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The How To Coach Grassroots Football Podcast

Football Fun Factory

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Frequency: 1 episode/23d. Total Eps: 10

Join Former Manchester United player and Football Fun Factory Director Luke Chadwick and FFF founders James Cutting and Jonny Martin as they discuss the world of grassroots coaching!

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How To Avoid Mistakes as a Grassroots Coach

Friday, February 20, 2026 • Duration 38:01

⚽️ We're back with a brand new studio, a new format and plenty of new tips, tricks and advice for grassroots coaches looking to survive the season!

In this episode brought to you by Football Fun Factory and hosted as always by the legend Luke Chadwick, James Cutting goes head to head with Jonny Martin as they cover warm ups, team selection, creating a fun environment and how to stop putting your ego above child enjoyment!

A massive shoutout to 3Q Sports for sponsoring this podcast. To get your hands on their generous £500 coaching kit and equipment giveaway, had here: https://thefootballfunfactory.co.uk/podcast-giveaway/

Dive into The How To Coach Grassroots Football Podcast from the Football Fun Factory, where experienced coaches and FFF founders James Cutting, Jonny Martin and FFF Director Luke Chadwick break down the essentials of grassroots football coaching with practical tips, expert insight and real-world examples. Covering key coaching topics like planning effective grassroots football sessions, engaging and inspiring young players, managing matchday challenges, working with mixed-ability groups, handling parents and behaviour, and mixing fun with learning for different age groups, this podcast is your go-to resource for improving coaching skills, building confidence and enhancing the experience for players, parents and volunteers in grassroots football. Tune in to boost your coaching knowledge and bring more fun, development and success to your grassroots football teams.

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Summer Football Tournament Challenges

Season 5 · Episode 50

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 • Duration 28:47

In this episode of How to Coach Grassroots Football, we're looking ahead to sunnier days, as we focus on the challenges that coaches may face during Summer Football Tournaments.

Tournaments can be a completely different experience to that of the weekly matches within grassroots football - and for all the excitement, opportunities and fun they can bring for children, there's also sometimes challenges to face too!

In this episode, we discuss some of the experiences that grassroots coaches may be going through during Summer Football Tournaments and how they can overcome them!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Keeping Players and Parents Happy

Season 5 · Episode 47

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 • Duration 33:41

In the latest episode of How to Coach Grassroots Football, we discuss how to keep both players and parents happy.

A tough thing to get right sometimes, but with top tips and a wide variety of scenarios, James, Jonny and Luke bring some great ideas that any grassroots coach can use within their coaching.

Have a listen or watch, and learn some a few new ideas that you can use to keep both parents and players happy within your grassroots team!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Mixing Fun with Learning for 5 to 12 year olds

Season 5 · Episode 48

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 • Duration 30:10

In this episode of 'How to Coach Grassroots Football', we discuss the fantastic topic of mixing Fun with Learning, specifically focused on the 5-12 age range!

It's an age range that we have far-reaching experience of working with at Football Fun Factory, and in this episode, we tap into the incredible knowledge that Co-Founder James and Jonny have!

With loads of top tips, some great ideas, and of course plenty of fun along the way, this episode is a brilliant resource for any grassroots football coach, but especially those who are working with children in the 5 to 12 age range!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Planning Sessions

Season 5 · Episode 47

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 • Duration 28:44

In this episode of the 'How to Coach Grassroots Football', we are discussing how to plan sessions as a grassroots coach!How can we make the sessions fun, enjoyable and most of all rewarding, for everyone involved, whether it's the parents watching on, the coaches leading the sessions, and most importantly, the children taking part.We take a deep dive into this topic, with some brilliant tips, tricks and ideas from James, Jonny and Luke!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Helping shy and anxious children

Season 5 · Episode 46

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 • Duration 32:31

In this episode of 'How to Coach Grassroots Football' we look at how we as coaches can help shy and anxious children to enjoy the beautiful game, as well as develop both their personal skills and football skills.

We've all experienced the child within the group who's a little more reserved than the others. Maybe they're a bit nervous, a bit quiet or a bit shy.

We discuss a variety of scenarios that football coaches can experience with shy and anxious children, with James, Jonny and Luke giving their tips, tricks and advice to help these children get the most out of the session and fall in love with football!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Managing the Matchday

Season 5 · Episode 45

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • Duration 35:58

In this episode of 'How to Coach Grassroots Football' we discuss the topic of 'managing the matchday' and how coaches can create the best possible experience for the children who are participating.

Whether it's overcoming challenges, managing differing abilities or just making the experience fun and memorable for all, James, Jonny and Luke discuss the topic of managing the matchday, with lots of top tips that grassroots football coaches can take into their matchdays!

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Engaging and Inspiring the children

Season 5 · Episode 44

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 • Duration 31:10

In the latest episode of the Football Fun Factory podcast, we discuss one of the most important topics in children's football, engaging & inspiring the children we coach!With some top tips from James and Jonny, as well as some brilliant discussions this is a fantastic resource if you're looking for some fresh ideas to engage and inspire the children that you're coaching.

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Dealing with 'Pushy Parents'

Season 5 · Episode 1

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 • Duration 26:47

In this episode of 'How to Coach Grassroots Football', we discuss the topic of 'pushy parents' and how to manage this within your sessions.From parents who question your decisions as a coach to those who may negatively impact the enjoyment of the children participating in your sessions, we discuss it all, with some brilliant tips for coaches to take.Ultimately, everyone is focused on a single goal. Creating the best outcome for the children taking part, and in this episode, we focus on how you can work with parents to create an incredible football experience for the children you coach, as well as their parents.

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How to Coach Grassroots Football - Managing Behaviour within your group

Season 5 · Episode 42

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 • Duration 25:58

In our latest episode of 'How to Coach Grassroots Football', we look at how to manage behaviour within the groups that we're coaching.

Luke Chadwick poses a variety of different scenarios to the guys that grassroots coaches will encounter within their sessions on a regular basis.

From children misbehaving, through to children not taking part in the session.

Have a listen or watch to see how James and Jonny would overcome the different challenges grassroots coaches may be faced with, and of course pick up a few top tips to use within your next session!

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