footy4kids football (soccer) patches - motivate your players to work hard and learn new skills!

footy4kids football patches

motivate your players to improve, work hard and learn new skills.

Let's put the 'bottom line' at the top for a change: footy4kids patches make the 'beautiful game' more fun for children and they'll help you become a more effective and successful coach.

These attractive iron-on patches have encouraged thousands of young footballers to work harder, concentrate, be better behaved and learn new skills.

"Since starting to use the patches I have noticed a definite improvement in the kids response to instructions. I decided to make the patches slightly harder to win by having the kids earn 5 points in each skill area to earn the patches. Now I regularly see the kids practicing their juggling skills in their free time at the start of every session. This week I handed out the first set of training attendance patches and the kids were so excited!"

From the patches survey June 2009

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Children love collecting all the different designs and showing them off to their mums and dads!

Coaches love the improvement they see in their players attitude and work rate.

They've even been used to toilet train small children (although I doubt you'll want to use them for that!).

Why are football patches so effective at improving player/team performance?

It's simple - football patches are based on the proven psychological theory of positive reinforcement.

In other words, they work by encouraging and rewarding behaviour you want to see. But of course patches won't work on their own. You need to plan your training sessions carefully, understand how to teach the basic skills and have some drills and games at your disposal. But footy4kids can help you with all of that. At no charge!

But even if you are well prepared, you still need all the assistance you can get on the training field and I can honestly say that football patches have helped me tremendously.

For example, some of my players:

would not attend training regularly and/or on time;

wouldn't listen and messed about;

were reluctant to pass in front of goal even when someone was better placed than they were;

were timid in the tackle and wouldn't head the ball;

were lazy, both on the pitch and in training.

Football patches helped me overcome all of these problems and, at the same time, made football more fun for my players. Find out how

And that's why I am happy to give football (soccer) patches my personal recommendation. But you don't have to take just my word for how good these patches are. Click here to read some unsolicited testimonials like the two below. They're from real football coaches, just like you and me.

"When I took over a U9 girls team, they had not won a single game in the last 2 years. Not only that, the team could not score any goals. This year, we started using patches and we have won our first 2 games by comfortable margins. We have emphasised how the players can earn them (e.g., team work, skills, hard work and defence) and we have had a tremendous response from our girls (and parents)." Craig

"I have one child on my U6 team who regularly misbehaves even with his parents around. I had a couple of heart to hearts with him, but that didn't seem to help much.

I started giving patches at the last practice. He earned one for bravery at the last game for getting up so quickly after falls. I had told him that he would get something for that. He was so excited. After I gave the patches out (game patches and practice patches) I told him about a special patch he could earn for listening and following directions. We worked on a couple more practice games and he reported to me every time he listened. "I've followed directions 3 times in a row!"

It is amazing what a little thing like a patch can do." Lee

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Remember: not every child is a great athlete, but every child can be brave and do their best and if they do, be proud of them, and let them know you are proud of them.

Recognise their bravery or effort when it occurs and also in front of the team – that’s all you can ask, and if you teach them that, be proud that you have given them an attitude that will help them in sports and in life: “Be brave and do your best.”