The Targetizer

The Soccer Bite Back - Is Atonement Killing Your Game Plan?

What is Atonement?
Atonement, as described in the Collins English Dictionary is to ” make amends (for sin or wrongdoing).

So what has this got to do with soccer and your game plan?

Atonement is an inbuilt system, programmed into our minds from birth, by well meaning parents, teachers and guardians, that we must atone for our mistakes. That is, try and make amends for any mistake we’ve made. In football that may be giving the ball away cheaply, not scoring or whatever we or our players deem as a mistake - to atone we go the extra yard to make up for our errors.

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I came across an article just before christmas about our role as coaches in the development of the game from grassroots through to national level.

As you know I’m a firm believer that the buck starts and stops with us in developing the bright new talent that will support and grow football and every level of the game - from park to premeir league and beyond.

The article I referred to is from the top dogs at Sport England - the government set body that is tasked with supporting sports at all levels - from schools to clubs, within England.

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