The FA Youth Award

General Interest

1. Chivas Guadalajara climbs the ranks with structured soccer (Soccer Coaching International, 2005)
   
   
2. Coaching, Families and Learning in Brazilian Youth Football Players (John H Salmela and Luiz Carlos Moraes, 2004)

General Player Development Issues

1. External Influences in Football Recruitment (Craig Simmons, Player Development Advisor, The Football Association, 2001)
   
   
2. Can family planning increase your selection chances? (Craig Simmons, Player Development Advisor, The Football Association, 2001)
   
   
3. Fast tracking and player development (Craig Simmons, Player Development Advisor, The Football Association, 2004)
   
   
4. Player Development (Craig Simmons, Player Development Advisor, The Football Association and Dick Bate, Former National Coach, 2005)  
   
   
5. How Parents and Coaches Influence Youth Footballers (Ben Stephenson)

Physical and Mental Development

1. Motivating Kids: Balancing Learning, Fun & Ego (Mary D. Walling and Joan L. Duda) 
   
   
2. How to Grow a Super-Athlete (Daniel Coyle, 2007)
   
   
3. The Development of Self Esteem and Developing confident players (Professor Ken Fox and Dr Matt Pain)
   
   
4. Goal-Perspective Theory of Motivation (Professor Stuart Biddle)

Practice and related issues

1. The Contribution of Structured Activity and Deliberate Play to the Development of Expert Perceptual and Decision-Making Skill (Jason Berry, Bruce Abernethy  and Jean Côté, 2008)  
   
   
2. Coaches’ experiences of Game Sense: opportunities and challenges (Richard Light, 2004)  
   
   
3. Game Sense: Invotation or just good coaching? (Richard Light, 2006)
   
   
4. Structuring Practice for Effective Skill Learning (Mark Williams, 1998)
   
   
5. Learning Football Skills Effectively: Challenging Tradition (Mark Williams)
   
   
6. The Manchester United 4 v 4 Pilot Scheme (Manchester Metropolitan University)  
   
   
7. Practice, instruction and skill acquistion in soccer: Challenging tradition (Mark Williams & Nicola J. Hodges, 2005)  
   
   
8. Small-sided games study of young football players in Scotland (Grant Small, 2006)