The Faith of Zeman

Prologue – This article may sound a bit like a love note, but bare with me. A man who consistenty remains faithful to the 4-3-3 formation or “geometry” Zdeněk Zeman achieved cult status in Italy, even being serenaded by La coscienza di Zema (Zeman’s Conscious) The Prague born coach was

Q&A With Gary

After a long absence I welcome Morton Women’s head coach Gary Forbes, so we dive straight in! Welcome Gary, obviously we know each other from our time at City and I always find it fascinating to learn of all coaches background and how it came about that they developed

Flash Card Info

* Remember I know I did a good job * 1 Parent said they'd seen an amazing transformation * It's one daft mistake, I'm only human. * The association and club made significant mistakes also. * I have made it through awful times before * I am getting help to

Another Q&A

After a little break we are back asking more questions, today we have another coach from somwehere in the UK happy to give his own thoughts and expressions in the world of football. Lets get started! So our keen and enthusiastic audience would love to know a little bit about

Mental Health Support

I am so excited to say that the Scottish Association for Mental Health have granted me permission to express my encouragement for their cause through my blog, a small "signpost" will be added to the header as a simple note of support. The charity is the biggest and

Q&A with Alfie Tate

So tell us a little more about Alfie Tate? My current roles include being at Peterborough United as an Academy Coach within their Foundation Phase while also working with two local grassroots clubs at both U13 and U18. I'm also doing school clubs within Cambridgeshire a few days

Thoughts

At this moment in time, I felt it was important to write about sexism in football. Firstly, as women’s football has been a subject of interest personally for many years. I have been a coach in that part of the football universe on and off for a few years

Thoughts

At this moment in time, I felt it was important to write about sexism in football. Firstly, as women’s football has been a subject of interest personally for many years. I have been a coach in that part of the football universe on and off for a few years

Waving to football

Another routine that worked out quite nicely for me, highly flexible also. Split your group into 2 teams one with bibs, start with having one team attack vs defence. In order to keep the intensity of the routine up ensure the pool of footballs is accessed immediately once the active

Conditioning

I picked this up from the world of Futsal. Ball goes out of play the team in possession has to bring the ball back into play within 4 second or they have to hand over possession. Encourages quick thinking and impact oppositions ability to regroup and organise.