Gillen Reid

Curneen on America

Here at YFS we speak to a variety of people, all walks of life and who perform all sorts of roles for the sake of the beautiful game, we were lucky enough to have someone different along to have a conversation. Gary Curneen is the current head women's

Morton's Youth Development

We are seeing more and more prospects emerge from the fully reconstructed academies of Scotland, former full timer Derek Anderson leads the way as Head of Youth Academy, tasked with identifying suitable individuals to be added to the ever expanding ranks. In terms of qualified persons Anderson secured himself a

Perhaps the greatest of them all?

As you can tell I am a great fan of Messi, they shouldn't really even think of making comparisons as he is not only unbelievable in terms of his ability, his attitude and conduct is on par. See below for another demonstration of his skill.

Messi Magnificent

Utterly ludicrous free kick accompanied by the great and romantic Ray Hudson.

Something to write about

As you may have noticed I do like to write, mainly using that voice in my head without the filter to express my thoughts on coaching ideas. I would be keen to branch out into writing in other places but it appears to be something difficult to do without a

The former playlist

A little while ago I made an effort to put together a few videos consisting of some drills and ideas that could potentially be useful, cant say it worked out how I would have liked but it would have been a waste to simply delete them so I edited them

Podcast Action

Something I had wanted to do for a while now, I had put it off for long enough for various different reasons mainly I wasn't comfortable with my own voice being online. Eventually I plucked up the courage to set something out and the following recording is the

An image tells some stories

Hello Folks. A nice addition to the blog is some imagery, my dear and lovely friend Kelly, who is a freelance photographer, has kindly agreed to offer up some of her magnificent work for you to enjoy. At the moment she will supply us with stadium visits, perhaps expanding on

World Football Academy

Another site link on the cards today, at the moment I appear to be suffering from a case of insomnia so as a result I will be spending some time writing some lovely words promoting the work of the great Raymond Verheijen and the concept of periodisation. The site that

Reviews all round

Hey A small note today, looking for 20 reviewers of our wonderful blog - these 20 folk will receive a shiny free copy of the recently generated PDF written full of stuff related to coaching. Follow this link to get the free thing. https://goo.gl/forms/4l9TjBANAsjD7S162