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... »
In March this year the BBC reported about the “Cracking coachings final frontier” , an article based on the theories created around brain centered learning and more specifically the methods used by Michel Bruyninckx to integrate brain centered learning with football. The general idea being to “multitask” the brain. The article and the interest it generated urged me to meet ... »
Michel Bruyninckx has caused a stir advocating his brain centered learning techniques and recently become Academy director at Standard Liege after eleven years at the Elite Football Academy Royal Belgian Federation. I was lucky enough this summer to meet him at the incredible facilities of the Standard Liege Academy in Belgium. Here we had a chance to discuss his methods, ideas, concepts, techniqu... »
