by GRF Admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Coaching, headline news, News
I could not believe what I saw, my own child buzzing the day before after an amazing training session and less than 24 hours later, he was back in my lap saying he did not want to do this anymore. Was this I do not want to do football anymore? Surely not after the...
by GRF Admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Coach Diary, Coaching, headline news, News
As a coach I have realised every coach is different and have both different temperaments and reasons for being involved in football. Some play for the win, striving for the precious 3 points a victory brings. Others do the job for the hope that their team and the...
by GRF Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Coaching, Featured, News
So why did I want to be a football coach and what did I think I would get out of it? The answer is not as simple as you might think. Actually it’s a bloody tough one to consider but I’ll try and be as honest as I can. When a parent looks over and notices...
by GRF Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | Coaching, Featured, News, Parents
Oh Great! It’s Sunday! A Grassroots Substitutes Parent It’s Sunday, the day my son has been waiting for all week. It’s football day. For me it can be the worst day of the week, from waking up to an excited child to going watching all the excitement ebb away as his...
by GRF Admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Coaching, Featured, Footy Mums, Health, News
Severs disease is the most common issue I have seen recently with children. The majority of them currently play football extensively! It’s also called calcaneal apophysitis and its not really a disease, but an over use injury where by the growth plate in the heel can...
by GRF Admin | Jun 11, 2021 | Coaching, Featured, News
“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says former talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to 11-year-old age group. Scouting football players as young as five, persuading an...
