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Skill Acquisition In Youth Football

  • Webinar
  • S01 E09
  • 09:30
  • Subscription Required

About Webinar

In this presentation, Sara will explore the importance of skill acquisition and the connection with creating autonomous players.

Learning Outcomes

  • Recognise the importance of skill acquisition within motor control development
  • Discuss the connection of skill acquisition and creating autonomous players
  • Explore the implications of poor skill acquisition on performance across the age range
Meet the Expert

Sara Hilton

Following a successful playing career which ended because of injury, Sara began coaching in 2011. To enhance her knowledge in the world of sport and exercise, Sara began studying the BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Sciences course as a full time student in 2013. Sara joined the sports coaching department of Wrexham Glyndwr University in 2016.
In terms of coaching Sara has gained an enormous amount of experience in coaching football at all levels, from grassroots football to the U15’s Girls national team. Sara has worked as a coach in Welsh Premier League Academies and she was also the director of the North East Wales Girls Performance Centre and the North Wales Coast Girl’s Performance Centre, as well as a North Wales Regional coach for many years. In April 2016 Sara coached the national under 16’s girls’ team and has helped many players progress through the Welsh player pathway. Sara has was awarded the National Performance Coach of the Year 2016.

Sara continues to work as a level 1 and a level 2 coach educator for the FAW Trust and continues to progress as an educator within the FAW coach education pathway.

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