soccer

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... »

The Hong Kong Soccer Sevens 2012

The Hong Kong Soccer Sevens 2012

In Hong Kong we have just been spoilt with what I would describe as one of the most exciting weekend football tournaments events in the world. The Hong Kong Soccer Sevens is an annual event that invites some of the best young talent from around the world, to play against each other and along side some of the greatest stars of days gone by. In the main tournament this year we saw, Aston Villa, Celt... »

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... »

5 dysfunctions of a team

5 dysfunctions of a team

  Some 5  years back, I came across a business management book that would change the way I would approach football team management on a  personal level. There are plenty of resources for actual coaching of tactics, principles of play etc, but there is very little out there that will help you to get your players to gel, to get on with one another and find that little bit of magic that turns a ... »

“Go and get a drink!”

“Go and get a drink!”

I coach 7 years old to adults and I like to keep the intensity high. I watch my players as they train and I like to make sure that they are pushing themselves and not just “going through the motions”. At the end of a segment of the coaching session, after I have given the players some feedback on their activity, I usually shout “go and get a drink”. Too often I hear from so... »

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