The coaching role
On feedback, player development and the coaching role. Written for the people actually on the pitch on a Tuesday.
- The coaching role · 3 min readYou have a Veo. So what do you do with the footage?The camera runs every weekend and the footage is rarely watched. Here is a routine that takes under fifteen minutes and turns a Veo recording into feedback players actually receive — with no editing.
- The coaching role · 3 min readVideo analysis for youth teams: what works and what wastes timeVideo with U13 and U15 sides can do a great deal of good and a great deal of harm. The difference is what you show, for how long, and whether the player can act on it afterwards.
- The coaching role · 3 min readWhy you forget most of what you see at trainingA coach observes 15-25 players and remembers three things. That is not bad memory, it is normal memory. Here is why it happens, and what actually helps.
- The coaching role · 3 min readCommunicating with parents: less noise, fewer conflictsMost parent conflicts at a youth club are not about playing time but about missing information. Here is what works, and what to avoid.
- The coaching role · 3 min readThe volunteer coach's accounts: where the hours actually goA volunteer youth coach spends far more time off the pitch than on it. Here is where the hours go, and which of them are worth cutting.