EPISODE · Dec 24, 2025 · 51 MIN
Helping your players master the ten core skills with Emily Senior | S6 Ep14
from Coachcast · host England Football Learning
Helping your players develop the ten core skills is an essential part of coaching football. We see them all when we observe matches, but it’s important to give each of them space in your sessions before matchday.In this episode, Emily Senior returns to Coachcast to unpack exactly how to implement all ten core skills into your practices.You’ll hear how to design practices that challenge your players, how to coach multiple core skills simultaneously when time is tight, and how to bridge the gap between training and matchday execution.If you want to maximise your players’ development of the core skills and design practices that move their game forward, while keeping them engaged, this episode is for you.Covered in this episode:what the ten core skills arewhich skills develop naturally and which need more focustop tips for teaching and reinforcing core skillswhen coaches should start focusing on core skillssigns that a player is struggling and how to support themsession ideas to develop multiple skills at oncetransferring the core skills to matchdayhow to challenge players to apply core skills creatively and make decisions in the momentand more...Transcript on England Football community - (https://bit.ly/4p4s6bV)—————Do you have any coaching questions you’d like answers to? Or perhaps you’re facing a coaching challenge that you’d like help with? Simply head over to our England Football Community forum (https://community.thefa.com/coaching/f/youth-club-football-forum) and post them there. Or leave them in the comments below. We can then put them to our guests in future episodes to get their advice!Already listened to this episode or the previous seasons of Coachcast? We’d love to hear from you! Pass on your feedback by contacting us via [email protected].LEARN MOREEngland Football Learning - https://learn.englandfootball.com/England Football Community - https://community.thefa.com/England Football Learning on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisPO86aEIhWRTnTS1vrSVwEngland Football Learning X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/EnglandLearningEmail - [email protected]LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4sA9fHoldaH1x5Wn3vdmsBApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coachcast/id159180480YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@EnglandFootballLearningEditing and show notes by Claricast.(https://www.clarioncast.com/)
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Helping your players develop the ten core skills is an essential part of coaching football. We see them all when we observe matches, but it’s important to give each of them space in your sessions before matchday.In this episode, Emily Senior returns to Coachcast to unpack exactly how to implement all ten core skills into your practices.You’ll hear how to design practices that challenge your players, how to coach multiple core skills simultaneously when time is tight, and how to bridge the gap between training and matchday execution.If you want to maximise your players’ development of the core skills and design practices that move their game forward, while keeping them engaged, this episode is for you.Covered in this episode:what the ten core skills arewhich skills develop naturally and which need more focustop tips for teaching and reinforcing core skillswhen coaches should start focusing on core skillssigns that a player is struggling and how to support themsession ideas to develop multiple skills at oncetransferring the core skills to matchdayhow to challenge players to apply core skills creatively and make decisions in the momentand more...Transcript on England Football community - (https://bit.ly/4p4s6bV)—————Do you have any coaching questions you’d like answers to? Or perhaps you’re facing a coaching challenge that you’d like help with? Simply head over to our England Football Community forum (https://community.thefa.com/coaching/f/youth-club-football-forum) and post them there. Or leave them in the comments below. We can then put them to our guests in future episodes to get their advice!Already listened to this episode or the previous seasons of Coachcast? We’d love to hear from you! Pass on your feedback by contacting us via [email protected].LEARN MOREEngland Football Learning - https://learn.englandfootball.com/England Football Community - https://community.thefa.com/England Football Learning on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisPO86aEIhWRTnTS1vrSVwEngland Football Learning X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/EnglandLearningEmail - [email protected]LISTENSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4sA9fHoldaH1x5Wn3vdmsBApple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coachcast/id159180480YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@EnglandFootballLearningEditing and show notes by Claricast.(https://www.clarioncast.com/)
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