Under 14 Boys (Year 9 - 2023/24)

U14 boys - Age group: Year 9 

Training details: Wednesdays 6.00pm, Saturdays 10.00am

Where: Scaurbank, Linton Road, Wetherby LS22 6SD

Matches: Saturdays & Sundays split across two team

Coaching team: Bob Elderton & Andrew Gaunt

Mob: (Bob) 07792932709 or (Andrew) 07752 881011

Email: bob@accessbuildingproducts.co.uk

At our club U14 football is very enjoyable. We play in both the Harrogate Junior 11v11 football league and the Hambleton Junior 11v11 (winning the Hambleton Cup Final last season. Training on the pitches at Scaurbank, over the footbridge from the sports association.

We practise ball skills, teamwork and play small sided games, ensuring training is engaging for the boys, providing game related practices, that develop them across all areas of the FA 4 Corners Model - technically, physically, psychologically and socially.

We ensure that the children are in a safe and friendly environment, and we focus on teamwork.

We insist all players wear shin pads and suitable clothing.

Catering for all standards of ability, from the basics right through to taking some players to academy and pro club level.

We have space for new players, so if you would like to try out a training session please call Bob on 07792 932709 or email as above for more information.

Players

Our players are in school year 9, These schools vary from Wetherby, Boston Spa, Tadcaster, Leeds & Harrogate. We currently have a squad of approximately 35 players.

Coaches

The coach Bob Elderton is a volunteer who has an up-to-date CRB check and is FA Level 1 Qualified, with Andrew Gaunt also qualified to assist.

Our responsibility to look after the welfare of the children is paramount. We will focus on creating a safe environment that is also lots of fun and develops football skills. We know that children don’t try to make mistakes and so we will focus on positive encouragement, reward effort rather than ability, give constructive feedback and display appropriate behaviour as we recognise children may copy the way their coaches behave. 

Parents

Nothing can happen without the support of the parents; we all appreciate that having a child in the team is a big parental commitment and thank you for that. It is important that children play for fun and parents have a big role to play in ensuring that.

Wetherby Athletic parents are the best we’ve seen for supporting and encouraging without interfering or confusing the boys by coaching from the touchline. The most important thing at this age is enjoying football, making friends and learning new skills.

Help with setting up goals, etc for matches and training is much appreciated as it allows us to get on with the football as quickly as possible. 

Training

We train Wednesday & Saturday unless we are playing a match at home, usual match kick-off is 10am.

We will aim to follow training themes with specific session plans for each week’s activities. Every session works best if planned and organised in advance, and a normal session should consist of a dynamic warm up, before leading into a series of activities that progress in degree of difficulty or teamwork.

The training sessions should encourage player development across all elements of the 4 Corners Model and will often pick up on learning and development points identified in previous matches or sessions, or suggestions from other coaches, players and our FA mentors.

We will make the training realistic and clearly linked to match play by using similar sized pitches, goals and timing, so that when the boys play a match it feels familiar, and they can directly relate their training to the match.

During coaching we aim to guide whilst allowing as much free play as possible, so players learn by trial and error rather than direct instruction. We will encourage rather than criticise and give the players opportunities to take responsibility.

As the season progresses, we will also look to set players individual targets and challenges to further help their development and engagement.

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