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Reading Kids: Secret tips behind children behaviour
Pawel Guziejko
Reading Kids: Secret tips behind children behaviour
Pawel Guziejko
Celebrated coach Pawel Guziejko has one goal - unlocking the potential in every young footballer. He combines the complexities of child psychology with experiences from the training ground to publish the definitive guide to coaching youngsters. Pawel's ground-breaking techniques and theories help overcome emotional, physical and behavioural barriers and allow children to naturally develop both on and off the pitch. Learn how self-confidence and smiles are as important as slide-tackles and scoring. This must-read guide for any football coach will help make the beautiful game become even more beautiful for the next generation of stars - and unlock the potential of many more players.
Play: Principles of training sessions for children
Pawel Guziejko
Play: Principles of training sessions for children
Pawel Guziejko
Current training sessions are built to meet the needs of coaches and their egos, instead of learning the needs of young players. Play: Principles of Training Sessions for Children explores this area in more detail and draws on the stunning attachment research which is inspired by observing countless training sessions.
The author presents four remarkable principles of training which impact the development of young players and offers coaches an alternative and extraordinary approach into delivering more effective sessions. Born out of decades of practical experiences as a football coach and coach educator, in this book you will learn:
Does training in current format and form reflect the needs of learning children?
What should be the basic training principles that consider the development of children and adolescents?
How do these principles relate to learning and positively affect young players?
Will the training be more effective in terms of the players’ learning process?
Play: Principles of Training Sessions for Children is an effective, instructive and informative guide that provides coaches with the essential tools to grow a young player’s learning potential.
Charlie Cooper
Front-End Dev
Charlie Cooper
Front-End Dev
Coaching Children is unlike any other guide out there. Pawel Guziejko’s 20 years of developing the next generation on the sports field has led to a deep understanding of bringing out the best in children. From engagement, adapting to situations and dealing with behavioural problems through to development, communication and planning, Coaching Children has it all. Child-specific rather than sports-specific is the key to making this the ultimate coaching manual. While enhancing the coaching experience for youngsters and avoiding the pitfalls is a little more complex than A, B, C… Pawel’s Coaching Children has the added advantage of being published in an easy-to-find A-to-Z format. Pawel’s relaxed simple-to-follow style makes this the must-have manual for all children’s sports coaches.
Piłka Nożna Najmłodszych: Sekretne wskazówki dotyczące zachowania dzieci
Pawel Guziejko
Trener Paweł Guziejko ma jeden cel - odblokowanie potencjału uczenia się w każdym młodym piłkarzu.
Dzięki znakomitemu zrozumieniu i połączeniu psychologii dziecięcej z doświadczeniami z boiska, powstala cenna książka -jak efektywnie pracowac z młodymi zawodnikami. Praktyczne doświadczenia Pawła przedstawione w książce pomagają dzieciom przezwyciężyć bariery emocjonalne, fizyczne oraz pozwalają naturalnie rozwijać się zarówno na boisku, jak i poza nim. Dowiedz się, dlaczego pewność siebie i uśmiech są równie ważne jak strzelanie goli. Obowiązkowa lektura dla trenerów piłki nożnej i nauczycieli, która pomoże poznać oraz odblokować potencjał uczenia się wielu mlodych zawodnikow.
Coordination in Soccer: A new road for successful coaching
Pawel Guziejko
Coordination in Soccer: A new road for successful coaching
Pawel Guziejko
Coordination is very important aspect in development of soccer players at all levels of the game. In this fascinating book the young Polish Coach Pawel Guziejko provides new methods and detailed information for successful coordination training. This book provides not only new combinations of games with and without the ball but also describe all aspects of coordination processes such as balance, speed reaction, differentiation, orientation, feedback, sensing of rhythm adaptation and re-positioning. This book is for coaches as well as for players who are not only looking for drills to improve their game, but also more knowledge about current and future coordination training in soccer.
Creative Mind. Development of Free-Thinking Football Players
Pawel Guziejko
Creative Mind. Development of Free-Thinking Football Players
Pawel Guziejko
" I am sure you will find this an enjoyable and insightful read. As coaches we should always look to challenge ourselves and I believe this book will challenge your thinking and help you think practically when you are out on the grass working with your players" " Do you coach children? Well, have you ever stopped to think what an important role you're playing in that child's development? How you are shaping them for future development? How you have been trusted by their parents to give their child a FUN, positive experience of football? Once you consider these questions, I'm sure you come to the conclusion that it is a big responsibility to make sure your development as a coach is on the same level as that you would expect from the children you are coaching. Therefore I think as a coach it's highly important to keep developing and drawing experience from others, to help better yourself and hopefully as a result help the children you are coaching reach their full potential.This book offers a great insight into the different aspects you might need to think about when coaching a group of children from psychological challenges, perception skills, technical skills, match based practices, fundamental practices and a whole lot more.
Ready to Play? : Small-Sided games for children
Pawel Guziejko
Ready to Play? : Small-Sided games for children
Pawel Guziejko
In this book, coaches of all levels find the games designed to enhance children learning and development. Each game gives youngsters different problems to solve, encouraging them to make decisions and learn from mistakes. Young players have to deal with real game scenarios and are exposed to constant repetition of match situations both in and out of possession as well as transitions. In addition, the games have clear attacking and defending aims as well as support players social and psychological learning competencies. Finally, the games were created with careful constraints and challenges to reflect children's learning potential and give them necessary learning space to improve and get better.
Coaching Children Session Planner
Pawel Guziejko
Coaching Children Session Planner
Pawel Guziejko
Welcome to the Coaching Children Session Planner-unique place related to children learning and development. It is specifically design for coaches working with youngsters. The practicality of this planner lies in its simplicity. You will find simple, practical tips that will help you understand how should you plan for learning, and thus becoming more effective coach. It is broken into three main sections: session planning, match day and player profile, where you can write feedback and record children progress. In addition, each section include session planning guidance, training and match day learning aims and tools for reflective practice. Moreover, clear advice to understand children coaching philosophy is an extra bonus. It's size, design and format are simple and easy to use which helps coaches planning sessions that reflect children development and learning.
Learning to Coach: A holistic approach to youth football
Pawel Guziejko
Learning to Coach: A holistic approach to youth football
Pawel Guziejko
The PAV Fun Ball coaching programme has quickly earned a reputation for guiding young footballers of all abilities to reach their potential.
Now one of its leading coaches, Pawel Guziejko, is lifting the lid on the secrets to their success.
With forewords and chapters from many other highly regarded youth coaches, the book guides readers through the disciplines, approaches, and motivation that ensure young players enjoy steady progress in the beautiful game.
Leaning on his 20 years of coaching in the UK, USA and Poland, as well as a master’s degree in sports science, the FA Advanced Youth Award holder delves deeply into the importance of creativity, simplicity and scaffolding for the effective education of young players.
And his specialist coaching team provides expert guidance in chapters ranging from female-specific coaching and psychology to physical development and goalkeeping.
The book makes sure youth coaches around the world have a resource to prevent them from ever delivering goalless and ineffective sessions again.
The easy-to-follow guide hits the back of the net with every page.