from Chris Chilcott (U8)

I was hoping to arrange a meeting of all the coaches within the club before the new season however as it holiday season now this might not be possible. The key focus for the meeting would be to discuss any ideas you have to improve and develop coaching within the club, how we can get tighter links with the local schools to ensure we have maximum player availability for all the age groups (there are some age groups with a shortage of players) and also the next generation the new Year 1 how can we start to get them enthused so when they get to Year 2 we have a new U7 team in place, and how we can help each other to keep our coaching fun and enthusing for the player. We currently have 20 FA qualified coaches within the club however there is not an even split over the age groups, we should be looking to how we can help where there may be a shortage of a coach for a session which would have to be cancelled if the normal coach had a problem and couldn't make it.

We can then take any ideas and plans we have to the next main committee meeting in September to present to them for feedback and approval.

I was hoping to try and get together the week of the Bank Holiday (30th August), if you could let me know availability that week I can try to arrange it to suit the most people. Alternatively any queries or ideas via email can be discussed, and with modern technology it would be very easy to set up an interactive forum for our use.