Which coaching approaches are worth exploring for your team?
Answer seven questions about your age group, time, experience and space. This transparent, rules-based guide suggests approaches to explore. It is not a validated assessment or a universal ranking, and you do not need an account to see the result.
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For a coach who answered U11 · twice a week · shared pitch:
Closest fit
Teaching Games for Understanding
SourcedStarts with a modified small-sided game and tactical questions, and only isolates a technique once players understand the problem it solves.
Also fits
Constraints-Led Approach
SourcedShapes learning by changing the rules, space, numbers or equipment of a practice, rather than by stopping play to give instructions.
Worth exploring
Horst Wein's Youth Development Model (FUNiño)
SourcedAge-graded small-sided game formats, most recognisably FUNiño (3v3 on four mini-goals, no goalkeeper, for the youngest age groups), designed to force width, options and decision-making before players are introduced to full-sided football.