FA Respect Campaign
Posted by Andy Kelly on 7 December 2018
Research from The FA has shown that 90% of young players perform better with positive encouragement and the insight has shaped the Respect campaign’s new mantra [having been originally launched in the 2008-09 season] ‘We Only Do Positive’.
The campaign aims to improve touchline and on-pitch behaviour in youth football across the country by raising awareness and the importance of Respect among a new generation of parents, coaches, volunteers and players.
Released to grassroots youth coaches across the country to reinforce the importance of the campaign, the ‘We Only Do Positive’ handbook focuses on Gareth Southgate’s five positive principles of coaching:
• “Create the right environment”
• “Lead by positive example”
• “Understand your players”
• “Build a positive team around you”
• “Instil an ‘anything is possible’ attitude”
Please take some time to read the handbook that can be found here We only do Positive
