Silent Support is positive support
During Silent Support Weekend, applause from spectators for good play – and quiet encouragement from coaches – is welcome. Everything else can have the weekend off.
Grassroots football leagues across the country are being invited to take part in the weekend by choosing to run games with the coach voice only, or to run games that are completely silent, with the emphasis on positive support.
The aim of the National Silent Support Weekend is to reduce pressure on youth players at grassroots level and give them a better opportunity and environment to find their own voice, improve their on-pitch communications skills, develop their own game, and most importantly have fun.
So far, 194 leagues have signed up to take part, with 65,400 teams and over 878,000 players, the highest numbers since the first National Silent Support Weekend was introduced in 2022.
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