Everyone is responsible for safeguarding! 🤝

Safeguarding is about ensuring safe conditions for children and preventing them from being harmed or abused.

The FA safeguarding training is free and only takes 30 minutes to complete. ⚽

👇To start today!

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. You've probably heard this mentioned in every football match you've ever watched.

It's a vital defensive tactic that prevents the opposing team from gaining possession ❌

Want to learn more? We've got an article all about it 👇

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Playing through central areas can be a great way of attacking through the heart of your opposition.

This video demonstrates some of the reasons you might use central areas as part of your matchday game plan 🗒

Between, the 13th of August and the 13th of September, Surrey clubs were awarded £101,259 worth of grants.

If you would like support for your funding application please contact our Facilities & Investment Officer at [email protected]📧

Find out more here👇

We believe that #safeguarding is everyone's responsibility 🛡️

Hear from The FA's Safeguarding team and coaches about how the course works, and how it can help us all create positive environments for our children.

Please share the course with everyone at your club 👇

To score in football, you must play forward ⏩

FA youth coach developer Paul Holder shows a session that helps players do that quickly 👇

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Our image library is packed with rights-free, diverse images for you to use!

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Choosing how your club or organisation is legally structured is one of the most important decisions you’ll need to make. Find out more with #ClubMatters : sportenglandclubmatters.com/governance/get…

Volunteers make football happen.

We're proud to support our football volunteering workforce with our free EE Playmaker course ⚽❤️

Do you know someone who could help #MakeFootballHappen ? Share the course and help them become a Playmaker this season 👇

𝗔 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 🗒

It’s about setting outcomes and how you intend to achieve what you’re going after in a match.

The FA’s Suey Smith and Pav Singh provide insight into game plans ⬇️

From make-believe games to hopscotch, 4–6-year-olds love to play and explore new things 🤗

🤔 But do you know how you can use play in your sessions?

The Play Framework will help ⬇️

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Do your players struggle to combine and create in congested areas?

This session from FA youth coach developer Paul Holder will help them with that, as well as:

▪️ scanning to play forward quickly
▪️ playing with their back to goal
▪️ bringing others into play.

Learn more 👇

𝗧𝗮𝗴 is a great game for our youngest players 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

It helps them:

🔹 develop fundamental football movement skills
🔹 make decisions linked to attacking and defending skills and principles
🔹 become aware of their positioning and the space around them.

Find out more 👇

Join us next week for an interactive workshop, run by FA Coach Development Officers Sharon Muxworthy and Daniel Fenner, about the benefits of small-sided games⚽️

📍Meadowbank Football Ground
🗓️Friday 20th October
🕕18.30 - 20.30

Find out more and sign up here⬇️

A matchday game plan is about setting outcomes and how you're going to achieve them. Things to consider include:

🔗 Linking it to training
🔢 Considering styles of play
⚽ Connecting your coaching philosophy
💡 Planning the lineup and game-changers

Learn more 👇

One week left to sign up for the Breck Foundation online safety workshop💻

The session will focus on how to keep children and vulnerable people safe online and will help equip you to take appropriate actions to support and protect them.

Book your place today👇

'It's a credit to The FA that this type of course is available free of charge. It should be undertaken by everybody involved with children and young person’s football.'

Spare 30 minutes this week to complete our free #Safeguarding Awareness for Parents & Carers course 👇

Sudden Cardiac Arrest is our online module designed to help you respond appropriately should an emergency arise ❤️

It's completely free and takes less than an hour.

Share this course and help make a difference 👇

'Spread out' and 'pass it' are great instructions to give to players with years of experience.

However, for 4 to 6 year olds, they're not as useful.

Pete tells us more 👇

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🔹Players Wanted🔹
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Our U14 Whites are looking for a goalkeeper and defender of a good standard to join their team!
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The team play in the championship of the Surrey Youth League on Sundays and train on Thursdays, 6pm - 7pm at Tolworth Goals⚽️
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Contact [email protected]