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Our blog is full of football news, tips for parents and all the goings on at Foot-Tech. At Foot-Tech we coach boys & girls between the ages of 2 and 17 to help them become healthy, more confident and make new friends for life.
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1w ago
This year we continue to support the amazing work done by @Zarach They do so much to help children living in bed poverty in Leeds and the UK. Every month we donate towards their campaign to make sure all children have a bed to sleep in. As part of their plan to deliver as many ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1w ago
A few years ago we completely changed the way we coach at our football sessions. We’d previously had a big part of our sessions made up of individual ball-mastery and ‘skills’ work. In this episode we discuss: …and loads more. Let us know what you think and any questions you have ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1M ago
They started engaging in football around 4.5 years old They also played around 2-3 other sports but football made up around 90% of their time in sport. A lot of the early engagement came in play-based environments such as street football On average their informal play-based football accounted for around 200 hours per year/4 hours ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1M ago
A parent question – how many training sessions per weeks should my 5 year old be doing? There’s not a one-size fits all answer to this but in this video we go through a few different examples of how to vary training volume based on the individual needs of your child. Foot-Tech Academy is a ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1M ago
One of the hardest things for a grassroots football manager to deal with is when a player is being left behind…and it starts to become obvious. It is a difficult thing to communicate to parents but we offer some help and advice in this video on how to navigate it. Often times a young footballer ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1M ago
We’re looking for 2 new coaches to join our team Part-time afternoons, evenings and Saturday morning options are available across our East & North Leeds venues. Flexible hours from 1-16 hours per week with the potential for a full time position in the future if that’s your ‘goal’ (see what we’ve done there ). Perfect ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
1M ago
Local grassroots managers… We’re looking for teams to come along to play against us on Monday nights in our 3v3 Festivals These sessions are great for some additional football for your players with a focus on fun and development. Your team will play different versions of 3v3 in a tournament-style format with the chance to ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
2M ago
Coaches, the traditional courses are not the be-all and end-all when it comes to learning more about coaching. We’ve enjoyed plenty of those courses but we’ve actually learnt a lot more in the last few years by looking at other things. Of course, the ‘official’ courses need to be done if you want to work ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
2M ago
Max signs his first pro contract Some amazing news to finish the week. Was almost in tears when we got the message from his dad on Friday! Max Ruddock has signed his first professional contract with Premier League side, Wolves Some of our followers will know Max’s story. 2 years ago he was at Bradford ... Read more ..read more
Foot-Tech Academy Blog
2M ago
Spend 10 mins at any junior football match and we all but guarantee you’ll hear one of the old cliché football phrases shouted from the sidelines. But a lot of what is being said is of little use and, if anything, does more harm than good when it comes to the football development of children. ... Read more ..read more