coaching

What to team talk ?

What to team talk ?

  A team talk will vary considerably depending upon the team that you are coaching, the age group, the level of competition, what you’ve worked on in training etc. For this example, we are to assume we are working with a senior competitive team. I’d first say that the the vast majority of the “hard work” should already have been done. Over the days, weeks and/or months... »

Setting your goals

Setting your goals

Football is all about goals, you need to score more goals than your opponent to win the game. Likewise, if you want to improve, you will want to score your own personal goals. Goals don’t just have to be the big white posts at the end of the football pitch, they can be anything which leads you on the pathway to success. How do we set our goals and what should we do when we figure them out? F... »

Coaching discipline for football training

Coaching discipline for football training

Discipline is the suppression of base desires, and is usually understood to be synonymous with restraint and control. Self-discipline is to some extent a substitute for motivation. To be able to be successful with anything we need to be clear about our goals and with this knowledge, set the rules for the discipline we expect during our football training. I like to start most of my sessions to remi... »

The Gold Mine Effect

Rasmus Ankerson’s book is a must read for anyone that coaches sport and/or anyone that is looking to develop themselves as an individual. You can read the books reviews and find out where to buy this from HERE. The chapters are broken own to some very interesting “Key Learning Points” and I’ve shared these with you here: TALENT  Talent is not race-linked. It is everywhere. ... »

Inside the Ajax Academy

Inside the Ajax Academy

I recently stumbled across a great article in the New York times about  Ajax Academy, you can have a look at that here. But before you do that, have a look behind the scenes in this little video.   »

UNITED INTENT: TEAMS NOT GROUPS

UNITED INTENT: TEAMS NOT GROUPS

I’ve seen groups of people masquerading as teams. But I don’t believe that they are teams. There isn’t a team spirit. They’re simply groups of people that have been asked, or more likely told to work together on something. You don’t build teams. You grow them. And in the right environment their growth is a natural phenomenon. As a team grows, you start to see cohesion. The people in the team bond ... »

Soccer Training Aids

Soccer Training Aids

When I went to meet Michel Bruyninckx in Belgium and discuss academy training methods, I was presented with incredible enthusiasm of something that I saw years ago which had seemed to pass the world by as a fad. The “SoccerPal” is an “individual training tool for the beginner and advanced player which allows multiple touches without a partner or having to continually chase the ba... »

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