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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.

3 bits of research every football parent should know

Much of our approach to coaching children and our football curriculum is science-backed . We read loads of boring research articles so you don’t have to .…

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Foot-Tech March Goals of the Month

All the best goals from March’s Foot-Tech Tournament week.

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Foot-Tech Session at Leeds United’s Training Ground!

What a couple of days… Today we took 60 of our members for a very special Foot-Tech session at Leeds United’s training ground. Leeds were kind enough to…

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Foot-Tech Hits a 1000 Members!!

A madness to be even writing this…1000 MEMBERS! Last week we passed the 1000 member mark at Foot-Tech Add to that our PE sessions at schools and every…

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What Separates Academy Players from the Rest?

A question we get asked a lot – what separates an academy footballer from the rest? We’ve been lucky enough to watch many academy teams both in the UK and…

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Foot-Tech February Goals of the Month

All the best goals from February’s Foot-Tech Tournament week.

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Having qualifications doesn’t make you a good football coach….

If there’s something that annoys it’s when a ‘coach’… Shatters a child’s confidence with their words because they don’t know how to speak to kids. Or…

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Nicol Signed for Bradford City Academy

Well done to our Foot-Tech Friday member, Nicol, who this month signed for Bradford City Academy Nicol has been outstanding ever since he joined us just…

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Junior Football Development Centres – Everything You Need To Know

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Foot-Tech Goals of the Month – January 2023

The best goals from our sessions in January 2023.

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Foot-Tech Tournament Week

Possibly the most important week of the month at Foot-Tech is Tournament Week. This is when the children get to put into practise what they have learned.…

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Tips for parents for first time holiday camp days

Putting your little one in a holiday camp can be scary. For those with reception kids this might be a completely new experience. It’s important because…

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An amazing trip to play against Leeds United Academy

This week some of our u7’s & u8’s were asked to go up to Thorpe Arch to play some 5v5 against the Academy teams. We all had 2 brilliant nights. So…

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Beth gets national call up!

Want to say a massive well done to coach Beth who last week was called up to the Wales national team Beth is the GK for Sheffield United and has clearly…

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The Foot-Tech Way: Our Training Explained

We’ve updated our Welcome Emails for new members and thought it was worth sharing to everyone else – check it out: Our training is a little different than…

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Comparison is the thief of joy…

Especially when it comes to parents comparing their child to others. Social media makes it even harder to not fall into the comparison trap. We’ve seen…

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A Very Special Player of the Year at Foot-Tech

Max started with us early 2022. He’d recently had to leave his home in Ukraine due to the war with Russia We were contacted by his host family to see if…

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The Cringiest Word in Kids Football – “Elite”

The cringiest word in junior football Over the past 1-2 years there has been a big increase in places that all of a sudden offer ‘elite’ groups. Out of…

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