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:

Games Based Coaching

Date & Time: Sunday 20th March- 10am-12pm

Venue: Redgrave Sports Centre, Wycombe Road, Marlow, Bucks 

Host: Mitch Woodward

Cost: £15 (non BBFA Coaches Member)

         FREE (BBFA Coaches Member)

The workshop will challenge learners to consider the advantages of using games in training sessions as opposed to the traditional line drills that we all recognise. 

Are drills realistic to the game? 

How many players are working at any one time and how many are waiting their turn? Football is an invasion game - are drills? 

I will use shooting as the topic to demonstrate the benefits of using a games based session to recreate the chaotic environment that players realistically face when trying to score. What types of finishes can we include in our practice so that players are developing a variety of techniques. Can this happen in the traditional ‘line drill’ of the past when players wait their turn for a set and shot on the edge of the box? 

The workshop will ask learners to assess where goals are scored from and how, we as coaches can allow players to practice these types of finishes. 

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!