@tomsan106 @ground_guru GUBOG had reasonable traction in 2006/07 in England.
Took twenty years to listen.
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Liam McGowan
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Hard to believe it’s taken until 2026 for this kind of reform to land, that says a lot about where the game’s been.
The DFB had a similar “breakthrough” a few years back when they finally embraced Horst Wein’s 4-goal mini games for development.
Football is painfully slow to separate what works from what doesn’t. Billions go into coach education, only to arrive, eventually, at a basic truth: the simplest solutions are usually the best.
Training Ground Guru@ground_guru
Small-sided 3v3 matches and fewer 11v11 games are at the heart of radical changes planned for youngsters playing grassroots football in England from next season. The new system aims to give children a more enjoyable playing experience. @EnglandFootball trainingground.guru/3v3-matches-at…
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@mrmujac @englandyouth Which I understand.
EPPP & EFL rules state a player’s academic development shouldn’t be compromised from their involvement with an academy.
You highlight the unlikelihood of ⚽️ employment.
Knowing this, should academies be held ⬆️ account on players’ academic development?
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@LiamTeachCoach @englandyouth Sure but the point I’m making is that there are plenty of professions with low success rates. Or put another way, plenty of qualified professionals but not enough jobs to go around. I’m sure Academies point this out based on my conversations with coaches.
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@mrmujac @englandyouth Success could be measured when the ratio of students who attended EPPP academies going to medical schools is greater than those attending state schools?
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@LiamTeachCoach @englandyouth Not sure as I don’t have a son in an Academy and not privy to the conversations that take place. But it’s the same as wanting my kid to be a doctor…it’s an elite profession so most medical students don’t make it (think it’s 8% success rate). And they have to be good to get in…
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@mrmujac @englandyouth What would change about expectations then?
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@LiamTeachCoach @englandyouth 3/3 you could argue that there is a decent percentage of local players better than foreign imports. Clubs want immediate results rather than to develop youngsters. But we are still talking about small percentages overall. It’s an expectation issue for me.
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@englandyouth @mrmujac Blocked pathway or poorly developed?
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@mrmujac we have a real problem at 18-21 though, i'm sorry to say. a very blocked pathway. some numbers behind it.
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aidan@englandyouth
How likely is an academy player to “make it” across Europe’s top leagues? Here are the hard numbers 🧵 1/ #England - ~25–30% turn pro (any level) - JUST ~1–3% play in the Premier League - 97% never make a single PL appearance Huge drop-off at the final step.
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@SimonBrundish This is a really good question, Simon!
If academic development is compromised as a result of participation in a club’s academy, then unfortunately the rules are not being adhered to.
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Who is the EPPP working for?
Or is the the best case scenario?
Unbelievable Jeff@UnbelievbleJeff
Staggering stats. 97% of former cat 1 academy players now aged 21 to 26 never made an EPL appearance. 70% weren't handed a pro contract at an EPL or EFL club. And only 1 in 10 went on to make more than 20 league appearances in the top four tiers of English football. There will...
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@ThePEUmbrella The type of teaching depends on the individual/s.
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What age in PE should we explicitly teach the 'correct' way to do some FMS, such as an overarm throw?
I've always been a big fan of 'exploration' and allowing children to figure out how to send an object from A to B, for example. But when should it be taught correctly? Y1? Y2?
GIF
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The drop-off in participation at 13–16 isn’t a motivation problem.
It’s an experience problem.
Young people stay where they feel competent and connected.
Coaches shape that more than any facility ever will.
What have you seen work?
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Off the back of this I’m now after ideas. We have lots of equipment but most importantly we have a good amount of space in the middle of the gym.
Looking at developing some kind of functional movement/fitness/weight bearing SoW. I know a bit about hyrox but just after ideas🤝
Mr PE Enthusiast@pe_enthusiast
ADVICE NEEDED! My school has just invested in a state of the art fitness suite and I’m wanting to purchase posters that students can use to plan training programmes etc. Does anyone know of companies that do this? TIA👍
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@MyFootballCoach @CoachingFamily The ones that figure it out technically have probably been coached to exhaustion from an early age and have all those solutions baked into muscle memory.
No-one is pre-programmed with solutions.
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The problem with the ecological approach to coaching?
It assumes players will figure it out technically.
Many don’t. ⚽
@CoachingFamily
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@Lea_Forest_Lift More tracks (back straight?). More races. More participation. More fun ;)
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An amazing Sports Day at Lea Forest! 🌟 Lots of happy faces, fantastic competition, and even some beautiful weather to top it off! 🌦️🏃♂️🏅 #SportsDay #LeaForest #TeamSpirit
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@teacherhead @f_gslow @WALKTHRUs_5 What can be done to minimise unintended outcomes emerging from well-intentioned decision making & actions?
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@f_gslow @WALKTHRUs_5 Yes, it can be. I've seen it. Remote SLT folk deciding in their meetings what all the teachers should do - but not really having a sense of how that's ever really going to happen.
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Evidence-informed teaching has to be built around each teacher's personality and desire for autonomy; let's celebrate that. @WALKTHRUs_5 teacherhead.com/2024/01/07/evi…
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@Strickomaster @ShakinthatChalk Still solving twenty-first century problems with twentieth century infrastructure.
Until there’s systemic change to the workforce, via centralised funding, the peg is never going to fit.
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Seeing teachers lament an 8 week term saying it’s too much.
It isn’t. The real issue is the school day.
Decompress the school day and the levels of fatigue that set in over the weeks will be a fraction of what it is now.
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
Physiology shows a footballer recovers from the intensity of a @premierleague match around the 4th day after
The sides competing in Europe haven’t had a free 4th day for 4 weeks preceding the international break then won’t for 3 weeks before the next pointless @fifa money grab
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
Applying different levels of practice variability for motor learning: More is not better peerj.com/articles/17575/
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
Who decides the model of (Ofsted-mandated 😔) Retrieval Practice you use in your lessons? 🤔
Each MAT running its own PD programme means a town could have ten schools and ten versions of Retrieval Practice😖, all enforced on pain of support plan🤯, and all adamant they are right. 🤦♂️
And that fits with what we found in our paper on RP which you can read here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
NHS England waiting list data for April is 2024 out - shows slight increase to 7.57m - up around 34k on March.
Bigger picture is here:
england.nhs.uk/statistics/sta…
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
2.3 million children in Britain don’t have a playground near to where they live.
1 in 3 children.
This is important research from @FieldsInTrust
Full details 👇
Fields in Trust 💚@FieldsInTrust
1 in 3 children in Britain (2.3mn) don't have access to any nearby playgrounds 🛝 Our 2024 Green Space Index, released today, reveals shocking new data with clear implications for children’s health, wellbeing, & physical activity levels. 🔗fieldsintrust.org/insights/green… 🧵1/6 #GSI2024
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Liam McGowan retweetledi
New in #EPER: Physical education pre-service teachers’ perceptions of learning about the spectrum of teaching styles & its role in their pedagogical awareness & practice (Simonton et al., 2024) doi.org/10.1177/135633…
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What is the role of PE in combating childhood obesity, and what strategies are most effective?
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