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What does it take to be a good football coach? Do you need to have played the game professionally to be able to teach the next generation?



Or does it really matter whether you've played football or do you just need to have a real love for the game?



ln the latest episode of the FFF podcast, James, Jonny and Luke debate whether playing the game to a high standard makes any difference in being a good coach.

Responsibility is our Word of the Week at the Football Fun Factory this week. At our sessions, we teach children about responsibility each week, but this week we will be making an extra focus on this.

At every FFF session your child will be learning about responsibility without even knowing. Through our safety circles, where your child places their belongings such as their water bottles they are taking responsibility for their own belongings.

Throughout our sessions this week we’ll be talking to the children about responsibility, understanding from them how they currently show responsibility as well as getting some ideas from them about how they can have more responsibility.

Our word of the week at our Football Fun Factory sessions this week is trust!



Throughout our sessions this week, we’ll be talking to the children about what trust means, how we as coaches show it and how the children can show it too.



We are so lucky to coach so many fantastic children who already showcase these skills so amazingly, and we cannot wait to focus on it even more during our sessions this week.

In this episode, we are going to be discussing fitness in football for grassroots teams.

We've all seen the social media videos of under-8s teams taking part in a bleep test and thought what the heck is going on here... or is that not the case and there's nothing wrong with getting the little ones an earlier start into cardiovascular training.

The guys discuss fitness in football for grassroots teams!

This week we are focussing on friendship as our word of the week, and what a fantastic word to be teaching to the children.



At the FFF we see so many brilliant friendships formed, and it is a real joy to see! Football is such a powerful tool for bringing people together and it can create lifelong friendships.



This week we’ll be talking to the children all about what friendship means, and giving them some top tips on how they can create some new friendships within our sessions.



We can’t wait for this week, and we’re sure that there’ll be lots of new friendships formed this week!

This week we’re focussing on the word challenge for our word of the week, and how we can take a potentially negative word and turn it into a positive.



At the FFF we love to put a positive spin on everything, and that includes challenges that may come up.



As you all know, we try to turn any challenge into an opportunity here at the FFF, and this week we’ll be talking to the children all about how they can turn challenges they face into brilliant opportunities for themselves to learn.