I coach.

Your season, week by week

Everything on the coach side, in the order you need it. Dashed items are outlines, being built.

1. Before the seasonGet the basics right once.
   • SafeguardingChecks, courses, photos, concussion and goalposts. Read this first.
   • The youth game by ageFormats, ball sizes, 3v3 and the heading rules for 2026/27.
   • Pitch and goal sizesOutlineEvery format drawn to scale, with the sizes to mark out.
   • Season planOutlineThe weeks of a season, each with a theme that builds on the last.
   • For parents and carersA page to share with families.
2. Before trainingTen minutes on the sofa.
   • Plan a sessionAge, numbers, time and theme: a warm-up, practices and a game, with diagrams.
   • Your first sessionA 60-minute plan and how to talk to children.
   • Match moments36 situations from every match, each with the practice that trains it.
3. At trainingOn your phone at the pitch.
   • The warm-upFIFA 11+ Kids: seven exercises in 15 minutes.
   • Team practices22 practices, each easier or harder on the day.
   • Tactics52 ideas of team play, drawn and played out.
4. Match dayCalm touchline, fair minutes.
   • Team builderLineup, roles, tactics, set pieces, and their shape against yours.
   • Matchday and fair minutesA rotation planner for equal playing time, and what to bring.
   • FormationsShapes for 3v3 to 11v11 on the right size pitch.
5. Any timeFor when a word or a rule comes up.
   • The Laws, in plain EnglishAll 17, with offside drawn out.
   • PositionsWhat every position does, drawn on the pitch.
   • Football wordsFrom back-pass rule to zonal marking.