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Interview: Scott Sellars

The Sporting Influencer: Interview Series
Coach: Scott Sellars
Background: Ex-Pro, Former Head of coaching at Manchester City and Currently U21 Head Coach Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Read Scott’s views on parental involvement in sport

Posted byThe Sporting ResourceJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on Interview: Scott Sellars

Dennis Bergkamp

The only team that needs to win trophies is the first team. The youth teams don’t need to win, they just need to make their players better. Before the age of 14 it’s just playful skills…

Source: Dennis Bergkamp

Posted byThe Sporting ResourceDecember 7, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on Dennis Bergkamp

5 Problem Areas for Sport Parents

Video post by @thesportinginf1.

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Posted byThe Sporting ResourceDecember 6, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on 5 Problem Areas for Sport Parents

David Ginola

You (Parents) need to take away the pressure, becasue kids don’t understand pressure. My experience as a father, been following my kid when playing for a football club in France every game on…

Source: David Ginola

Posted byThe Sporting ResourceDecember 1, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on David Ginola

Time To Reflect

One year on… A blogger, who would have thought? Not me. Truth be told, the reality of the environment I experienced manifested into having a passion and courage for sharing, highlighting, edu…

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Posted byThe Sporting ResourceNovember 17, 2016Posted inE-BookTags:#YouthSoccer #ParentEd #Reflection #Blogger, Coaching, Education, Parents, SoccerParentsLeave a comment on Time To Reflect

John Collins

John Collins, former U19 Scotland Coach and Assistant Manager at Celtic FC:  I was U19 coach with Scotland, I regularly went around watching youth teams playing, what I saw wasn’t football, i…

Source: John Collins

Posted byThe Sporting ResourceNovember 11, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on John Collins

Football Award Blogs 2016

The recent short story “The Car Journey” I wrote for The Sporting Influencer that accumulated over 34,000 views via Grassroots Football UK. The short story has been nominated for “…

PLEASE VOTE

Source: Football Award Blogs 2016

Posted byThe Sporting ResourceSeptember 7, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on Football Award Blogs 2016

The Dreaded Final Whistle

The Dreaded Final Whistle As the last few seconds of the game was fast approaching, I knew it was time. Time for the dreaded final whistle. With each shake of the opponent’s hand, regardless of win…

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Posted byThe Sporting ResourceSeptember 4, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on The Dreaded Final Whistle

The #1 Priority For Youth Sports Parents

All copyright reserved for Positive Coaching Alliance For more information visit positivecoach.org. Thank you The Sporting Influencer

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Posted byThe Sporting ResourceSeptember 3, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on The #1 Priority For Youth Sports Parents

Interview: Chris Thomas

Meet: Chris Thomas Role(s): Founder and director of Football for Humanity and the Vice President and Director of the Football Council of Naga (FCN) in the Philippines Can you give us a bit of backg…

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Posted byThe Sporting ResourceAugust 18, 2016Posted inE-BookLeave a comment on Interview: Chris Thomas

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