Have you volunteered or been “volun-told” to be the coach of the team that your child is part of? Coaching your child’s football team can sometimes be challenging, here is some Hills Football advice to help you juggle the dual role of parent and coach…. It’s day one and you have been handed this little
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As a coach have you ever asked your players, “what motivates you?” Hills Football has…. When trying to design strategies to engage with players, or a team’s collective goals these should be built around the core motivations of the group. Through the SportAus research we know that the top motivational factors to participate in football
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The NSW Government has recently announced the extension of the lockdown for Greater Sydney until Saturday, 28 August 2021. This has resulted in the several proposed resumptions of community football put on hold once again. Of obviously greater concern is the lockdown extension date now takes us to the final week scheduled for our HFI
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Attention Coaches Commencing Tuesday 20th July, Hills Football is excited to launch a special lockdown webinar series for our local Coaches. The webinar series will include the following Sessions: Tues 20 July – 6:30 – The role of a grassroots coach.Tues 27 July – 6:30 – Designing a training session for grassroots football.Tues 3 Aug
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The NSW Government has today announced that the stay-at-home orders that were put in place on Saturday, 26 June 2021, across all of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour will be extended until at least 11.59pm on Friday, 30 July 2021. Therefore, all football activities within Greater Sydney including the
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NSW Government has issued updated Public Health Orders COVID-19 restrictions extended in NSW of which incorporates a lockdown of Greater Sydney (inclusive of Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong) from 6pm tonight until 11:59pm Friday July 9. Restrictions are inclusive of Community Sport and as such all HFI football activities will cease during this time.
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You would have seen the latest update from the NSW Government which mentions specific restrictions to those working/living in certain areas. These keys changes can be found below: • Current restrictions (based on our correspondence yesterday) will be extended to at least midnight on Friday 2 July. • Stay at home orders for those who
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Dear Members, Last night the NSW Government released their updated Public Health Order (PHO) – linked here. The key message is that Hills Football and our member clubs can continue to conduct football activities but that existing COVID-19 Safety Plans be reviewed and that steps are taken to ensure compliance with rules around masks, movement and
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20 Hills Football teams had a win in round 2 of the FNSW State Cup and will advance to round 3 in two weeks Home Team Away Team Result Competition Castle Hill RSL Rockets Northbridge FC 1-0 12 Boys Emu Plains FC Castle Hill Utd 4-0 12 Boys Castle Hill RSL Rockets Bye Bye 12
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It has been a hugely successful start to 2021, with record participation numbers, teams and for the most part some fantastic community football played in the best spirit of the game. We have though encountered some instances whereby players have not been included on their respective team sheets during competitive matches. The below is a
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