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Further information
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"Young players today grow up in a completely different world than my days in Amsterdam. But the game is the same. It should be about what it was about for us back then – fun"
​Johan Cruyff
​We may be doing things differently but we are very far from alone!!

We are part of a progressive movement to change the nature of football development and a wider movement to .refocus youth sports back on the child.

​For those interested, further information about the thinking behind our club's philosophy can be found here
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Coaching revolution that took Belgium to top of world

Player Development Project, Playground to Premier League Player

Dan Wright, Coaching in the Grey

PDP, What coaches can learn from Steve Kerr


Dr Jean Côté, Play vs Practice, Sampling vs Specialisation and Transformational Leadership
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Alfie Kohn. Education author/lecturer. Five Not-So-Obvious Propositions About Play.
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Peter Gray. Psychologist. The play deficit

Peter Gray. Psychologist. The special value of children’s mixed age play.
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Pete Sturgess, National Lead Foundation Phase (5-11), The English FA, 'Let’s Make Sure ‘Play' Does Not Become the Next 4-Letter Word'.

Game Play Learn,The Performance Playground
The case for play
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Play England. Free play in early childhood: a literature review.

Eddie Jones, English players can't think for themselves

Amplified Soccer, Fun vs. Winning: A Sport Parent's Dilemma

John O'Sullivan, The talent that whispers

Mark O'Sullivan, Relearn Long Term Player Development – A conversation with Dave Clarke

Amy Lawrence, Pitfalls and pressure await little diamonds in cut-throat youth football

Reed Maltbie, It’s time to end the sideline sportsanity

Why Brentford ditched their academy in favour of developing Premier League outcasts

Michael Calvin, Football youth development in England: ‘We’re shouting and screaming. What have we become?’

Ronaldinho, Letter to my younger self

Peter Matteson, As simple and as difficult as it may seem

Peter Gray, The play deficit


​The changing the game project: the enemy of excellence in youth sports

Manchester Respect League

Mark Senior, From the streets to the stadium

Stu Armstong. Head of Coaching at UK Sport. Vlog.
The folly of early talent identification.

John O'Sullivan, Our Biggest Mistake: Talent Selection Instead of Talent Identification

Matt Whitehouse. The Whitehouse Address. The Key Factors Involved in Creating Elite Footballers

Mark Upton. Learning begins when teaching stops

Mark Senior, Football Coaching in the Current Youth Game


Pete Sturgess, National Lead Foundation Phase (5-11), The English FA, 'Let’s Make Sure ‘Play' Does Not Become the Next 4-Letter Word'.
James Vaughan, Creativity: playground to premier league

Reed Maltbie, End sideline sportsanity

My kids lose all the time...and I love it!!

Richard Bailey, Is it time to think again about early specialisation in sport?

The Talent Equation, The Seven Deadly Sins of Talent ID

Planet Football, 
Young Liverpool & Chelsea stars would make it in Brazil – Michael Beale

Jack Walton, When are we having a game?
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Mark O’Sullivan, State of Play: Role of youth coach more challenging than ever

Reed Maltbie, Developing Warriors, not Winners, is the Path to Excellence

Reed Maltbie, Ted talk Echoes beyond the game: the lasting power of a coach's words 

Nick Levett, FA Talent Identification Manager, Reflective questions for learning

Game, Play, Learn

Professor Dr. Arne Güllich, 'Junior success is a poor indicator of long-term senior success'.


James Vaughan,Simplicity v Complexity

Johnny Henderson, Manipulated rules: no throw ins

Mark O'Sullivan, Some reflections

FA Talent ID Manager, Nick Levett,
‘The search for talent continues’ 

Mark O’Sullivan, ‘We know what we are looking for but do we know what we are looking at’.

​Stuart English, Embracing the chaos

Dan Wright, Coaching in the grey

Coaching: Player-perception and fun enhanced by games-based approach to development, 13 October 2016

Coaching: Developing decision-making skills crucial for nurturing children’s potential

Rick Fenoglio, Why the 'Give Us Back Our Game' approach is THE best way to produce young gifted players.

Todd Beane, Let them ride

Susan Salzbrenner, Breaking mental barriers
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Peter McDonnell, Perfection in youth coaching

Professor Stephen Rollnick, PRAISE VS. AFFIRMATION


Ministry of Football, 24 Recommendations for Junior Football 

Ministry of football, Small-sided games

Player Development Project Johan Cruyff: Game changer

Peter Prickett, Creative freedom

John O'Sullivan, How Adults Take the Joy Out of Sports (And How We Can Fix It)​

Mark Sullivan, We may know what we are looking FOR but do we understand what we are looking AT?

Mark Sullivan, Encourage critical thinking at all levels of the game (Even if it means rocking the boat)     

Richard Dalton, Top tips for grassroots football

​Matt Whitehouse, The way forward: solutions to England's football failings

Matt Whitehouse, A time to modernise talent identification?

Jonny Henderson, Bristol Rovers Academy Manager, Characteristics of ‘The Performance Playground’

George Sarakinis, Developing a Better Player? Do we have the wrong recipe?

Coaching – Journey or Destination? 

Karl Dewazien, EFFECTIVE vs. INEFFECTIVE COACHING

The talent equation, Why coaches like drills and how they are killing creativity

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The talent equation, How I developed coaching superpowers - by shutting up!

Sagar, Busch and Jowett, Success and Failure, Fear of Failure, and Coping Responses of Adolescent Academy Football Players

Fenoglio and Taylor, From winning-at-all-costs to Give Us Back Our Game: perspective transformation in youth sport coaches

Loughborough University, Parental stressors in parental youth football academies

Proskillspannablogspot


Mark O'Sullivan Footblogball.wordpress.com

Côté, J. & Fraser-Thomas, J. (2008). Play, practice and athlete development. 

Tony Whelan, Creating Environments

​Believe Perform Drop Out From Youth Sport; Responsibilities of the Coach

Believe Perform The influence of parents in youth sport

Richard Dalton's blog

The constant failures of English Football

Overcoaching: the greatest sin in youth football?

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Guardian, Watching football on TV teaches you jargon but it won't help you coach kids
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Let them play

The Player Development Project
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Guardian, Reminder to parents

FA Youth Development Review: U 7 and 8

FA Youth Development Review: u 9 and 10

FA Youth Development Review: u 11 and 12

FA: To stick or twist in player position development

Essex FA: Winning v Development

Adam Nuttall, The Young Footballer’s Bill of Rights

BBC Sport, _Two-thirds of grassroots referees regularly face abuse

Respect and calm sidelines

Guardian, Germany bust to boom talent

Guardian, Youth development

Coach diary blog, Overcoaching

Overcoaching in youth soccer




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  • About us
  • Tony Whelan and Pele!
  • The Beautiful Game Project
  • Coaching
  • Futsal
  • Join us
  • News
  • Information links
  • Safeguarding, codes & policies
  • Coaching resources
  • Champions' Fund
  • The Free Play Pledge
  • Protection of children in football
  • Letter to the Premier League
  • The rights of children in football
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • U16s team