RETURN TO TRAINING

• Before you return to the pitch please make sure you have read and understood all the updated guidelines for what you need to put in place for a safe return to training.

• Within the following document you will find a bank of content that we hope will help you create suitable sessions for working with Children & Young People as they return to football.

• Whilst you will be keen to return to training we also would strongly recommend the use of the variety of 4v4 and other small sided game formats – Let Them Play!

• The emphasis should be on fun and enjoyment and coaches should create sessions which as far as possible use limited equipment and maximise game time.

• After a break from training it is important that we don’t push ourselves too hard and cause an increased risk of injury.

• Although ‘physical fitness’ is something that may have decreased during this break we should still keep our main focus on fun and enjoyment in addition to technical & tactical development.

• Although we can work on these areas and improve ‘physical fitness’ using some of the following activities in this document.