Topic

coaching

A collection of 126 issues

Delivery

Over time I have learned that there are 2 elements to coaching, delivery and the tools available. Your job is to create the tools and deliver them effectively. For a long time I had a major problem with the delivery aspect, in order to solve that problem I put together

Professionalism is Key

An interesting thought occurred recently, throughout my time as being a coach I often spent time thinking about certain aspects of conduct and so on, one that confused me the most is arguing with the referee. Not something I spend anytime doing as personally I feel that in this case

Spanish Magic

Good evening. Some promotional writing in mind, a great and dear Spanish friend has developed a website where coaching is the centralised theme, presenting something fresh and different to coaching. The wix related product offers up a resource of drills and some text as inspiration and motivation to any coach

Cup Final Strike

Below is an example of a wonderful day of football, The sun was shining, Hampden park overlooking a beautiful pitch and an exciting game of football unfolded in front of us, Glasgow City u17s vs Central Girls 17s battled it out in a league cup final classic, with city down

Cruyff

An idea I had, why not have a link to the one man that is a massive influence on what happens on this blog, so off you go to have a look at the wonderful Johan Cruyff's personal wiki documentation to make sure you know everything there is

Rondo

Short description for you. Layout Based on 10 players we will have 2 rondo boxes 7x7 Action Split the players into 5 and 5 - create a 4 v 1 in each rondo box - time the routine to 1 minute each and leave balls around the parameter of the

The Performance Director

Malky McKay Malky McKay recently has been appointed performance director for the SFA, so the question must be asked where does this selection come from and what exactly does McKay bring to the table in terms of fresh and innovative ideas? First of all we ask the question of what

Changing the face of Football

It is without doubt that grassroots coaching is slowly and surely challenging the status quo of “the elite”. Every weekend mums and dads go out in force to devote their time to the development of young footballers across the country. It is this commitment that is most admirable about the

Shape Training

Really simple idea, set your group out in the desired shape. We will take the old school 442 as an example, ball begins at right back and pass is made to DC then across to the other DC and so on. When passing the player must take the position of

The Perfect Pass

Divide your training group into 4 teams and have them stationed and lined up at each of the markers facing the yellow marker. To start with player A makes a pass to B, player B needs to meet the ball at the yellow marker and holds, then A passes to