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A group of three UK youth sports coaches talk about the importance of observation, analysis and evaluation in helping your young players improve and refine their skills. Inspirational!

New Zealand backs coach Wayne Smith and Italy's Nick Mallett will be pitching in to coach a Southern Hemisphere side in this charity clash at Twickenham. The fundraising event is hoping to exceed the £1.46m raised in 2008.

Test out Rugby Coaching Club's archive of rugby drills, games, DVDs and manuals with some free to download samples.

Use these soccer coaching tips to avoid the pressure trap with young soccer players. It's not always obvious how much young players are affected by the expectations of their parents or their coaches and how this will cause difficulties if they don't play well in a match. This article shows coaches how they can help alleviate the stress for youngsters.

Use these rugby coaching tips to retain your young players' attention span and get the maximum results from limited training times.

Phillipe Sella, the French centre, capped 111 times by his country in the '80s and '90s, was revolutionary in his day. This is a technique he pioneered, to ensure defenders could not drift across to tackle the next man after he had passed.

Soccer coaching tips to help you make the parents of your young soccer players aware of what behaviour you expect. For instance, tell them right from the start that shouting from the sidelines is unacceptable.

Very young players are usually too busy chasing the ball to be able to communicate effectively with team mates in a match, but by the time your players are 11 years old, they should be able to do this effectively. Use this game to encourage the skills.