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S2 E9 - Fit Future FA Intiative discussion
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On todays episode Craig is joined by Rob Porter and Peter Prickett to discuss the Football Associations new Future Fit Initiative. Enjoy and let us know your opinions.
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Introduction to Podcast and Guests
00:00:17
Craig Birtwistle
Hello and welcome to our latest episode of Session Share, the coach's podcast. My name's Craig Burtbussall and today we have a unique episode of Session Share that we're calling the Roundtable Discussion.
00:00:30
Craig Birtwistle
I'm joined today by Peter Prickett and Rob Porter. Rob, how you doing today? today
00:00:34
Rob Porter
I'm not too bad. had a quite a productive Sunday. We've kind of, we've just taken over a college programme and six the lads were playing against each other today, so went along and watched. So yeah, it was good. Getting a bit football in the sunshine. certainly not complaining. of
00:00:49
Craig Birtwistle
Happy days. Yeah, I was out coaching myself today. actually coached ah both of my teams coaching again playing against each other. So we kind of felt like playing chess against myself.
00:00:57
Rob Porter
Yeah. like
00:01:00
Craig Birtwistle
You know what I mean? So how's your day been, Peter?
00:01:04
Peter
Oh good thanks, yeah did a little bit of writing and and that was ah was about it for today so yeah not bad, could be worse.
00:01:12
Craig Birtwistle
Fantastic.
FA Changes in Grassroots Football
00:01:13
Craig Birtwistle
So the reason for this podcast is to discuss the new changes that are coming into grassroots game in England, thanks to the latest FA initiative. By the 20-29-30 season, our U7 players will begin their grassroots career playing in a 3v3.
00:01:31
Craig Birtwistle
The U8s and U9s will be five v five U10 and U11 will play at 7v7 and U12 and U13 will be 9v9. So that means by the age of U14 will be the first time teams will experience the 11v11 model.
00:01:49
Craig Birtwistle
Peter, you were previously on the podcast um right towards the start of when session share began and you talked about the benefits of the three v three model as development for players in the future.
00:02:03
Craig Birtwistle
So can I get your initial reactions to what you felt when you heard the news?
Peter's View on FA's Initiative
00:02:08
Peter
um About time, obviously. That was my and my main thought is, first of all, yes, I'm really, really glad that we're doing it.
00:02:21
Peter
Delighted that we're doing it. um It's just taken so long. It doesn't do much to to change that feeling that a lot of people have, but within England and within the FA, changed takes longer than everyone feels like it should and there are reasons for the slowness of change i've spoken to people at the f fa i know that they wanted to make sure that it was as close to bulletproof as possible before making the announcement and before rolling it out which is what delays things um
00:03:04
Peter
they have to be seen to have done the research themselves. Whereas I can use other people's research to back up my own arguments, but I'm not the FA.
00:03:15
Peter
I don't have to done my own research and they do.
00:03:16
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:03:18
Peter
And that's has slowed things down for them. um So yes, as much as it's like about time, just generally brilliant. It's there, it's coming.
00:03:30
Peter
It's in the program officially. The first steps are being made towards something that undoubtedly will help not just player development, but player engagement as well.
Rob's Excitement for New Formats
00:03:46
Craig Birtwistle
and rob what did you think
00:03:48
Rob Porter
I was lucky enough, can't was while ago, was at St George's Park and I had a sneak sort of, they had a kind of little trial event going on. So I've kind of have i've kind of seen firsthand kind of what what the the product kind of probably is going to look like. So I've kind of known it was in the of pipe work for a while as well.
00:04:07
Rob Porter
Same as Peter, I'm absolutely ecstatic, if I'm perfectly honest. I think it's a great step forward, the 3v3 side and just the small formats all the way through.
00:04:17
Rob Porter
I'm just as ecstatic about going to 11v11 at under 14.
00:04:18
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:04:24
Rob Porter
I think it could even go a year back, to be honest, we even go under 15. But yeah, that side of it is really good. So I think the whole thing from start to finish, I think, is ah is a really positive step forward.
00:04:35
Craig Birtwistle
Yeah, for me, I would agree with both of you and what Peter said earlier about it's been a long time coming. I know like this sort of model has been used in Spain, it's been used in Germany for many years, and it seems like England's kind of catching up about time.
00:04:52
Craig Birtwistle
I think the idea behind it is an exceptionally good one because at the end day, you're going to be maximising touches of players, maximising involvement in games.
00:05:04
Craig Birtwistle
The biggest thing that for me, and I'm glad Peter, you alluded to it, the fact that the FA have done their research and they waited for this initiative to come, because I feel the biggest thing that's going to harm this and harm player development is in the execution. um The ideas can all be very well and good, but when it comes to the actual execution of the event, that could be the one that harms it the most, and it could harm years of development for English football then. So we like we literally hope that the FA have done their research and can move forward in the correct manner.
00:05:39
Craig Birtwistle
So with every new initiative, as I say, there is always backlash. um What issues have you heard that coaches have been concerned about? And do you feel like you have any solutions already for those type of questions?
Logistical Concerns and Solutions
00:05:54
Craig Birtwistle
Rob, let's start with you.
00:05:56
Rob Porter
Yeah, I think having read a lot the stuff on social media and posted quite a bit about myself, I think the one the FA could have done a little bit quicker is got the kind of the logistic side of it out there a little bit quicker because I think there is a webinar coming up.
00:06:13
Rob Porter
So I think it's the unknown, i think, still for a lot of coaches of actually how does it look like because there's a lot of coaches are saying, oh, we're going to need X amount of extra coaches. We're going to need so many more pitches. we need you know and And actually, in reality, it doesn't work like that. You you need the same amount coaches. So if you've got a squad of 10 rather than having one five e five and and five subs you'd have, you know, potentially three lots of 3v3 in one sub.
00:06:42
Rob Porter
So you wouldn't need any more coaches. You just need, you know, you can use the same 5v5 pitch and split it up into midi pitches. So, yeah, i think it's just, i think if they got the logistics side out a little bit quicker, i think it would have probably helped a few people who are kind of bit in the dark and maybe kind of clutching that.
00:07:00
Rob Porter
you know, some issues that actually probably don't exist. And I think the other thing for me is just the fact that some coaches going have to let go of a little bit of control potentially, when it's made more the role of facilitating kids playing. Because, you know, there was one coach's response was, well, if there's more than one game going on, how can i how can I coach them all? How can I see them all playing at once? It's like, you don't necessarily need to.
00:07:25
Craig Birtwistle
very true yeah peter what do you
00:07:30
Peter
oh Yeah, that's it's always interesting seeing what the responses are. And some of it some of it is genuine.
00:07:40
Peter
Genuine concerns about pitch hire and the state of pitches. But sometimes like the the pitches issue and the general how good are our pitches is not a 3v3.
00:07:57
Peter
It's not a format problem. It's not a pro problem that probably is a general issue, but it's got nothing to do with the format. So those problems about pitches being of a good enough standard is a whole other thing.
00:08:12
Peter
um Do they have the pitches? Well, as I've said to many people, if you've got a five a side pitch, you've got three to three, three pitches sitting there immediately.
00:08:23
Peter
So it just it doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure that one out. and And then the cost of goals, which does require a little bit of being sensible and common sense.
00:08:35
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:08:38
Peter
And if for some reason it's written into the rules and laws that every club must have, four top-end bazooka goals for every single game that they're playing.
00:08:51
Peter
So that would require, so two five-a-side pitches, that's eight bazooka goals they have to go out and buy, which could cost in the region of £800. Yeah, that's a problem.
00:09:02
Peter
But I'm pretty certain that there will be, clubs will be allowed to choose what type of pop-up goal would they use. and however much that costs.
00:09:14
Peter
And also, if people remember back to when we switched to 5v5, there was money available to grassroots clubs to help them purchase the goals.
00:09:28
Peter
So I am going to make the leap of faith and assume that the FA will be doing the same thing again to help alleviate some of those costs. And there's always costs in running football teams.
00:09:40
Peter
There's always costs of goals. But yes, it does create a sudden panic of we've got find all this money to buy these goals. Well, you might not have to find quite as much money as you imagine you do. So that's some stuff on the practical level.
Financial Concerns and Solutions
00:10:01
Peter
And in terms of other things that I heard, again, it's like that. Is this really a problem or is it clutching at straws? um so Some people saying, Is there a danger that there'll be more individualism and less team play?
00:10:18
Peter
Well, if there is, brilliant. That's what we'd like, actually. But you've got to think what the age group is. It's under seven.
00:10:30
Peter
They are not exactly... sharers of the football anyway they have that tunnel vision they have that i've got the ball i'm going to go and play i'm going to go and take people on and that's what we want we want to get the ball get more opportunities to do that each so that's i think a problem that's not a problem and then there was another person who i saw suggesting
00:10:48
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:10:56
Peter
that we might not be giving the players the tactical knowledge that they um they need if they're not playing 5v5 straight away. And I think that that's a a misunderstanding of the difference between tactics and principles because it's an invasion game. it's a free beree is a scaled version of The 11v11 game, both are invasion games.
00:11:25
Peter
So the general principles of play, apart from maybe one or two, will be in full effect and the others will be in partial effect, no matter the size of the game.
00:11:38
Peter
And those principles, practicing those principles earlier, will help them in the longer run.
00:11:46
Craig Birtwistle
Yeah, you bring up some really good points and I've heard a lot of the same sort of arguments and I'm just going to go through a few of them. One, you mentioned about money and obviously money impacts everything that we do. We we all coach, and but we don't coach for free.
00:12:02
Craig Birtwistle
You know, I mean, we have to be paid with the places that we rent have to be paid for the fields that we need to go.
00:12:07
Peter
Oh.
00:12:10
Craig Birtwistle
We need to get dog food, for example, and stuff like that. ah So yeah, everything costs money. um So that is a genuine concern. However, one thing I see from this initiative, it's not as if like the FIA is saying it has to be done tomorrow.
00:12:26
Craig Birtwistle
It's a ah grandfathered effect into this into this project. The fact that the actual 3v3 model won't be starting until 2027, 28 season. So clubs have time to invest and develop and like that.
00:12:41
Craig Birtwistle
And also, as what you said there, Peter, there will be funding. Well, we believe there will be funding. We're not confirming that just yet. So I think that's a valid concern, but I think there is already... options in how to get players to do that. um Facilities is a big one. I know a lot of people in England have moaned about the fact that the pitches get waterlogged and we miss loads of games all over the season.
00:13:05
Craig Birtwistle
But that that problem would be happening anyway. So we've got to kind of address that, whether it's 3v3 or 11v11. We've got to address the fact that the facilities need to improve, need to get better. um The more we shift towards a...
00:13:23
Craig Birtwistle
lesser players on the field. I think it will naturally make our practices, our sessions more technically driven than tactical driven because we take the ego off the coach away a little.
00:13:35
Craig Birtwistle
And I think now we're focusing more on the player, which let's be honest, for the most of the mature coaches, that's what we do. we're takingn but We try it and they educate those younger coaches Now we've less players on the field, maybe less stress, less thought about winning matters at all costs.
00:13:54
Craig Birtwistle
So we're now more of the technical game. And I, I, a lot of my experience comes from coaching in America. That's where I'm based now. And, um I've been talking to a lot of coaches over here because I
Enhancing Player Development
00:14:08
Craig Birtwistle
honestly, if it's a success in England, I expect this to be over here within three to five years.
00:14:13
Craig Birtwistle
Exact same sort of thing in order to go. And some of the coaches over here have talked to me about And from my own knowledge, I watched like U13 boys and girls play it all the time. And in it in America, we do 7v7 at U9, U10, 9v9 at 11 and 12, and then 13 and above, it's 11v11.
00:14:34
Craig Birtwistle
And I always see it every year. the We have a really good U12 team that's doing everything, like switching the point of attack, overlapping fullbacks, all the business like that, even like to the point where you've got some teams playing a false nine and really understanding tactical play as well as doing technical gifted.
00:14:54
Craig Birtwistle
um However, once they go to U13, because the field shift from a nine v nine to 11 v 11 is so grass, so so vast, I should say, we lose that initial bit now of now fullbacks can't overlap because they can't cover the distance of the field.
00:15:09
Craig Birtwistle
we don't see switches at the point the tap because it takes them a week and a half to get from one side of the field to the other. And it literally takes them at least six months to grow into that 11v11 model. So i I love the fact that it's a more of a steady increment because now like...
00:15:27
Craig Birtwistle
as rob said earlier but it's going to be u14 when it goes to 11 v 11 and even pushing that up to u15 which is like high school age over here i think that would be a real real step forward for player development rob anything to add on that after pete and i talk
00:15:46
Rob Porter
Yeah, I'll just add into that other bit in terms of just saying the 11v11 bit. The worst bit of that is for the goalkeepers. They go up to under-13s and go for a 9-a-side goal, which they're still actually quite small, into an 11v11 goal. And it's just absolutely vast.
00:16:02
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:16:02
Rob Porter
And I think the other the other thing kind of comes into play is actually the the technical teams kind of then... potentially struggle for a little while because it's actually the physically dominant teams, the the early kind of maturers who actually take over for a while.
00:16:17
Rob Porter
um But no, I think we've kind of covered everything. think, you know, as said, the main thing for me is actually going to be interesting to see coaches having to potentially take a step back and actually be in more facilitator of play rather than You know, a coach who's under sevens who wants to be Pep, who wants to try to get their team to play tiki-taka.
00:16:38
Rob Porter
So I think there's lots of benefits all around.
00:16:42
Craig Birtwistle
Fantastic stuff. We're just going to have a short break and we'll be back to talk more about the Future Fit program that the FA is introducing.
00:17:30
Craig Birtwistle
Welcome back and we're here talking about the new football associations grassroots initiative called future fit. I'm a big fan of the idea, as sure, as you can see from what we've spoke about so far.
00:17:43
Craig Birtwistle
And we all know that some ideas are great. However, as I mentioned earlier, it's the execution that will make or break it. Let's start with Peter. Peter, what do you feel will be the biggest thing the FA needs to focus on to ensure this works as well as they hope?
00:18:02
Peter
There's a few things. The biggest thing is it's quite difficult one to pin down. So I'm just going to go with some things that jump to mind. um Conversations I've had.
00:18:19
Peter
We have to make sure that when, or we, the FA have to make sure that when they write out the rules and the laws, they reference what you do with additional players.
00:18:34
Peter
So what I mean is if you're going to a 3v3 and someone's got five and someone's got four, what doesn't happen, and it's I think it's critical that this doesn't happen is that another player is added in and you play 4v4 with one substitute the reason I think it's so important is first of all it will detract from bob the main point of actually doing 3v3 but if you don't address it what will happen because although the laws the the formats have been changed to slow the race to eleven v eleven
00:19:20
Peter
People still want to want to take that race on. So they will just turn up with additional players with a view to, we can play 4v4 because the laws say with extra players, we can do that.
00:19:33
Peter
So I think it needs to be really clear that you've got 3v3, you've got two spare players. They go and play a 2v2 or two 1v1s or whatever. or whatever, however they want to be precise on that. But it has to be there that you do not throw an extra player on.
00:19:54
Craig Birtwistle
Peter, you you you've obviously written many books on 3v3. You've got like a workshop coming up with Ray Power recently, and we'll we'll talk about that in a little bit to make sure people can benefit from it.
00:20:06
Craig Birtwistle
A lot of people talk about the benefits of 4v4, and you've mentioned there about ensuring that we don't add that extra player in and keeping it 3v3 based on the FA model.
00:20:18
Craig Birtwistle
With the 4v4 where people talk about width, depth and height being like that diamond shape and everything like that, why is it so important that the players play instead? Hmm.
00:20:29
Peter
So you will still get the width and depth. You'll still get width and depth and height, but you'll have to move to create it. Whereas I think if you're playing 4v4, you can have the width, depth, and height, and you don't to move.
00:20:46
Peter
That's quite an important factor. But I'm not doing down 4v4 in terms of its technical returns because you get plenty of very, very good technical returns.
00:20:59
Peter
what you are sacrificing is the basic maths so ball ratio of eight to one versus a ball ratio of six to one the opportunities are lower for each player to get meaningful game actions and that's the most important thing and the reason why 3v3 is better than two v two is because you still get the width and the depth and the height on the move and it's the smallest format that affords those players the most opportunities to actually execute themselves but also will include
00:21:48
Peter
The majority, and I say the majority because there's a few things that you can't execute small-sided games, but the majority of core and key moves in the game.
00:21:58
Peter
And it have 3v3, well, if we have a look at the FA's core moves, the 2v2 moves are there. and the two-player moves and the three-player moves are obviously going to be there.
00:22:12
Peter
And those two-player moves and three-player moves are relevant all the way up to eleven b eleven
00:22:20
Craig Birtwistle
I'm so glad I asked that because the 4v4 model is something I've always used all the time, but I totally agree with you. The fact that you actually end up with positions where people get stagnant, then if you will, like you have a center forward, two midfielders and a defender, they stay in those diamond shape and think they're doing the right thing. But as you say, it then limits their decision-making. They get less height naturally, like from movement. So I really appreciate you taking time to answer that question.
00:22:49
Peter
And also, with sorry, but also, we're only talking under seven.
00:22:49
Craig Birtwistle
Rob, so... Yeah.
00:22:54
Peter
That's also important point here.
00:22:54
Craig Birtwistle
in yeah
00:22:56
Peter
We're only talking under seven. up You can do, there's enough no reason to not do four versus four. But under seven, it's probably not the best thing for them to do Under eight, maybe under nine, under 10.
00:23:11
Peter
Why not do four v four? Why not do five v five? Why not do three v three? For that variety. So i've I've always made sure I don't say you should never use these formats.
00:23:23
Peter
You should only ever use free versus free because that's not the case.
00:23:23
Craig Birtwistle
Mm-hmm.
00:23:29
Peter
But at certain ages and with certain needs, it will fit better. And I think the decisions we made are under seven. It's a better fit, certainly than five v five.
00:23:44
Craig Birtwistle
Fantastic. I agree. I don't think there should be any absolutes as if to say you should never play 5v5. There's definitely opportunities to do that within player development. So, 100% agree with you there. So, Rob, what do you feel is the biggest thing biggest thing the FA need to focus on?
00:24:02
Rob Porter
think for me it's winning hearts and minds.
00:24:04
Craig Birtwistle
Hmm.
00:24:05
Rob Porter
You know, it's actually trying to trying to win over those who are the the doubters. I do believe they're going rolling out roadshows and CPD events. And I'm sure hopefully they'll be put together a kind of a good sort of social media run as well of of the positives.
00:24:22
Rob Porter
And I think that's that's the main thing for me is, you know, once you' got the logistics out, I think that help. I think there still will be some doubters, but i think but there will always be some doubters. You know, there's, as Pete alluded to, there's there's always that race to get to 11 v 11, because that's what this you know coaches see on TV. You know, they might have watched Man U versus Fulham this afternoon, and that's, you know, kind of, that's what they want to get towards, which is fine.
00:24:48
Rob Porter
But at the the day... under sevens isn't Man United against Fulham. And, you know, so, yeah, I think if they can win over a lot of those coaches and kind of show actually why they're doing it and sort of get everything across, I think that's probably the the main thing for me.
00:25:05
Craig Birtwistle
I agree. um I actually wrote on my notes that they wanted people to buy into it. ah So I think like coaches, players, parents in particular need to buy into this model in order to make it successful.
00:25:19
Craig Birtwistle
There was a video when I think the FA went to 77 or 99 not too long ago, where they got a bunch of adults on and they scaled the field based on how a seven year old would be if they were playing 11 by 11.
00:25:36
Craig Birtwistle
And it was like the field was like three miles wide. and something like that. And it was taking them forever to kick the ball down. And it's a video, you can find it on YouTube. And it just showed the fact that to those players, like, wow, we're doing this to these kids. No wonder they're not enjoying the game because it takes forever and a day to get from one goal to the other.
00:25:56
Craig Birtwistle
So I think stuff like that, the FA need to educate as much as possible. as in like This is not just because it's the flavour of the month. It's not just because Spain and Germany are doing it.
00:26:08
Craig Birtwistle
This is the benefit. This is why we're doing it. And this is where we expect our players to be in five, 10 years if we achieve this model. So we're just going to take us one more small break and we'll be back to continue.
00:26:18
Rob Porter
Definitely.
00:26:39
Craig Birtwistle
Welcome back. And as we continue to discuss the new initiative from the FA, I'm interested to see, to get your take on what coaches, clubs and academies can do in preparation for this.
00:26:51
Craig Birtwistle
Let's start with you, Rob.
Preparing Coaches for New Formats
00:26:53
Rob Porter
For me, it's start getting the ball rolling, especially in terms of your yeah you know yeah doing a lot more 3v3. As a coach, kind of start actually...
00:27:05
Rob Porter
letting go a little bit of the fact that actually you've got to be in control of every sort of little thing, every sort of detail. um And I would have said to obviously get some of Peter's resources as well as a little plug for him there so he doesn't have to do it himself.
00:27:19
Rob Porter
But um no, i said like, you know, get your head around it. i'm sure there'll a lot sort of, there's the CPD events coming in up. There'll be a lot of stuff coming out from the FA. So just start getting on board with the program and, and you know, and and get your head around it and and start working towards it
00:27:36
Craig Birtwistle
what's your thoughts, Peter?
00:27:39
Peter
Yeah, it's hard to... For people to be critical, they can't really be critical if they don't have an understanding of what they're being critical of, if that makes any sense.
00:27:47
Craig Birtwistle
Mm-hmm.
00:27:48
Peter
um So in order... Even if they are a doubter and you're yet to be turned from a doubter to a believer, you still... have to actually see what it is that you're putting your doubts into.
00:28:04
Peter
So if, if you don't believe in the format, that's probably an even bigger reason to go and see as much of it as possible. And at the minute, that's probably going to be going to VFA webinars or any other webinars or online events that are being hosted by people such as myself.
00:28:28
Peter
Um, And then just doing as much research as you can. um yeah Get the Horst of AIM books. Horst started many years ago, you know.
00:28:39
Peter
And if you read his stuff, it will help you to understand what the benefits are. But if you're more academically minded, there are papers out there that you can easily find that explain why smaller formats and smaller sided games are effective.
00:28:56
Craig Birtwistle
Thank
00:28:58
Peter
Have a read. Now, I know that's not going to be everybody's cup of tea, but it might be a cup of tea for some. And,
00:29:09
Peter
yeah, practice it. Practice it yourself. Do a tester event. Try, so try if you're someone who thinks it's going to be really difficult to manage two games, well, try having two 3v3 games going on in training and see if you can split your attention.
00:29:29
Peter
Try it having the players manage their own substitutions when you've got a 3v3 game and there's two players doing 1v1. See if the players can manage it Try these things out and you can get a feel for it. um Rob talked about education. You also talked about the education. It is really important that the education is out there.
00:29:52
Peter
And there are some things that I think... You don't grasp the differences until you actually do it. right I used to deliver a foot sale for the FA on the courses. And one of the things that we made sure that the people who came on the courses did was play a game of foot sale because then you could actually feel the difference between playing on the hard surface with the different ball and the speed of the game.
00:30:21
Peter
And then that thought with people going, it's just indoor five-a-side. And I, oh, no, it's not. Jeez, the speed of this thing, it's it's different. And it's the same sort of thing's going to happen with 3v3.
00:30:34
Peter
I think that if they are delivering courses for people to understand free versus free people need to play it as well as see it. And then they'll start to really feel the benefits and the differences.
00:30:49
Peter
I think that's going to be important. um
00:30:52
Craig Birtwistle
100% agree. I agree mainly with the practice and try, because at the end of the day, as you said, if you try something, then you have a better understanding. Then you might be pro, then you might be against.
00:31:05
Craig Birtwistle
But at least you were open-minded enough to give it a chance and see how it will go. And i think all three of us have mentioned it to to the hills and back now about education being real big key, getting people on board, making sure they understand it And with that in mind, Peter, I know Rob and I have mentioned it a couple of times and it's now time for that shameless plug, if
Peter's Books and Webinar on 3v3
00:31:27
Craig Birtwistle
if you will.
00:31:27
Craig Birtwistle
ah But it's not just a shameless plug. It is literally something that I feel would be extremely beneficial for people that do want to learn more about this. Peter, tell us a little bit about one, your webinar coming up and your 3v3 books that you actually have.
00:31:44
Peter
Yeah, well, the books are probably the easiest. Developing Skill, Developing Skill 2, and then 3v3, Inspired by Legends. They're not just lists of games and practices.
00:31:57
Craig Birtwistle
Thank you.
00:31:57
Peter
There's a lot of explanation of why it's an important format, and hopefully that will help people to understand it even more. um And then Ray Power and I,
00:32:10
Peter
ah Getting together and it's not that far away now Monday the 10th of March at 7 30 p.m. UK time for an hour and a half to to chat 3v3 and I'm going to be going in great depth into The benefits of 3v3 And a little bit on formats but only in terms of what the possible formats might be The FA are doing their own webinars and hopefully, and this is what we don't know, hopefully they will do the big reveal about this is what the format is going to be.
00:32:51
Peter
A little tidbit, and based on the discussions that I had with people, what we see in the first year of 3v3 as formats may not be what we get in year two and three.
00:33:04
Peter
That's something that the doubters, might have to think about but just because they don't like what they're seeing right now that might not be what they see a bit later but anyway yes uh 10th of march that's when ray and i are doing the webinar and it's going to go a deep dive into benefits of freebie fruit
00:33:30
Craig Birtwistle
Fantastic stuff.
Podcast Conclusion
00:33:31
Craig Birtwistle
um Thank you so much, Rob and Peter for joining us today. Rob and Peter are friends of the show and we will make sure to put their socials in our podcast description so all the listeners can follow them.
00:33:45
Craig Birtwistle
Also, we'll put Peter's books and the webinar i as a link in the podcast description just to make it easier for everyone. Be sure to get in touch across all our socials to offer your opinions on everything we've discussed today. today We'd love to hear your thoughts on all that we have discussed.
00:34:03
Craig Birtwistle
This has been Session Share, the coach's podcast. Thank you for listening and thank you for coaching the beautiful game.
00:34:17
Peter
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