Articles about youth football
Practical articles for coaches and team leaders in youth football: playing time, squad selection, match day and club life.
Inviting Players to Join Your Team – How to Bring New Members On Board
Getting new players to join your team requires more than a Facebook message. Here's the practical path from first contact to signed consent and completed player registration.
My Team Football: Organizing and Managing Your Football Team
Leading a football team involves more than deciding the starting lineup. From youth groups to senior squads, someone must ensure everyone knows where to be, what to bring, and tha…
Logging into team management systems in Norwegian football
Norwegian football clubs use different digital systems to organize training, matches and communication. Login methods vary between platforms like Spond, Holdsport and MinIdrett, a…
Football Coach in Norway: Practical Guide to Team Management
As a football coach in Norway, you're responsible for everything from attendance to matches, parent communication and training planning. Here's what you concretely need to know to…
Jesper Mathisen and youth football: what young players can learn from the player type
Jesper Mathisen is a complete midfielder who combines physicality, running power and game intelligence. For youth football coaches, it's not his career path that provides learning…
My football – overview and organisation of your football team
Keeping track of a football team requires structure: matches, training sessions, attendance, and communication with parents. Here you'll find concrete methods to organise your tea…
Football Team Selection: How to Pick Your Squad Each Week
Team selection is about more than putting your best players on the pitch. For coaches in youth football, it requires balancing development, fairness, and the demands of the match.
MyTeams login – get started with team administration
MyTeams gives coaches and team managers an overview of attendance, match data and communication in one place. Here's how to log in for the first time, what to do if your password …
Managing Team Access and Login for Coaches and Parents
When you lead a youth team, you quickly face the question of who should have access to what. Which coaches should be able to change matches, which parents should see training sess…
Football Coach: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed with Your Team
Being a football coach at youth level involves far more than planning training sessions. Here you get concrete guidance on playing time, communication with parents, and how to bui…
Norwegian Football Coach: Guide and Practical Tips for Youth Teams
Being a football coach for youth teams in Norway requires more than football knowledge. Here you'll find concrete tools for training planning, communication with parents, and how …
Norwegian Football Teams: How to Organize Your Team Effectively
Norwegian football teams are largely run by volunteer parents and coaches who balance team management with work and family. This guide shows concrete steps to make daily operation…
Differentiation in training: how to give every child the right level of challenge
In a group of 20 children there are always some who are bored and some who struggle to keep up. Differentiation is about adapting drills and opposition so that every child gets a …
Football App: What Coaches and Team Managers Actually Need
A football app should save you time, not create more work. Here's what actually works in the daily life of coaches and team managers in Norwegian youth football – and which featur…
Login and Access Management for Teams: How to Keep Track of Who Has Access
When multiple adults share responsibility for a children's team, you need to manage who has access to contact information, training lists, and communication with parents. Here are…
Logging into your team platform: What you need to know
Coach or team manager logging into your team's digital system for the first time? Here's the practical guide to login, access levels, and what to do when it doesn't work.
My Team Leadership: How to Lead Your Football Team Effectively
Leading a youth football team involves more than showing up to training. Here are concrete tools for organising playing time, communicating with parents, and creating a culture wh…
MyTeams – tool for team managers and coaches in youth football
MyTeams is an app built for Norwegian football teams, with features that address the practical challenges team managers and coaches face every week. Here we look at what the app o…
The MyTeams App: Complete Guide for Football Teams
The MyTeams app brings together team management, communication and statistics in one solution for Norwegian football teams. Here's a practical walkthrough of how the app works, wh…
Norwegian football app – what coaches and team managers need
A football app should solve practical tasks without becoming another burden. Here's what actually makes a difference in the daily life of coaches and team managers in Norwegian yo…
Balanced matches: why 12–0 helps neither team
Nobody learns anything from winning 12–0, and nobody enjoys losing it. Balanced matches are a learning principle, not a fairness principle. Here is what to do before the season, i…
The goalkeeper role in children's football: everyone tries, nobody gets stuck
Goalkeeper is the position nobody volunteers for, and the one most likely to ruin a match day for a child. Here is how to rotate the role fairly, train it without a keeper coach, …
Children's Football: What Coaches and Parents Should Know
Children's football is about creating positive experiences where everyone gets to play and develop at their own pace. Here's what coaches and parents need to know about playing ti…
NFF Youth Football: Rules and guidelines coaches must know
The Norwegian Football Association has clear guidelines for youth football that ensure proper development. Here are the most important rules for playing time, match formats and tr…
Planning and Conducting a Dugnad for a Football Team
Dugnad is an integral part of the culture in Norwegian youth football. With thorough preparation, the dugnad can be a positive experience for both children and adults. This articl…
The parent on the sideline: how adults can help without getting in the way
Parents on the sideline always mean well, but well-meaning shouting is not the same as help. Here is why children lose their own voice when adults coach, four habits any parent gr…
Fair playing time in youth football: why it matters and how to get it right
Playing time is the biggest source of friction in youth football. Here is why even minutes matter for development and enjoyment, and a practical method for getting it right as a b…