Thoughts, Ideas, Resources

We often hear coaches shout from the sidelines push up on your man, play side by side, play in front. Every coach has their preferred method for defenders to defend. But can they all be right?If we co …

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A simple, repeatable, and reliable coaching philosophyAs a coach you pick up so many different quotes and ideas from different areas. The ones that stick are nearly always based on simple truth and fa …

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Friends who know me will tell you I often wind them upi with the statement, “I can’t wait until tomorrow”. When they ask, “What’s on tomorrow”, I retort with a smile, “Oh, I get better looking every …

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Recently I met a man whose team had lost an important game. When I asked him how it went, he just engaged me with a rant of full expletives. “Don’t talk to me, it was a shambles. No marking at all, …

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This is the Dilemma.What type of player should we be?Should we spend time in training trying to become better at things we are average at?Should we spend time in training becoming world class in the 1 …

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IT all started last Thursday when Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez won his first, and also his country's first ever,' gold medal at the Olympics, via the 400 metres hurdles. It continued with GB's K …

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