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Todays reason for bothering everyone is an interview, in this piece of chat we talk to Dougie, a learned coach from Dundee on an endless quest to better himself in the world of coaching and all things football related. So here we go (sips pretend green tea) Q - Good

Layout - Usually works as a preseason routine, layout markers (yellow) in a triangle shape. Get your players to line up at one corner of the triangle. (blue) Action/Result/Purpose Very simple, one after another flatout for two of the three sided triangle. The third is a slow jog

We have become feature freaks recently, a new one has been introduced you will notice on the right here noted "puns" which will add a bit of light hearted comedy to a very serious blog. Back in the day when we were all young and exciteable the weekends

As you well know the layout of this routine, set your group out in a circle (red) decent distance beetween each other. 1 ball of course ask the group to start moving the ball beetween each other, gradually picking up the pace to where the players are sharpened up enough

The thought occurred to me after my experience with a couple of youth teams how the care you put into the coaching you add to your team extends futher than simply footballing matters. On one occasion I moved on from my favorite role of looking after an U11's

Something a little different, Coach Lee Moroney is to give us a detailed account of his profile to date, the question is, will you be impressed? Current Club: St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach @ CoachApproach Ireland Previous Coaching Experience: 14 years coaching young people first as an

This routine is from Lee Moroney of St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach of CoachApproach Ireland Aim of the game to throw under arm or over arm to team mate on opposite side of hall they must catch it cleanly (no fumbles or drop) when a team

This routine is from Lee Moroney of St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach of CoachApproach Ireland Age Group - 6-13yrs Ideal number - 20-30 children Layout - Hula hoops, cones, whistle, 2 set of coloured bibs, four soft sponge balls, a tennis ball net or something simlair

The basic definition of Pre Season is to prepare the squad for the season ahead, in terms of fitness and tactics. We can complicate these things by adding silly factors of periodization, testing and all the rest of it. This approach is complicated and tiresome. Keep it simple, basic and

(I’ll apologise now if I lose my temper during this piece) Just in case nobody has heard of the 3L’s, they are: * Lines * Laps * Lectures I’m sure we don’t need examples of these. We’ve all been witness to, or on the end of, a 30