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CoachingCoaching your own child without ruining football for both of you

Coaching17 September 20252 min

Coaching your own child without ruining football for both of you

Half of all volunteer coaches are there because their own kid is on the team. Here is how to stop that child getting the worst of you - or the softest of you - every Tuesday.

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