Practice Design Academy - Navigator

Here is a new game that I created recently that is designed to challenge players abilities to move the ball into different areas of the pitch collectively as well as develop their awareness of what their opponents are doing and develop strategies to counteract them.

Here are the boys working out their strategy during one of their 30 second huddles in between games.

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"I want to make myself unnecessary" - a conversation with Peter Prickett

Peter Prickett is a coach that is passionate about the role that games can play in the child's sports experience. So much so that he has written a book that is dedicated to playing games. But not just any games...specifically 3 v 3 games as he believes that they offer the most representative football experience and provide the richest opportunities for learning.

In this super interesting conversation we cover...

• How 40 different 3 v 3 games could become 140

• His views on the development of creativity in players

• How his club has turned the tables and ask the coaches to do trials and get the kids to select them if they are suitable

• Why paying coaches is the model that they have adopted

There is a lot of interesting stuff in here. I hope you enjoy.

Peter's book can be pre ordered at a discounted price by clicking here

Book tickets for the 'Future of Coaching' event I will be hosting with John O'Sullivan and Mark Bennett here

5000+ miles in the search for new coaching knowledge - a conversation with Nick Hill

Nick Hill is probably one of the most committed coaches to his personal development that I have ever met. His quest for continuous improvement has taken him to all corners of the globe from Australia, to New Zealand to Chile and the US.

If coaching expertise was measured in air miles then this guy has to be in the premier league!

Nick's career has seen him working in talent environments for most of his career and his dedication to his craft really shines through in this episode.

In this conversation we discuss...

• How being coached by Brian Ashton while representing England U19s was a turning point in his career. Driving him to become a coach and do it better than he had done before.

• His journey from being a drill based, instructional coach to a player centred, facilitation style coach and why this has made him choose a more game based approach.

• How he overcame the language barrier while working in Chile by tapping into the 'language of rugby'

• His methods for getting buy in and developing goals with groups of players

• How he allows techniques to develop by being patient and using clever practice design.

• The challenges of introducing a new set of players to his approach and how he overcomes negative responses.

As always, listen in the player below or subscribe in itunes here

Happy listening

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