The Coaching Lab Playbook

The best of 2022 with our favourite learnings, best sound bites and coolest ideas to add into your training sessions.

A year of UK Tour, welcoming West Ham and Rangers FC as users of MatchPlay Cards, we’ve shipped to 45+ countries and grown our retail offering around the world to help more coaches and teachers be game changers with MatchPlay Cards.

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Another guest from our UK TOUR, High Wycombe Director of Rugby, Mike Rugby is here to talk grassroots coaching and ways we can support coaches to add in-game challenges into training. Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody was one of the first to introduce Mike to MatchPlay Cards©️ with his company Mad Dog Rugby.

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Fresh from joining us our UK TOUR stop in Hertford, Head of Academy Performance at St Albans City FC, Anthony Golsing jumps in to share how the impact of using games as soon as players arrive, designing tournaments with MatchPlay Cards©️ and capturing learning with Reflection MatchPlay Cards©️.

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Need some more ideas on ways to challenge your players? This one is for you! We are joined by three awesome some teaching friends who share their experiences of using a games based approach and MatchPlay Cards©️. 

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Live from California, Physed Teacher Stephanie is on the podcast to share ideas on small sided games, creating real learning gold in your lessons and ways to add MatchPlay Cards©️ in your games. Follow Stephanie on socials @Smsandio

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Adam has been supporting coaches on England Handball and The FA Coach Education programmes with stacks of new ideas on how to use a games based approach. A believer in MatchPlay Cards© since they were first launch in 2019, Adam shares reflections and ways to get the most out of your challenge cards. 

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West Ham United Academy Coach, Ross Brooks is on the podcast to chat how they are adding MatchPlay Cards into the Foundation Phase. The Academy of West Ham United F.C. is recognised as one of the most successful football academies in modern football, hence its nickname the Academy of Football. Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and more recently Declan Rice have all graduated from the famous academy. 

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Joined by Head of Football Dulwich Prep Sport, Sean Crane we sits down to reflect an epic morning of games with MatchPlay Cards as we supported staff to deliver a football session for their players and staff.

Designing games, setting problems and adding team and player missions with MatchPlay Cards, there is plenty of takeaways to impact your coaching.

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Current Dundee United Academy Coach and former Head of Children at Hamilton Accies FC, Matt Boyle is the on the podcast this week. A believer in a games based approach to coaching, Matt shares ideas on how he got his U11s to lead their own game day, why he adds game day challenges in for players using MatchPlay Cards and how he changes the car journey home for parents with Reflection MatchPlay Cards.