The Boot Room


Issue 10 August 2014


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A case of curiosity Level 1 and 2 Army FA CPD Event


The importance of developing curiosity was the theme of a recent CPD workshop delivered by FA Regional Coach Development Manager, Matt Joseph.


The former Leyton Orient and Cambridge midfielder suggested that players must be curious if they are to establish further skills such as creativity, game understanding and tactical awareness later in their development.


Speaking at the Army FA CPD event for Level 1-2 coaches at the Headquarters of the Royal Army Physical Training Corp in Aldershot, Joseph explained:


"Some children want to explore with their minds, others by physically taking part or experiencing the challenge so it is important for coaches to recognise these differences in children's style of curiosity.


"If we can do that we can start to develop players' curiosity further by introducing inclusive, engaging and experimental environments that can allow every player to fulfil their potential.


"At the same time, curiosity often leads to more mess than mastery, so it then becomes important that we handle the mess correctly in order to encourage further exploration."


Joseph showcased a number of methods coaches can adopt to help players develop their curiosity, first explaining the need to establish an environment that’s inclusive, engaging and experimental, whilst at the same time being flexible enough to allow for the different ways in which children might act out their curious instincts.


Joseph stressed that a key part of this process is designing practices with limited structure to encourage variation and peer-to- peer learning.


Joseph also encouraged the watching coaches to introduce new ideas into the session as well as provide individual and team challenges linked to the theme.


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