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Sports Path 

Helping Associations, Clubs and Entrepreneurs  maximise Football Participation for over 40 years 

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Our Services

With a track record of success in Football Development  , we offer the following services. 

Our Services

Courses

Sports Path offer online courses to assist volunteers, coaches, organisers and entrepreneurs maximise participation , develop players and improve team performance 

Consultancy

With over 40 years of experience in the Football Development FA and UEFA, Sports Path has a proven track record in increasing participation numbers

What our customers say about our new online course - 'INNOVATE ! Build Your Grassroots Football Startup'  

  • Joe Cunnane, Precision Football,  Brisbane , Australia:This course is excellent for any grassroots coaches looking to begin their own startup as it runs you through the necessary processes/steps needed prior to establishing your startup. I highly recommend this course as it is well structured, provides a great deal of detail and is very interactive." https://www.precisionfootball.com.au/

Joe Cunnane, Precision Football,  Brisbane , Australia 

https://www.precisionfootball.com.au/

Meet Robin

Robin has significant experience in devising and implementing strategic educational plans and projects across the football industry. He founded “FA Learning” for the English FA before leaving to set up Sports Path. 

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Robin has been a UEFA Grassroots Football Development Consultant since 2005 and is recognised globally for expertise in football development and education. He has been awarded the Lifelong Contribution to Coach Education Award at the Inaugural FA Awards and previously awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Physical Education Association of the UK. 

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New online course: 

Build a Grassroots Football Startup

This online course is designed to help startups innovate in the global grassroots football market, and attract and retain new (or lapsed) participants.

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FA SOCCER STAR
In1988 after 3 years research the FA Soccer Star tests were  validated by Professor Tim Holt of Southampton University, England following extensive research with over 10,000 children. They had been proven to display over 90% reliability and over 90% validity in distinguishing between different levels of players.The outline of the tests are available and details in PDF form  here Download FA_Soccerstar_challenge

The book of the Programme is still available on Amazon  here . Over 1million children in over 50 countries went on to take the Soccer Star Challenge which involved 6 tests - dribbling, turning,speed slalom,heading, shooting and  running with the ball. It was intended as a ' fun' activity to motivate players to practise in their own time but there was an Talent ID aspect:- 

The Programme of tests produced a final score for the player on a 6 Level rating.Players achieving the highest ( 6 Star ) grading were recommended to their nearest licensed Academy ( previously known as ‘ Centre of Excellence ) Some of the England Full Internationals and England Under 21 players who have undertaken the Soccer Star Challenge and obtained the top six star grading are shown below ( including their age when they achievedthe Soccer Star 6 star rate and the team they went on to play for )

Michael Carrick (Manchester United) 10 years ,Michael Bridges (Leeds United) 11 years ,Matthew Upson (West HamUtd ) 10 years ,10 Jonathan Greening (West Bromwich Albion ) 10 years ,John Curtis Blackburn Rovers 11 years,Matthew Etherington ( West Ham Utd ) 10 years

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