Result vs Performance

When you as a coach or parent come to the weekend and that all important U10 league fixture is all you can think about, what's going through your head? Is it that 3 points will help the team with promotion and you don't care how the points are won?... or is it that you want to see the players enjoy themselves, to learn from the experience and develop as players and people within a competitive environment by playing together as a team, regardless of the result?

Gian Marco Campagnolo is a lecturer in Science, Technology & Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh and is a UEFA B licensed coach. He spoke to the Edinburgh Evening News about his thoughts on the result and performance at a grassroots level. 

http://www.fundsport.com/news/results-holding-back-football-development

The FA Youth Awards - Creating the English Messi?

Independent journalist Glenn Moore reports on his experience of taking the FA Youth Award Module 1 which the FA believe (as do I) will change the future of the grassroots game forever and for the better.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/coaching-the-coach-to-bring-out-the-best-part-2-coaching-the-next-generation-6259057.html