As a coach, it is essential to have a variety of football training drills in your back pocket that you can use to help your players improve their skills. So this blog post will give you 10 football training drills for your coaching book. These drills are designed to help players of all ages and skill levels improve their technique and understanding of the game. So whether you are just starting as a coach or have been coaching for years, check out these drills! Ten football drills: 1. Intense Square Pass and Move Exercise  2. Dribbling Bombs 3. Pressing and Passing Drill 4. Catch Me If You ..read more

#Kids Team having Fun with Medals Coaching a youth soccer team can be a lot of fun, but it can be challenging when some kids need more motivation to practice. It’s frustrating for everyone involved when the coach has to constantly beg and plead with the kids to show some enthusiasm. After 15 years of coaching kid’s football and working as a P.E. teacher, I have come across children who do not initially want to participate. So if you want the kids to participate and learn, you must find ways to make training fun. So let me pass on some of my experience to combat this issue. Generally, it is ess ..read more

Do you have the skills that a good football coach should have? Coaching a team of young athletes can be challenging and rewarding, but it’s not without its fair share of obstacles. If you’re ever lucky enough to be given the opportunity to coach a soccer team, you must possess the right skills. So what are they? The skills that a good football coach will have include: 1. Patience 2. Communication skills 3. Leadership skills 4. Knowledge of the game 5. Organisational skills 6. Ability to motivate players 7. Willingness to reflect 8. Confidence Possessing all of the above skills, which are not ..read more

Are you a football (soccer) coach that wants to ensure your players are training properly? If so, then using proprioception exercises should be a part of your training sessions. I have studied and placed my knowledge of proprioception training into many training sessions and this is why it should be included in your team’s training schedule. Proprioception training is a type of practice that helps improve your body’s awareness and understanding of its position in space. This is extremely important for football players, as it can help them improve their agility, coordination, and balance. Th ..read more

I am sure that you have heard managers/coaches, in interviews, speak about their philosophy. However, a lot of the time it is used in such a vague way that it is hard to define what a coaching philosophy is. After over a decade of coaching teams of various ages and levels, I have studied the meaning of a coaching philosophy for my own personal professionalism and now I want to help new coaches understand what a coaching philosophy is. A football coaching philosophy is a set of beliefs and principles that guide your coaching decisions and therefore dictate how you want to coach a team. Without ..read more