Hits close to home…. “The strongest players in my squad were fine. They were playing every week, getting development time, and feeling valued. The ones who left were the ones who needed more support, more playing time, and more encouragement.”

A child hears “not good enough”, and something shifts. Not always outwardly, but internally, it lands. • Some withdraw. • Some play safe. • Some stop trying altogether. And we call it “attitude”, but step back. What if it’s not the child lacking something… What if it’s the environment removing something? Confidence isn’t built through judgement, it’s built through repetition, patience, and the right words at the right time. This doesn’t mean standards drop, it can mean standards are taught, not thrown at children, because development is uneven, messy and non-linear. The child who looks “behind” today might just be the one who needed more time. Time is the one thing most environments don’t give. So before saying “not good enough”, ask a better question: Have we actually helped them become good enough yet?

A parent approaches you after the match, their under-9 played 12 minutes. The team won 3-0. The parent isn't angry, they're just asking quietly and genuinely why their child barely got on. What do you say? And more importantly, were you in the right? I've broken this down in the comments because a recent poll of 548 coaches and parents said more than you might expect 👇

🚨BREAKING: OpenAI published a paper proving that ChatGPT will always make things up. Not sometimes. Not until the next update. Always. They proved it with math. Even with perfect training data and unlimited computing power, AI models will still confidently tell you things that are completely false. This isn't a bug they're working on. It's baked into how these systems work at a fundamental level. And their own numbers are brutal. OpenAI's o1 reasoning model hallucinates 16% of the time. Their newer o3 model? 33%. Their newest o4-mini? 48%. Nearly half of what their most recent model tells you could be fabricated. The "smarter" models are actually getting worse at telling the truth. Here's why it can't be fixed. Language models work by predicting the next word based on probability. When they hit something uncertain, they don't pause. They don't flag it. They guess. And they guess with complete confidence, because that's exactly what they were trained to do. The researchers looked at the 10 biggest AI benchmarks used to measure how good these models are. 9 out of 10 give the same score for saying "I don't know" as for giving a completely wrong answer: zero points. The entire testing system literally punishes honesty and rewards guessing. So the AI learned the optimal strategy: always guess. Never admit uncertainty. Sound confident even when you're making it up. OpenAI's proposed fix? Have ChatGPT say "I don't know" when it's unsure. Their own math shows this would mean roughly 30% of your questions get no answer. Imagine asking ChatGPT something three times out of ten and getting "I'm not confident enough to respond." Users would leave overnight. So the fix exists, but it would kill the product. This isn't just OpenAI's problem. DeepMind and Tsinghua University independently reached the same conclusion. Three of the world's top AI labs, working separately, all agree: this is permanent. Every time ChatGPT gives you an answer, ask yourself: is this real, or is it just a confident guess?

❝They feel it. They live it. They breathe it.❞ - Tino Asprilla Barcelona '97. Tonight, it's our moment again. ✨

We’ve got a spare Carabao Cup commemorative programme from our game against Brentford to giveaway Repost and we’ll pick someone in the morning to send it to Good luck! #NUFC

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🏆 A TEAMS vs EQUAL TEAMS: THE GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL DEBATE Youth football's uncomfortable question: ➠ Are we serving all players or just the "talented" ones? The tradition: A team (the "good" players), B team (the "okay" players), C team (the rest). The reality: Most players are still developing. Today's C player could be tomorrow's star. THE SHOCKING NUMBERS: ◍ Only 0.5% of under-nines at top clubs make it to the ◍ academy system (Source: BBC Sport) ◍ There are just 12,500 players in the entire English academy system ⚠️ Yet we're sorting thousands of young players into ability groups every weekend 1️⃣ THE EARLY SORTING PROBLEM ⇢ Development is unpredictable and non-linear ⇢ Many late developers are overlooked in early selection processes 2️⃣ THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT When we tell young players they're "C team material," they believe us. This mindset follows them for years - often permanently. 3️⃣ THE DEVELOPMENTAL EVIDENCE Mixed-ability teams create: ⇢ Better problem-solving ⇢ Improved communication ⇢ More realistic game scenarios 4️⃣ THE FA GRASSROOTS MISSION "To provide football for all" Not "To provide football for the best" 5️⃣ THE REALITY CHECK If 99.5% of players won't make the academy system, shouldn't our focus be on developing EVERY player? 👇 Question for coaches: If you've tried both approaches, what differences did you notice in player development and enjoyment? thesportingresource.co.uk/ (@SundayShare10 #SundayShare)

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WIN 5 x MITRE ULTIMATCH ONE FOOTBALLS PLUS A CARRY BAG! ⚽️ TO ENTER: 1. Like & retweet this post 2. Follow both @DirectSoccer & @MitreSports 3. Tag a team mate or team who'd love to win Ends: 28/11/24 at 23:59 GMT OPEN TO THE UK ONLY. GOOD LUCK! #directsoccer #competition

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Our lives are the sum of our choices. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. See you at the movies May 23, 2025.

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We’re in the End-Game Now….😳

Principles of UX Design for Product Builders: Jakob Nielsen's 10 Essential Guidelines (h/t @NNgroup)