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The 5-Minute Football Coach #47

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The 5-Minute Football Coach #47

Finishing session, Guidance on headers, Coaching wisdom

Fabrice Retkowsky
Feb 26, 2020
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Here are your highlights for this week:

⚽️ Practice of the week

A full session plan to improve finishing, including a fun warm-up and two set-ups. All courtesy of a Level-2 grassroots coach, via the English FA’s Hive website (free registration required).

📖 Topic of the week

The Scottish and English FA have just announced new guidance on heading the ball. The key point: heading practice should not happen in younger age groups, up to Under-11. It can then be introduced gradually - and heading in matches is always allowed.

Sure, some coaches will bemoan a ‘softy’ approach, but realistically heading the ball is such a small part of the game at youth grassroots level, that this seems pretty sensible.

💡 Idea of the week

A few nice words of wisdom!

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I hope you enjoyed this. Have a great week!

Fabrice


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