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GET PLAYERS TALKING

Encourage players to communicate and collaborate through team and player challenges. MatchPlay Cards are known to get even the shyest players talking!

PROMOTE DECISION-MAKING

Promote quick-thinking from players, helping them to build confidence in making decisions on the spot, which is invaluable during gameplay!

DEVELOP TEAM CULTURE

Inject an element of fun into coaching session experiences. It helps to 'break the ice' between new players and foster a collaborative and encouraging team culture.

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Adding team challenges with IFK Stocksund

Adding team challenges with IFK Stocksund

The foundation of IFK Stocksund rests on two pillars, having great coaches to lead and an environment that is both fun and effective. IFK Stocksund, based in Stockholm, Sweden are leading the nations way in youth development. Their sustainable approach...

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How Rugby Australia use Reflection MatchPlay Cards

How Rugby Australia use Reflection MatchPlay Cards

The race to peak performance for the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand is on and given the longer than anticipated break away from each other due to COVID restrictions, coaches of Rugby Australia have been creating new stimulus in...

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Inside Watford FC with MatchPlay Cards

Inside Watford FC with MatchPlay Cards

Ranked inside the top 50 of the Academy Productivity for 2021, Watford FC Academy has had a long and rich history in developing players with an academy programme that values the game, supports players to make in-game decisions and develops...

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Add player challenges like Rangers FC

Add player challenges like Rangers FC

Rangers FC has given 12 Scottish Premier League debut appearances to academy graduates in the past 3 years of what has been a tremendously successful period. 2020 saw Rangers win their 55 titles, under the guidance of now Aston Villa...

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Use MatchPlay Cards like West Ham FC

Use MatchPlay Cards like West Ham FC

The Academy of West Ham United F.C. is recognised as one of the most successful football academies in modern football, hence it's nickname the Academy of Football. Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and more recently Declan Rice have all...

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Are you playing games with purpose?

Are you playing games with purpose?

Park Sport Project is exactly that, a Scotland based charity creating a positive and fun environment for young people to learn through play. Huge lovers of small-sided-games, MatchPlay Cards©️ were the perfect fit for the the team at Park Sport...

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Why Melbourne Victory FC use MatchPlay Cards

Why Melbourne Victory FC use MatchPlay Cards

In November we went to go and hang out with Melbourne Victory FC coaches, Australia's leading football club. We jumped into sessions and spent time with coaches helping them get the most out of MatchPlay Cards©️.  "MatchPlay Cards©️ are a...

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Meet the latest deck of MatchPlayCards©️ for teachers and coaches. Available globally. 

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We’re here to make you a game changer.

After launching in 2018, The Coaching Lab's MatchPlay Cards were quickly recognised by Richard Branson's Virgin Startup as a “bright idea”, accelerating our reach to impact teachers and coaches across the world to improve their coaching, strategy and gameplay.

MatchPlay Cards are now loved in 75+ countries, used at the games grassroots and with the world's elite.

Designed to engage the kid at the back; to help the coach who is short on time and the teacher looking for an innovative way to engage a mixed ability group, MatchPlay Cards are the solution.