Practical guides and ideas for grassroots football coaches โ running fairer teams, getting parents involved, and tracking what matters.
RSSThe FAW's Small-Sided & Junior Football Regulations require every squad member to play at least 50% of every match. Here's how to actually do it on a wet Saturday morning without a clipboard or a calculator.
A plain-English checklist of the records FA Charter Standard clubs are expected to keep โ and the simplest digital setup to keep your team compliant without doing it on paper.
A simple, no-spreadsheet method for sharing minutes fairly across your youth football squad โ plus the conversation script that ends "Why didn't my child start?" emails.
Coaches' POTM is awkward. Parents' POTM solves a different problem โ it gets the parents who never volunteer to actually watch, talk about, and feel ownership of the team.
The WhatsApp availability chase eats your week and still leaves you guessing on Saturday morning. Here's the simple system that gets parents to respond โ and how to set it up in 10 minutes.
Why grassroots football clubs are dropping paper registers, what to track instead, and the simple system that lets you spot the kid who's drifting away from training before they quit.