Jeff Cole

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 […]

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 […]

The reason we come to football training is to play football, to learn and to have fun. This needs to be in a controlled environment by the coach and finding a perfect balance between learning and having fun is a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Marcel “Marco” van Basten is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played for AFC Ajax and A.C. Milan, as well as the Dutch national team, in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is regarded as one of […]

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.

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 […]