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How much is too much when it comes to youth sport?

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Q&A: 7 Tips for Successfully Coaching Teenagers

Dan Wright Dan Wright is a football coach who holds the FA Advanced Youth Award, the UEFA A license and coaches at a Premier League club academy. Dan is also a blogger and educator with coaching experience working at grassroots level through to professional academies in the UK & Africa.

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The question this week comes from Gordon, via email;

“I’ve just started coaching teenagers for the first time, do you have any advice?”

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