This is relationship building through soccer when you know your team is clicking. They are all playing well as a collective unit and each player in the unit has confidence in and believes in the next player in the team. It means they are willing to pass them the ball knowing they will look after … Read more
If you work in a professional club whether it’s senior football or in the Academy, the best equipment for football coaching that you require to put on a fun, safe, enjoyable and educational session is all provided for you. The same can be said for tutors of coach education, everything you need to teach the … Read more
Introduction I get asked this a lot by coaches in my job, “where can I find drills/sessions I can use with my players”. it is something I covered in another post the best coaching resources. It comes down to this, there are millions of sessions on the internet and if you do trawl through them … Read more
As footballers, we are always looking for that extra something that will give us a competitive edge over someone else. Whether that is nutritional supplements, additional practice on the pitch to improve skills and ability, becoming fitter or upping the gym work to become stronger. We want to be better than the person who plays … Read more
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
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
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
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
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 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
