As part of the new BBFA Coaches Network, we will offer coaches the opportunity to continue their development with both virtual and face-to-face workshops. Please find below information regarding this workshop:

Developing Skilful PLayers

Date & Time: Sunday 24th April, 10am-12pm

Venue: Redgrave Sports Centre, Wycombe Road, Marlow, SL7 1JE  

Host: Vincent Halsall (FA Regional Coach Developer)

Cost: £15 (non BBFA Coaches Member)

         FREE (BBFA Coaches Member)

Questions this workshop will aim to answer:

What is a skilful player? 

How can we, as coaches, support the development of skilful players? 

What does ‘skilful’ look like across the FA 4 corners? 

What can coaches expect to take away?

1) Some example practices that they could use to support them with this topic. 

2) An understanding of how constraints can encourage the player to develop skilful solutions 

3) Knowledge of how the 4 Corners connect to encourage skilful play

Overview of the event 

This event will take a look into how we can help develop skilful behaviour within our players, what it looks like across the 4 corners, what practices might help and how we can shape the practice to encourage more exploration of skilful solutions.

The workshop will showcase a number of practices for you to consider. It will highlight how we can apply a range of constraints that will present new problems for our players to overcome, it will ask you to observe and consider how the 4 corners interconnect and influence how players adapt to new situations.

After attending the workshop, 2 hours of Coach Development will be added to your FAN record. 

To attend the workshop for free and become a member of our BBFA Coaches Network, please click here. 

The BBFA Coaches Network will be a platform available for coaches to access a variety of topics in both a virtual and face-to-face setting with workshops and sessions being delivered by The FA Regional Coach Development Team and our much-valued workforce of local deliverers. After attending sessions and workshops you will also have access to via our Community Group to resources including sessions plans and to also network with us a County FA and other coaches from across the region giving you the opportunity to share best practices and ideas.

To join the BBFA Coaches Network for the 2021/22 season, just click the link below. Membership for the season is currently set at an introductory offer of just £35 per individual giving you access to the following:

• Minimum of 5 local face-to-face workshops at a venue local to you throughout the season
• Variety of Topics including Games based Coaching, Fundamental Workshop & Introduction to Goalkeeping workshops
• Exclusive access to Community Group to access resources and session plans
• Opportunity to network with BBFA and other coaches in the County
• All workshops will be FA approved unless stated with Development Hours added to your FAN record
• NEW- Exclusive access to the 2021 Bitesize Coaches Conference with Pete Sturgess & Emmerson Boyce

 Join today!