What You Need to Know to Become a Football Coach

As a coach educator and football coach in the UK, it is my job to help coaches achieve the coaching qualifications required to work at the level they are coaching. Whether that is with young children on holiday camps or in schools during teacher PPA time (Planning, Preparation and Assessment time), or even a local … Read more

How Your Planning Of A Football Training Session Can Be Stress Free

As football coaches, we should be organised when planning a football training session, as we are always looking at ways to make training fun and enjoyable for the players. We also try and create a learning environment suitable for them to improve their all-around ability and to get the best out of them, whatever level … Read more

Hydration in Football – what you need to know

Bottles of of electrolytes for rehydration next to a cool box

Introduction to Hydration At the time of writing this article, it has just been recorded in the UK as having some of the hottest days on record. Therefore, I thought writing about hydration in football would be very appropriate considering the new football season is due to start soon and preseason is well underway. Getting … Read more

Why is Good Nutrition Important in Football?

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When I first got my break into professional football back in the early 1990s, I didn’t know much about nutrition and why it is crucial for football players, other than that, certain types of food are good for you and some are not. It did surprise me, however, that a lot of these athletes didn’t … Read more

What are the Key Principles to an Amazing Football Warm Up?

How should you warm up for football? – A coach educator once told me many years ago “How do you know, what you don’t know” which has always stuck with me, especially when I am coaching players or educating coaches. Our first thought is, that if something is simple, players/coaches should already know this so … Read more

Football Fitness and the Facts you need to know

Footballers boots jogging around the pitch

Football is a physically demanding sport characterised by frequent strenuous activities, we are going to look at the components of fitness within this sport such as high-intensity running, turning, tackling and jumping. Players must be able to cope with these physical demands and still be capable of maintaining the technical standard throughout the match. Playing … Read more

Football and Drones – The Ultimate Guide

Forward facing drone with a blurred green background

Football and Drones, do they go together? I have recently purchased a drone, and I have decided to use it for some of my football coaching sessions. Why? because I can and I want to. Let’s be clear from the start – A drone is a coach’s tool, the same as a camera or a … Read more

Why Effective Communication is the Ultimate Skill in Football

A coach communicating with his young players at pitchside

Looking to find out how you can improve your communication skills in your coaching? You are in the right place! In this post, I am going to walk you through various strategies that will help you be more effective in your communication with your players. Let us get started! What is effective communication? Effective communication … Read more

ABOUT US

I’m Chris Freestone, the Founder & CEO of Freeo9Coaching. Nice to meet you! A seasoned professional with a journey that’s taken me from the local pitches of grassroots football to the grand stages of the Premier League. With over three decades immersed in the football industry, my roles have spanned playing, coaching, managing, and educating … Read more

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