Top Coaching Tips
The life of a grassroots football coach is a wonderful, enjoyable, and enriching one as you spend your cold midweek night being the influencer on the young children and young adults who you have...
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Sustainable Sports Program
Help our Sustainable Sports Program Youth Ambassadors engage with being part of the solution for their future and join one of our annual Bush clean-up events during August. Be a part of this great...
Read more Providing Feedback to Players
When providing feedback we must be careful to not focus too much on the negatives. To get the message across we need to ensure our players have confidence in their ability and feel assured of the...
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Life Member Profile: Bruce Waterhouse
Bruce’s introduction to football was one of uniqueness. At the age of 10 he was told by a doctor that he had to stop playing rugby union due to his sight, and so football became the only...
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Champions Cup returns for 2022
Northern Suburbs Football Association and Manly Warringah Football Association are delighted to confirm the return of the Champions Cup. First introduced in 2020, the Champions Cup is now an...
Read more Matchday Coaching Process
Supporting grassroots coaches to improve the player experience on matchdaysEnsure this is used a guide and applied correctly to your context – whether that is in grassroots or representative...
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Life Member Profile: Peter Reeves
Peter’s love of football began from a young age when he used to get a football magazine called ‘Tiger’ out of England. He quickly became a lover of the sport and especially Manchester United, who...
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Coach Developer Spotlight: Jeremy Ferral-Smith
The NSFA Coach Development team is conducting NSFA Super League and Diamond League matchday mentoring throughout the season. This initiative is designed to support NSFA coaches on the ground in...
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Changing the Game in Female Coach Development
“I believe equality in football will take a similar path to sub 4-minute mile. What was a mammoth task once achieved by Roger Bannister rippled a belief it was possible.” “Once the 4-minute...
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NSFA Levels Up with Bondle
For the 2022 season NSFA has partnered with Bondle to streamline processes and improve the ease of communication with various Club Working Groups. “One of the key issues highlighted by our clubs...
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Synthetic Field Upgrade at Norman Griffiths Oval nears commencement
After a heavily disrupted start to the season due to wet weather, Northern Suburbs Football Association and West Pymble FC are looking forward to the synthetic field upgrade set to commence at...
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2022 Coaching Scholarship Applications Open
Northern Suburbs Football Association has over 17,500 playing members and over 1,200 coaches currently involved in 2022. A core aim of NSFA is to increase the quality of football for all players...
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