@Catrin Johnson @Sherriden Sherriden — this one's basically for you two this week 😅 I've been putting together a full Tournament Survival Guide. What to feed them 48 hours out, the night before, hour-by-hour on game day, fast food orders that actually work, hotel breakfasts, hot/cold weather curveballs, all of it. Before I finish it off, I want the people who actually live this to tell me what's missing. Here's a taste of two of the chapters: What NOT to Stress About: "My child had a chocolate bar." Fine. One chocolate bar isn't undoing a weekend of good fuelling. "They missed breakfast." Not ideal, but recoverable — just adjust the next meal and move on. "They had McDonald's." It happens on tournament weekends. A plain burger and a drink is a completely reasonable tournament meal, not the end of the world. Fast Food Guide (McDonald's): A plain cheeseburger or hamburger with a small fries works ok 2+ hours out. Closer to a game, keep it to juice or a soft drink with a small fries. A Big Mac or anything heavy on sauce suits a longer gap better. (Nuggets get reached for as "the protein option", but they're fried. Better for a longer gap than the 45 minutes before kickoff.) Genuine questions for you: - What's the one tournament moment that always throws you, that I haven't covered here? - Anything in here that doesn't match what's actually worked for your kid? - Would "The Tournament Survival Blueprint" grab your attention, or does something else sound better? (Poll coming on this soon 👀) Drop your answers/thoughts below. Building this with the people, for the people who'll actually use it.

Football Fuel HQ — it’s Sunday and I want to hear from you 🏆 Did your young footballer have a win this weekend? Big or small. On the pitch or off it. Every single one counts. ⚽ Did they score a goal? 🏅 Player of the match? 🍌 Tried a new food? ⚡ Had more energy than usual? 😴 Slept better after the game? 🥞 Nailed the pre-match meal for the first time? Drop it in the comments below 👇 I’ll be reading every single one and celebrating every win personally. This community is built on real families making real progress. Let’s hear what happened this weekend. — Craig

Last night we held the very first Football Fuel HQ Live Q&A and honestly — what a great chat. For anyone who missed it, the recording is now up in the Classroom under Workshops & Expert Sessions. Go check it out. 👆 Here's a taste of what we covered: 🍎 Fuelling on the go We talked about some of the best quick-grab options for busy match days and training runs — apple puree pouches, fruit pouches, flavoured milk. Simple, practical, and the kids actually eat them. Sometimes the best fuel is the stuff that's easy to consume while they're still running around. 🧤 Goalkeepers and energy demands This one surprised a few people. Goalkeepers often burn more energy in training than on match day — so their fuelling actually needs to flip. More fuel going into training sessions, not just game day. 🥪 School lunch boxes One of my favourite topics. The best thing you can do is give your footballer some ownership over their lunch box. Let them help make it — even just one or two days a week. When kids choose their own food they're far more likely to actually eat it. They take pride in it. And that means they're actually fuelled for the afternoon session. These Q&As are running every month and they're completely free as part of being in this community. Next one is coming — drop any questions you want me to cover below so I can make sure we get to them. ⬇️

Football Fuel HQ: it’s Sunday and I want to hear from you 🏆 Did your young footballer have a win this weekend? Big or small. On the pitch or off it. Every single one counts. ⚽ Did they score a goal? 🏅 Player of the match? 🍌 Tried a new food? ⚡ Had more energy than usual? 😴 Slept better after the game? 🥞 Nailed the pre-match meal? Drop it in the comments below 👇 I’ll be reading every single one and celebrating every win personally. This community is built on real families making real progress. Let’s hear what happened this weekend. — Craig

🇦🇺 Australia/NZ — Monday July 6th, 7pm–8pm ACDT time 🌍 UK/US/Europe — Monday July 6th, 8pm London time/3pm New York Time Your questions. Real answers. Live. Bring what's working, what's not, what you've been wondering about. Breakfast, car rides, picky eating, what to feed them. We'll talk about what the best teams are doing, what I saw at the World Cup, and anything else you want to throw at me. No agenda. No slides. Just us. 👇 Drop which session you're joining below — and if you've got a question you DEFINITELY want covered, put it in the comments now, and I'll make sure we get to it. You will get an email with a link. But the links to join are in the calendar as well, and you can add them to your own personal calendar 👆