Book Launch of Constraining Football by Ben Bartlett

Constraining Football - A Vision for Player and Coach Development

This is a book about learning.

Learning can often be forgotten or fringe in the pursuit of other fruits. When these fruits are practice books, formal & standardised education and easy to digest, saccharine infused niceties there is a risk that we overlook one of the fundamental human needs; to develop, change, grow and learn to master crafts.

The mastery of crafts such as coaching takes time, earnest commitment and many challenging, chastening experiences that leave us feeling a little less than skilful. However we overcome these challenges, they are likely to be enablers that support our learning and growth towards becoming a better coach than we were yesterday.

This book is intended to support that exploration; generate and guide your thinking whilst ensuring the gestation of those seeds of thought. We will encourage and enable a deeper understanding of the people or players in our care and provide some illumination on how to guide our decisions in designing environments that are responsive to both you and your players.

Ben is an experienced UEFA Pro-Licence & MSc qualified coach and coach developer. Currently employed leading the integration of coach and player development at Fulham Football Club. This was prefaced by 12 years at The FA supporting the development and training of coaches within National Teams & Professional Football Clubs.

Previous experience leading youth development programmes in both The Premier & Football Leagues to support the development of international footballers.

Ben led significant aspects within the restructure of The Football Association coach education pathway over recent years.