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Usually found on or next to a football pitch! All views are my own!

Oxford, England

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Joined October 2016

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Rob Porter

1 year

I'm happy to say that I'm now a full time football coach! Starting today as the lead community coach for @OUFCcommunity 💛💙 Getting the chance to coach for a living and to do it for an organisation that gives back to the community, it doesn't get much better than that!

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1 year

Delighted to announce that @RJPcoach has today joined #OUFC 's official charity as a full time Lead Community Coach having been a part time coach for a number of years. Rob said "I'm excited to join OUitC & to help support the community across Oxfordshire", Welcome Rob 👏!

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Rob Porter

9 months

Is it just me, or is this one of the best things to happen to football in a very long time? Players & coaches trying to get opposition players carded is one of the worst things in football. Leave it to the ref to do their job and if you can't, get carded yourself! #SundayShare

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Rob Porter

5 years

Would you want this job? Pay= £0ph Hours= A few official hours but countless hours behind the scenes Work conditions= Evenings/weekends Making decisions that will upset people Getting abused when you make a mistake So please be respectful to your child's VOLUNTEER manager.

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1 year

Are you up for this job? •Working evenings & weekends •Working outside in the wind, rain, cold •People will think they know more about your job than you do •You'll spend your free time thinking about it •You'll earn £0 an hour You've got to respect grassroots coaches🤝

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4 years

The vision and technical on that pass from Hernandez😍😍😍

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Rob Porter

4 years

When I started coaching I thought higher level coaches did higher level practices, I've seen UEFA A licence coaches do the same practices I did as a L1 coach. The difference is the detail. Coaching points, manipulating practices, giving players the right level of challenge, etc

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Rob Porter

3 years

When I started coaching I wanted to become a UEFA B coach as I thought it would be a great achievement. Now I realise than badges are important but there are a lot of other elements that go into making a good coach. Badges don't necessarily define you or make you a good coach😉

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1 year

Coaching licences are great and I understand why leagues want minimum standards. At the same time, having a specific licence doesn't guarantee that someone will be a good coach🤷‍♂️

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Reims are fined £22,000-per-game every time they play under their manager Will Still, due to him not having his pro licence yet. They are currently unbeaten in 12 league games under him and drew 1-1 away at PSG last night. Superb 😂

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Rob Porter

5 years

Parents I'm sure you have good intentions but please don't shout instructions to your child while they play. You may think it will help them but they already have enough to think about on the pitch! Instead just enjoy watching them be children and having fun, let them play.

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2 years

I've never had a player ask me what coaching qualifications I have, to them it doesn't matter if you're a L1 or UEFA A licence coach. What matters is that you care about them as people as well as players and that you do your best to help them improve.

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Rob Porter

2 years

Football parents get a bad name, the vast majority are great, all they want is what's best for their child. Most issues with parents tend to come down to a need for education, if you do have issues pop this on the team WhatsApp group and it will usually do the job. #SundayShare

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Rob Porter

3 years

I've seen some great L1 coaches & some not so great UEFA A or B licence coaches. The truth is the extra knowledge is great but it's value is diminished if you can't create a positive environment, if you haven't got the people skills to connect with & inspire players to improve.

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5 months

You’ve got to respect grassroots coaches🤝 •Out in all weather •Out in the evenings and weekends •Doing loads of extra hours behind the scenes •Being criticised at times for the decisions they make •Putting their own money into it It takes a special kind of person!

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Rob Porter

2 years

•If you've got your UEFA B or A licence •If you coach in an academy environment •If you get paid to coach It means you've put in countless hours, you've got to a position that lots of coaches would love to be in and are striving towards, be proud of what you've achieved🙌

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Rob Porter

3 years

In the years I've coached I've never had a youth player ask me what coaching badges I have, that's because they don't care! What they care about is that you care, that you make it enjoyable, that you can relay the information you have in a way they understand, that you're fair.

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Rob Porter

1 year

Could your son or Daughter be an U11s version of Claude Makélélé next season?! •Must have 10 years experience of playing as a CDM •Must be willing to run through a brick wall for the manager •Must play simple •Must have great positional discipline •Must be a winner

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@GOGRF95 Sunday lols.

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2 years

Qualifications don't always make good coaches. I'd take a less qualified coach who's •Passionate •Willing to learn •Cares about their players •Loves what they do Over a more qualified coach who's •Going through the motions •Joystick coaching •Aggressive •Unapproachable

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Rob Porter

3 years

Congratulations if your team won a league or Cup this season. A bigger congratulations if you facilitated children playing, if they developed, if you brought smiles to their faces, if you added to their love of the game. In reality those are the most important things.

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Rob Porter

1 year

Coaching isn't just an hour or 2 of training every week and a weekend match day. It's planning, reviewing, reading, listening to podcasts, travelling, courses & CPD plus countless hours thinking about coaching! You've got to respect coaches for the hard work they put in🤝

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Rob Porter

13 days

I saw some of the worst coaching I've seen at a youth level today! Aggressively berated his players mistakes, praised his players for blatant fouls, argued with officials, squared up to me when I stepped in to break it up! People like that should be nowhere near youth football.

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Rob Porter

3 years

The biggest compliments you can receive as a youth coach are compliments about how much players are enjoying your sessions, how much development they've made or how your team play. At a youth level those for me are signs of good coaching, not how many trophies you've won!

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Rob Porter

1 year

We talk alot about coaches grassroots, they are great but the biggest hero's are probably the ones behind the scenes in the grassroots game. Club secretary, fixture secretary, treasurer, safeguarding officer, etc. They get 0 plaudits but put in countless hours so kids can play.

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Rob Porter

2 years

All SSG'S tonight! Some of my favourite conditioned games that tend to get players thinking as well as positive outcomes🔥

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Rob Porter

1 year

Coaches husbands, wives or partners put up with a lot! We are out of the house in the evenings as well as weekends. Then when we are at home we are spending time either thinking about football, talking about football or watching football! How do they put up with us!

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Rob Porter

9 months

As a youth coach, if you asked your players what a UEFA B licence is, I bet you that they wouldn't know, and they wouldn't care! What your players think of you won't be dictated by your coaching badge. It will be down to how you treat them and how your coaching makes them feel😉

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Rob Porter

4 years

Lot's of people underestimating grassroots coaches, just because someone gets paid to coach it doesn't necessarily mean they are better than a grassroots coach. I've seen coaches who get paid who are awful and grassroots coaches who are superb. Don't judge a book by it's cover😉

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Rob Porter

2 years

It's really poor when coaches look down on other coaches because of the level they coach at or who they coach for! We should be one big coaching community, because one coach is coaching at a dev centre doesn't mean an academy coach should look down on them, same with grassroots.

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Rob Porter

2 years

Coaches like Pep really are the pinnacle of coaching, being able to watch documentaries about them gives a facinating insight. But they coach adults, as youth coaches we should always bare that in mind. This kind of teamtalk isn't what we should be trying to recreate with U9s!

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Rob Porter

11 months

As attention turns to preseason, a reminder for youth coaches. Preseason is not an excuse to roll out the bleep test, find a hill to sprint up & do suicide runs! You can get loads of physical outcomes while involving footballs & making it fun! Don't turn them into S&C Sessions

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Rob Porter

2 years

Well this finally happened! After 22 years, 1 house, 2 kids, 4 cats and 2 postponements due to covid we've finally become Mr and Mrs Porter!👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️💍🍾

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Rob Porter

9 months

You don't have to be a UEFA A licence coach or a former pro to be a great coach for your players. Being a great coach is things like creating an environment that players enjoy and develop in, creating memories that players can look back on and being a good role model for them🤝

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Rob Porter

1 year

The club badge someone wears doesn't necessarily make them a good coach and the coaching badge someone has doesn't always mean they coach to a certain level. Don't automatically think a UEFA B licence coach is better than a L1 coach or that a club badge guarantees quality.

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Rob Porter

2 years

I listened to a coach speaking to one of our teams yesterday about celebrating moments of great defending and goalkeeping as well as celebrating scoring goals. A great point and what a perfect example of that!

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Rob Porter

1 year

The best coaches I've seen and worked with don't take themselves too seriously. They are willing to have a laugh and a joke, even be a bit silly when needed. That goes a long way with the players you coach. It's defiantly preferable to being a straight faced coaching robot!

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Rob Porter

2 years

One of the hardest things for a lot of coaches I've spoken to is dealing with how they are perceived. Worrying about how they are viewed by players, parents, other coaches. The truth is that you can't please everyone and not everyone will like you! All you can do is your best.

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Rob Porter

1 year

What are the top 3 characteristics or qualities of a good coach? Tactical knowledge Technical detail Passion Communication Emotional intelligence Leadership Confidence Determination Humour Self-awareness Organisation Adaptability Something else Remember you can only pick 3😉

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Rob Porter

1 year

Probably the biggest misconception from people on the outside is that we pretty much just turn up & coach! Most people don't realise how much goes on behind the scenes, so many coaches put their heart and sole into it for no financial gain. It's all about the love of the game❤️

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Rob Porter

2 months

#SundayShare If you could fix one issue with Grassroots football, what would it be? For me, with the way my last few months have gone as a grassroots coach, it would be the issue of playable pitches. Whether it's better upkeep, drainage, or more 3G pitches, kids deserve better.

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Rob Porter

4 years

The worst quality I see in some coaches is the arrogance of thinking they know better than everyone else. You know the ones who are unwilling to listen to other peoples ideas and are always right! The truth is nobody knows it all and we can learn from pretty much everyone.

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Rob Porter

3 years

When we restart training next week bear in mind that... Players will be more susceptible to injury Some players may be nervous They may not have touched a ball for a long time They could probably do with a positive experience They probably won't want to do a bleep test!

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Rob Porter

1 year

For me there's nothing worse than a coach who looks down on others because of the club badge they wear or the coaching licence they hold. We are all trying to achieve the same goals and we should be helping each other so that we can improve our players, that's what matters.

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Rob Porter

2 years

If you coach players who go on to play professionally you should be extremely proud. At the same time you should be just as proud if you see players in a few years and they say that you had a positive impact on them. That's a job well done and something to be proud of as well.

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Rob Porter

3 years

Coaching is wonderfully rewarding but it can also be very full on, especially when you're trying to balance it with a job and family. Make sure you take breaks when you can, like a half term. A rested coach is better than a coach who's burnt out or loses their love for the game.

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Rob Porter

3 months

I've come to realise that in coaching, you can be a good person, you can do your best, but some people will still dislike you! It used to bother me, but as long as I'm doing my best, they can get on with disliking me! I learnt that lesson last year! Just be you & do your best👍

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Rob Porter

2 years

When you're coaching older age groups the basics shouldn't start getting overlooked. Just because we've covered something a few times it doesn't mean that players have nailed it, even professionals need reminding about things like body shape at times!

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Rob Porter

6 months

I'm all for equal minutes in youth football. Every player deserves the same opportunity to play. But planning out the rotations to do it, when you have a few subs, litrally melts my brain at times!🙈😂😂

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Rob Porter

2 years

Last night was one of my better recent sessions, I felt good & my coaching felt on point. I even got a rave review from the FA coach developer who was watching🔥 Rondo races is a favourite and it was highlighted by the players as the best part of the session during the debrief.

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Rob Porter

1 year

Not a bad place to have your office! It's going to take a few days for it to sink in!💛💙 (It is a little more wet than in the photos today, where a Google search comes in handy!)

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Rob Porter

1 year

Coaching is so rewarding, you can give so much to so many. But if you're not careful and you don't find the right work/coaching/home balance you can end up letting down other people in your life. Coaching is great but make sure you're available for everyone else in your life.

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Rob Porter

2 years

I see lots of coaches who are desperate to do their next coaching course, that's great but experience is just as important. Get out and do as many sessions as you can with different age groups & in different environments. You can develop on the grass as well as the classroom😉

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Rob Porter

2 months

One of the best things about being an experienced coach is having practices up your sleeve that you know players enjoy. I pulled out this favourite for 2 sessions yesterday! One was planned, the other was to adapt to a change in numbers. A great way to make rondos competitive.

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Rob Porter

2 months

If you think youth players care about your coaching badge, they don't! They don't care if you are a level 1 coach or a UEFA A licence coach. In fact, if you asked them what a UEFA B licence is, most wouldn't have a clue! They care that you care, and you can help them develop.

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Rob Porter

1 year

I've said it before but you have to love seeing players celebrating things like a great goal line clearance🔥 It's not only goals that should be celebrated😉

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Rob Porter

2 years

Who you coach with is as important as who you coach for. Working with coaches who support you, who you can bounce ideas off, who you can learn from is great for development. A good sign is when you're still talking with coaches in the carpark an hour after training finished!

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Rob Porter

5 years

As a coach I'm not the best tactician, I haven't got the most in depth technical knowledge and I don't have all the answers but I do care about the players I coach and I always strive to improve myself to in turn help them improve. Self improvement is our duty to our players.

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Rob Porter

2 years

Coaching twitter can be weird at times, is it just me who finds that there are coaches who don't follow you but reply to tweets when they think they can correct you or make you look silly?! No interaction other than that! I find it very sad but also quite funny!

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Rob Porter

4 years

The behind the scenes life of a coach. Time and £ spent on courses Extra hours spent on improvement (CPD, books, podcasts, etc) Hours planning and reviewing sessions/matches Hours thinking about how to help players improve Travel time All that along with jobs and families!

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Rob Porter

2 years

I still absolutely love this clip, the intensity he has is something to behold but it must be unbelievably draining! It's also the ultimate clip to show why youth coaches shouldn't watch senior coaches and copy their coaching style! Don't be like Marcelo if you're coaching U10s!

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Rob Porter

2 years

My 2nd #SundayShare is not something I can claim that I came up with but it's a practice I really like. Rondo races gets really competitive and players tend to absolutely love it, definitely worth a go for all of you coaches who love a rondo like myself! @SundayShare10

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Rob Porter

1 year

I do wish more clubs would look to upskill their coaches and coaches within clubs would look after each other more. I've had some great in house CPD recently but it needs to happen more at a grassroots level. Clubs getting coaches together more often to learn from each other🤝

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Rob Porter

3 years

If you think being a successful coach is all about technical and tactical knowledge you're not even close! Who you are as a person and your people skills are just as important. Set a good example, be kind and care about your players as people not just for their ability.

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Rob Porter

10 months

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be the foundation phase lead coach and U13s head coach for the Oxford United Girls Academy this season. It's a really great opportunity for me to have a positive impact on both players and coaches, I can't wait to get started💛💙

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Rob Porter

3 years

I remember on my UEFA B hearing the phrase "the best pass is the furthest pass that's on" This clip sums that up perfectly!

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Rob Porter

2 years

If a youth coach asks their team to be brave in possession in things like playing out from the back or beating players 1v1 it will lead to mistakes. We can't then moan at players for making mistakes, use them as learning moments but give players the freedom to make mistakes.

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Rob Porter

9 months

For a more serious #SundayShare , here is a quality resource for those looking to do their UEFA B licence or just upskill themselves👇

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Rob Porter

3 years

The longer I've coached the more I've come to realise that although technique and tactics are important they mean little without the human side of coaching. That's even more prevalent right now as we welcome players back after lockdown. It's all about laughter, smiles and fun.

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Rob Porter

1 year

I do feel that some coaches only tweet when everything is amazing, in reality we all have ups and downs. From new coaches to experienced ones, nobody is exempt from that. It's important to talk about the difficult times and be there to support each other🤝

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Rob Porter

1 year

A coaching philosophy is great to have, getting what's important to you in one place and having something to refer back to. Even the process of writing one is great as it makes you think about your coaching, what's important to you and your values.

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Rob Porter

3 years

It must be a coach thing that I look at this photo and all I can think is don't sit on footballs, it makes them egg shaped🙈😂😂😂

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Arteta speaking to Ceballos and Odegaard today in training #afc

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7 months

One of the worst things about coaching is coaches who look down on other coaches because of who they coach for. I've seen it on courses, CPD events, and even inside clubs! Treat every coach with respect. We are all trying to achieve the same thing, improving those we coach.

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Rob Porter

5 years

How to tell you're a coach: You wake up thinking about formations You are only comfortable in training kit You are miserable for the rest of the day after a loss You look forward to Sunday morning more then Saturday night Your car is full or training gear You love a Rondo

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How to tell you're an adult: • you gain 30lbs overnight • you'd rather sleep than go out • everything hurts • comfort comes before style • you have a favorite spatula • everything feels like a chore • college students look like 12yr olds • you're always annoyed af

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Rob Porter

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2017 to 2023! From 1 hour a week doing an after school club to the full time Lead Community coach, Foundation Phase Lead, & YDP age group Head coach for the Girls Academy. This isn't me boasting. Im just showing that if I can do it, anyone can make a living out of football🧵👇

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Rob Porter

2 years

You can have the coaching badges, you can read coaching books, you can do webinars and CPD'S but it needs to be backed up with time on the grass. You can't replicate time on the grass, it needs to go hand in hand with learning as it's where your coach education comes to life.

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Rob Porter

2 years

Whether you play a 1-4-3-3 or 1-3-5-2 can have an impact, playing a high press or a mid block can as well. It's all pretty irrelevant if you can't communicate what you want effectively to your players or if you haven't created a good environment, one where your players buy in.

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Rob Porter

2 years

With courses starting back up I thought I'd share my UEFA B presentation as a #SundayShare again. Might be good to have a look at for those embarking on the journey or aiming towards it, seems like a long time ago in my coaching journey now😢

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Rob Porter

1 year

Squaring up to refs and surrounding refs probably winds me up more than anything else in football. We want kids to respect refs but their role models don't, professional football really should mirror rugby where refs are actually treated with respect.

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Cheers Mitrovic. Really helping school children this. Blimey. Horrible. @itvfootball -

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Rob Porter

2 years

How many youth coaches go into an absolute meltdown if that ball is passed across their own goal! I've heard 'not across your own goal' so many times over the years but if the pass is on and there is space to exploit why wouldn't you🤷‍��️ Let them be brave in possession⚽️

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Bom futebol pelo Kyoto Sanga na J League.

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Rob Porter

10 months

Controversial take! Coaching Badges are pretty worthless if they aren't backed up with experience. Theory is great, but it means little if you don't experience it live, on the grass, where it really matters. Always sharpen the tools in your coaching toolbox before adding more😉

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Rob Porter

8 days

If this is how Arteta gets the best out of a professional men's team, fair enough. The issue is that some youth coaches will see this and think that it's how they should be coaching their U9s team! Remember, kids aren't mini adults. They shouldn't be coached like this👇

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Daniel Abrahams

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A manager trying to rouse his players… Cortical arousal…a call for mental activation and physical intensity… Mikel Arteta using words, sentences, phrases enveloped in tone, volume, rhythm, pause…trying to tap into memory, striving to evoke pain and pleasure, cautioning…

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Rob Porter

5 years

What's more important? helping a child to become a more confident, happy and well rounded person. Or How many plastic trophies you have collecting dust. I'd take person/player development over "U9 cup winner"

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Rob Porter

2 years

You want players to be respectful, be respectful yourself You want players to be positive, be positive yourself You want players to enjoy your environment, look like you enjoy it You want players to have good body language, start by having it It starts with you as the coach!

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Rob Porter

3 years

It's one of the most frustrating things watching coaches treat young kids like adults. Watched a coach with a group of U7s yesterday, making them do laps then shouting at them that he'll "pack up & go home" if they don't start taking training more seriously! Mate they are 6!🤦‍♂️😂

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Rob Porter

6 months

How many coaches have sheds that look like this?! And how many coaches partners complain that they can't get anything in the shed because it's full of coaching equipment?🙈😂😂 #SundayShare

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Rob Porter

2 years

I used to really beat myself up about a bad session, if it hadn't gone as planned or I felt I'd coached it poorly. The truth is from L1 to UEFA A coaches we all have a poor sessions from time to time, it's how you reflect and improve from them that counts.

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Rob Porter

1 year

If you're a youth coach who's never coaches girls you really should, it will be one of the best things you'll do! Both because you'll really enjoy the experience and because it will challenge you in a different way to coaching boys as girls tend to be more inquisitive & social.

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1 year

The coaching qualification that someone has doesn't always make them a good coach, it means they've shown they are capable of delivering couse content. It's how you coach away from courses that counts, a highly qualified coach who's going through the motions isn't a good coach!

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Rob Porter

6 months

Unfortunately, there are a few snakes and back stabbers in the coaching community. I suppose it's only natural when you are in a position that they want to be in. In fairness, I pity them. In the end it, it may get you somewhere, but people will know that you can't be trusted!

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Rob Porter

2 years

'All of our training sessions are with the ball' if it's good enough for Pep it should be good enough for everyone! We aren't going to turn our teams into Man City by doing it but players learn to love the ball by having the ball, not by running laps!

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Rob Porter

1 year

I honestly feel that one of the biggest breakthroughs you'll have as a coach is when you stop trying to impress everyone! When you worry about what your sessions look like from the outside or how you're viewed it affects your coaching. Just do what's right for your players😉

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Rob Porter

2 years

I used to be fixated on the coaching license I had & what level I coached at, I'm sure a lot of coaches do when they start. The truth is a license isn't always a good indicator of how good a coach is & being in an environment you enjoy is as important as the level you coach at.

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Rob Porter

2 years

I see tweets like "academy session plan" or ebooks with "academy practices" but the truth is academy practices are no different to non academy practices! There's no magic practices, it's all about finding ones that work for your group & topic.

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Rob Porter

2 years

There's so much Jealousy with coaching circles. Jealousy about job offers, roles within clubs, qualifications, etc. But jealousy doesn't get you anywhere! It just makes you bitter. Want the best for other coaches, congratulate them when they do well and enjoy your own coaching.

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Rob Porter

2 years

Finally used this great idea from @michael_loftman with both the RTC and shadow squad 16s last night. Different numbers and spaces on different surfaces but in both sessions it was very competitive and the players really enjoyed it, who doesn't love a rondo🤷‍♂️😂😂

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Rob Porter

2 years

If I'm being honest my coaching hasn't been great recently. I've not been happy with my planning, session management or coaching points. Then last night it clicked, I had 2 good sessions where things worked and I felt like myself! Coaching is a head scratching thing at times!

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Rob Porter

2 years

Winning a U8s A league or a U10 trophy event is pointless for your players if... You are making the decisions on the ball for them You only play them in one position Some are playing 5 minutes Your style of play is based on physical ability You kill their love for the game

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Rob Porter

3 years

It's sad seeing negativity in the twitter coaching community, we should be lifting each other up. If you see people having success, congratulate them🍾 If you see people trying help others or grow their ideas, spread the word🔁 If you see people who need help, help them💬

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Rob Porter

5 years

As a coach I look back at myself 5 years ago and cringe at how uneducated and poor I was. I'm hoping in 5 years time I can look back the same way at myself as a coach now! There so much out there to learn and we have a responsibility to our players to continually improve.

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Rob Porter

8 months

For my #SundayShare , here is an article I wrote on coaching as a pair. If you get it right, it can be really beneficial to session delivery & player development. If you get it wrong, it can be a nightmare! Finding the right buddy coach is as important as finding the right club.

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Rob Porter

3 years

Do other coaches struggle to sleep after evening sessions?! I can be falling asleep on the sofa but I'll get into bed then the session review begins! What worked, what didn't work, etc! Reviewing and reflecting are great tools for coach development but not after midnight!

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Rob Porter

1 year

With the windchill it's going to feel like below zero at training tonight🥶 It's a finishing session, rather than having foundation phase players stood around in a line drill my part of the session is going to be a player favourite SSG. Love finishing noughts & crosses😍

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