The Inner Huddle - The Football (Soccer) Development Podcast for Parents & Coaches of Young Aspiring Players

In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses the importance of children being allowed to try things, express themselves and play without fear of failure if they are truly to fulfil their potential. There is a danger that children are becoming over coached and creativity is being stifled. Possibly one of the most important Extra Time podcasts of them all! Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses the importance of football being used to help children develop resilience, build character and learn life lessons. Possibly one of the most important topics of all! Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

A long overdue return of The Inner Huddle (Bitesize)! Perry discusses the potential pitfalls if your child spends a lot of time looking at you, or another family member, during matches and training. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle, Perry talks about an incident with Burton Albion's new signing, Charlie Webster, when he was an Under 9 player and his father. Some great advice for parents about the importance of good communication and building good relationships with coaches. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of not comparing your child's performances to the best you've seen them play and how this can lead to parents trying to influence performances with external rewards. He talks about the dangers of using a child's best performance as a benchmark as there are too many uncontrollable variables within a single performance outcome. The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about how children are capable of much more than you think and should be allowed to play for as long as their enjoyment allows. This is taken from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. Does shouting out from the side lines really ever achieve anything positive? Chapter 26 - Embrace and encourage rotation of players to play in different positions. My son’s team does not give a top scorer award but every team at the club does. So I buy him the trophy myself with the club badge on and give it to him on the day of the presentation (when he is top goal scorer). I don’t see an issue with this. Chapter 90 - Children are like seeds. If a player has made it known that they are leaving for a new team at the end of the season and do not turn up for 5 training sessions in a row (possibly training with the new team) but still expect to play on a Sunday - would you still play them? Genuinely interested to hear your thoughts. Please send any questions you want answered/discussed to Pez at perry@pezzazstreetsoccer.com or 07818225592 This episode was sponsored by Perry's new book: Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails Your hosts are: Perry Cocking (Pezzaz Street Soccer & formerly Southampton FC) www.pezzazstreetsoccer.com https://www.facebook.com/perrycockingauthor Geoff Bonner (Wessex Futsal Club) - https://www.facebook.com/wessexfutsal

In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. I’ve heard you both talk about the need for players to scan whilst playing. Do you have any advice for helping my son to scan more or know of any drills that might help…? Chapter 66 - Playing for more than one team My 9 year old lad has been told his grassroots team aren’t going to resign him next season as he’s not good enough. He’s devastated that he’ll no longer be able to play with his friends. He didn’t play as much as the other players this season but still loved it. Do you have any advice on what we should do next to help him? Chapter 104 - Moments of magic What are your views on game time for young players from u7s to u11s? In our team all the parents pay the same fee but not all players get the same playing time. Please send any questions you want answered/discussed to Pez at perry@pezzazstreetsoccer.com or 07818225592 This episode was sponsored by Perry's new book: Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails Your hosts are: Perry Cocking (Pezzaz Street Soccer & formerly Southampton FC) www.pezzazstreetsoccer.com https://www.facebook.com/perrycockingauthor Geoff Bonner (Wessex Futsal Club) - https://www.facebook.com/wessexfutsal

In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. I love players that can go past other players and mavericks of the game. Do you think this country will produce more flair players in the future or has the game changed now…? Chapter 3 - Embrace Mistakes and Failure I’m a coach for an U8s team and in training I play lots of small sided games. The players don’t really have set positions and it’s all about contact time with the ball and having fun. However, I have at least two players who tell me that they’re not allowed to play in goal when it’s their turn. One even said “my dad will kill me!”. It leaves me in an awkward position. I just wondered what your thoughts on this are? Chapter 40 - What to do if your child wants to quit I had a brief run through the chapters in your book but I am unsure if there is anything on dealing with on field ‘trash talking’ from opponents? this has occurred a few times recently to my youngest boy and has made him very upset and in tears. I believe it is just a tactic to get under his skin and affect his performance. Any help would be appreciated in how to block this out mentally. Chapter 114 - Don't be a PlayStation parent How late is too late to join a grassroots team if you’ve decided you want to play professionally? I have a 13-year-old who’s suddenly decided that’s what they want to do and is all they talk about. Please send any questions you want answered/discussed to Pez at perry@pezzazstreetsoccer.com or 07818225592 This episode was sponsored by Perry's new book: Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails Your hosts are: Perry Cocking (Pezzaz Street Soccer & formerly Southampton FC) www.pezzazstreetsoccer.com https://www.facebook.com/perrycockingauthor Geoff Bonner (Wessex Futsal Club) - https://www.facebook.com/wessexfutsal

In this bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about what success at youth football means to different parents and the importance of aligning that with the player's ambitions. Defining success, is the first chapter of Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails

Welcome to the new series of The Inner Huddle! In the forst episode of the new series, and back by popular demand, we continue to look at various chapters from Perry's new book, Did You Win, Did You Score...? (How to Help Your Child Succeed at Football & Life). Loads of great snippets and takeaways to be had for parents and coaches alike. Please see the book synopsis below. The book is now available on Amazon UK! (link below) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Did-You-Win-Score-football/dp/1913012980/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L40Q60J7BGAF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IALWCNLKc8VUdoAof6op4w.ZlNsCgeAVASh3lsxRnxrvy2jGF4UWMxD61hXaCjdeBA&dib_tag=se&keywords=perry+cocking&qid=1704965403&sprefix=perry+coc%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1 The book is also available from The Great British Book Shop (link below) https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/did-you-win-did-you-score?_pos=1&_sid=f61fd5abb&_ss=r “From what I’ve seen so far this book is something special” - Andy Reid (former Republic of Ireland & Premier League player) “This could well become the youth football bible for parents everywhere” - Dan Harding (former Southampton FC, Brighton and Leeds Utd player) “I think all coaches and managers should read this book as well as parents” - Danny Mills (former England international & Premier League player) THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR FOOTBALL PARENTS!! - OUT NOW!! How can parents help their child to fulfil their potential both on and off the pitch and get the most out of our national sport? Every parent wants what's best for their child. Unfortunately, with very few resources available, parents of youth football players have had to mainly rely on guesswork, until now! Did You Win, Did You Score? has 150 chapters to help guide parents through every step of their child's football journey and personal development both on and off the pitch. This book helps parents to understand the impact they can have, both positively and negatively, along with providing practical advice for helping their child to fulfil their potential and learn valuable life skills. This book will help parents facilitate a positive experience for their child and avoid the many unintentionally damaging behaviours that can lead to problems. It guides parents to help their child build positive characteristics for life such as resilience, confidence and a growth mindset along with helping them to be the best player they can be. It is as much about life as it is about football. It will help parents to enable their child to get the most out of the game to not only be the best player they can be on the pitch but also the best person they can be off it. Perry passes on his extensive knowledge and experience of working in grassroots and professional football for over twenty years and at every level of the game from beginners to Champions League winners. It can be read from cover to cover or used as a reference book to be delved into time and again throughout a child's football journey.

In the penultimate episode of series two, Pez and Geoff answer more questions from parents to do with youth football. The following eight questions were used to trigger many different discussion points and is a must listen for all parents and coaches! There's lots of great advice for parents & coaches to help children fulfil their potential. Please subscribe, share and rate the podcast to help us grow and reach more like minded parents around the world. My son plays for a team with his friends, many of them have also started playing for another team. He’d really like to go along with them and play but by his own admission, he’s not as good as them. Do you have any tips on how he can improve quickly to help catch up…? I have run an U10 team for two seasons and have really enjoyed it. However, I’ve found it hard to keep players for this season as many left to join another club that play in a more glamourous league. One of the player’s dads literally “tapped” them all up towards the end of the season (having joined us at the start of the season) and they left in the summer. Although one has already come back as it was far too serious and not much fun. It’s really knocked my confidence and the way I’ve been treated has had an effect on my enthusiasm, to the point I’m not sure I want to do it anymore. Is tapping up a normal part of children’s football and should I quit if my enthusiasm has gone? My question is about academy football- my son loves to find space and pass and move, but when he’s at academy training and they do small sided matches…no one else passes. In fact you see players running into 6 opponents with their head down. And it’s encouraged. I get the 1v1 idea, beat the man etc. but even this surely needs coaching? Do I get my son to come and snatch the ball and copy others trying to take on the team untill they lose it or stick to making the choices he wants on standing off the play yelling for the ball which inevitably never comes! And will those coaches recognise his spatial awareness or see it as him not being involved? I have a daughter that plays u12’s football for a grassroots side. In pre-season a local academy held ‘elite’ trials, recommended to us by her coach she did them and was successful. The coach did not realise at the time that the ‘elite’ training clashes with her team training. She’s been doing half of her club then onto the elites straight after (her choice) now it’s dark that’s not possible and the coach has said if she chooses elites she will have to start on the bench come game day. Ultimate question is what should she do? She will improve with the elite training playing with better players but miss out on starting games. I’ve left all this up to her and she’s made all of the decisions around it so far. What is/are the biggest misconceptions about coaching youth football that you hear all the time? If my child wants a career in football (not necessarily as a player), other than the FA qualifications, what should they do to help support their future career? Why does playing Futsal enhance your football training? Who do you think is the best Futsal player in the world and why (past or present) Please send any questions you want answered/discussed to Pez at perry@pezzazstreetsoccer.com or 07818225592 This episode was sponsored by SR Health, Safety & Engineering Ltd: https://www.srhse.co.uk/ Your hosts are: Perry Cocking (Pezzaz Street Soccer & formerly Southampton FC) - www.pezzazstreetsoccer.com https://www.facebook.com/perrycockingauthor Geoff Bonner (Wessex Futsal Club) - https://www.facebook.com/wessexfutsal