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What we've learnt from a decade of coaching thousands of Leeds kids. No jargon, no nonsense, just things that actually help.

Top Tip Tuesday – Practise Volleys

One of the best things a young player can practise…volleys Pound for pound they provide a lot of development in a variety of areas: Ball striking…

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Happy International Women’s Day!

From a football point of view we want to shout out all the inspirational females who have done their part in growing girls football in England. A lot of…

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3 Lessons from Marcelo Bielsa

Been thinking about the sacking of Bielsa all week and listening to how much he meant to so many people. What he did for the city is amazing and he’ll…

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Foot-Tech Supports Zarach Healthy Holidays Program

Always nice to get over to the amazing Zarach to put on a session for their Healthy Holidays program Had a lot of fun and nice to see plenty of smiling…

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Football Fact Friday

Taken from the book, ‘No Hunger In Paradise’ (worth a read). That is a success rate of 0.012%. We post this not to dash dreams but to maybe set…

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Street Football …….

Love this from Rooney (whenever you say his name don’t you just want to shout ROOOOOOOOOOOOONEY! ). Possibly the last true British ‘street’ footballer.…

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March Monthly Theme

New month means a new monthly theme at Foot-Tech March is all about decision-making with a focus on when to pass and when to dribble. An issue we see a…

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Top Tip Tuesday

Want a great piece of football equipment for your player that actually helps them improve? One of the best things you can buy for your child’s football…

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Football Fact Friday

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Welcome Anna to the Foot-Tech Team!

Welcome, Anna Our members may have noticed a few emails, calls and messages from an ‘Anna’ recently. Well, we are pleased to say that Anna Winter has…

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Top Tip: Focus On Hard Work Over Results

For many high-schoolers it has been mock exam time recently in preparation for their GCSE’s. For year 6 students it won’t be long before they do their…

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Help Your Child By Becoming a Problem-Parent

My little girl got a scooter for Xmas. She is 3 and loves going as fast as she can. But we had a problem…she couldn’t turn. Like any parent I immediately…

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What’s Better: Well-Drilled or Freedom to Play

In grassroots, how often do you hear – ‘That team are good. They’re really well organised’. What strikes us is that when people talk about such teams they…

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Some action shots from our daytime First Touch sessions in Roundhay!

Some action shots from our daytime First Touch sessions in Roundhay We’ve had some really positive feedback on these new classes ‘Harry loved his first…

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Football Fact Friday

That’s just insane He was playing for Southampton at the time and broke Robbie Fowler’s record which had stood for 20 years!

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Top Tip Tuesday – Struggling to get your child to join in at a new class/activity?

One of the best tips we have for this is to simply bring them down to a session and let them watch. It can be daunting going somewhere new but if your…

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Foot-Tech girls make it through to the County Cup Final

Want to say a big well done to these 3 legends who made it through to the County Cup Final for their team, Rothwell Juniors Millie, Natasha & Rosalie we…

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Football Fact Friday

But who do you think will be the next British player to win it Phil Foden or Jude Bellingham are our bets. The other British players to have won it are:…

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