a player’s evasive speed. Players must be able to outmanoeuvre their opponent so they […]