The Game Model

Course: Use The 360TFT Game Model Section: Course Overview

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I’ve developed the complete 360TFT coaching system over 15+ years working with players from grassroots to professional level. The system centres on the Moment-Slice-Situation framework and systematic player development that creates confident, intelligent players who perform under pressure.

My approach moves beyond random drills to proven methodologies.

The methodology emphasises building confidence whilst building competence, never exposing weaknesses without providing tools to fix them.

Everything connects to long-term player development through progressive 16-week blocks that link training to actual match performance. The Youth Development Game Model Course provides clearly defined stages showing what players should be able to do technically and tactically at each phase, replacing guesswork with clarity about what to teach, when to teach it, and how to ensure it sticks.

The system helps coaches stop coaching like everyone else and start creating the players who remember their coach forever, built on the principle that great coaching needs clarity and structure, not random disconnected training plans.

Welcome to the Youth Development Game Model Course

Thanks for being here. This course has been shaped by over 15 years of working with players at every level of the game, from grassroots to academy, and it’s built on one simple idea:

Great coaching needs clarity and structure.

Right now, one of the biggest problems in youth football is the rise of disconnected training plans online. Coaches mean well, they download a session, tweak a few drills, and hope it fits their players. But too often, there’s no clear thread that connects one session to the next, and no real way to know if the players are learning what they need to.

That’s a big problem. Because learning isn’t automatic, it’s a battle against forgetting. Random drills won’t win that battle.

This course gives you a model, a framework you can trust. It takes away the guesswork and replaces it with clarity: what to teach, when to teach it, and how to make sure it sticks. It’s a methodical process that supports players at every stage of their development, building on what they’ve already learned.

Each stage builds essential competencies that unlock the next level of understanding, ensuring players develop genuine mastery rather than superficial skill. Done right, this is like gold dust for both learning and long-term player development.

Inside, you’ll find clearly defined stages that show what players should be able to do, technically and tactically, at each phase of their journey. These stages aren’t just theory. They’re practical, they’re age-appropriate, and they’re what I believe really matters. Everything else is just noise.

This isn’t just about helping players execute skills. It’s about helping them understand the why, when, and how so they can make better decisions in real game moments. It’s also about helping you, the coach, build confidence that your players have actually grasped the concepts you’re teaching. Because if you don’t know what they know, how can you build on it?

Too many coaches are left guessing. They reference an idea in training and hope their players understand. This course replaces that hope with certainty so you know exactly what should be mastered, by whom, and when.

Thanks for committing to your own learning and for trusting me to be part of that journey.

Let’s get started.

Kevin Middleton Founder, 360TFT

This content is part of the 360TFT Football Coaching Academy - Use The 360TFT Game Model