How often do you take time to reflect on your own behaviours and biases as a coach? Self-awareness is a critical skill for coaches, impacting everything from how you communicate with your players to how you design your practices.

In this episode, we're joined by Geoff Noonan, regional FA youth coach developer, to dive deep into understanding and managing yourself as a coach, as well as offering practical tips on how to enhance your coaching.

Geoff brings decades of experience working in football, and currently supports five professional clubs and academies, developing their coaches.

Through his work in coach development, Geoff offers valuable insights into what it takes to truly grow and learn as a coach and ensure you're leading your players in the most effective way.

In this episode, we cover:

Do you have any coaching questions you’d like answers to? Or perhaps you’re facing a coaching challenge that you’d like help with? Simply head over to our England Football Community forum (https://community.thefa.com/coaching/f/youth-club-football-forum) and post them there. We can then put them to our guests in future episodes to get their advice!

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