Reader,

This week, we wanted to take the focus off the grass and put it back on to you, our community.

As PDP approaches its 10th year of existence, we wanted to say a huge thank you to all of our newsletter subscribers, social media followers and most importantly, our PDP members and course participants. Without the support of our members, we would not be able to continue to bring you great coaching content and do all we can to support coaches to provide great experiences to young people all over the world.

2023 has been another great year for the PDP team. We have launched our new and improved online coaching community, delivered online courses around the world, facilitated members calls, created dozens of new pieces of learning content and launched our new ‘On The Grass’ newsletter.

We already have a major new initiative in the pipeline for launch in the new year and cannot wait to test this concept with our community – so watch this space!

In the name of continually getting better, below are a few recommended reading links for the holiday period. The articles below are some of our most read articles in 2023.

  1. Fundamental Lessons for Beginner Coaches
  2. How to Create Individual Plans for Soccer Players
  3. Should we give kids equal game time in youth soccer?
  4. What are the best 7v7 formations?

In the meantime, we would like to wish the entire PDP community and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dave, Adam, Nicole, Lee, James & Dan

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