Football Blogging Awards

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I was really pleased to hear that the blog was accepted into the football blogging awards network, this consists of a network of blogs and fan sites writing about a variety of different things from football manager to barcelona. The Coaching Column is filed under non league and grassroots.

Fresh Material

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Done some reorganizing and rewriting to keep the standard of text up, obviously the main focus of the blog is to offer up some dedicated ideas to coached looking to source in some new material, so I have also added a page dedicated to such a cause so head here to tap into said category.

Delivery

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Over time I have learned that there are 2 elements to coaching, delivery and the tools available. Your job is to create the tools and deliver them effectively. For a long time I had a major problem with the delivery aspect, in order to solve that problem I put together this formula. Three steps for … Read more

Professionalism is Key

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An interesting thought occurred recently, throughout my time as being a coach I often spent time thinking about certain aspects of conduct and so on, one that confused me the most is arguing with the referee. Not something I spend anytime doing as personally I feel that in this case you would lose the respect … Read more

Spanish Magic

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Good evening. Some promotional writing in mind, a great and dear Spanish friend has developed a website where coaching is the centralised theme, presenting something fresh and different to coaching. The wix related product offers up a resource of drills and some text as inspiration and motivation to any coach that wishes to add a … Read more

Cup Final Strike

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  Below is an example of a wonderful day of football, The sun was shining, Hampden park overlooking a beautiful pitch and an exciting game of football unfolded in front of us, Glasgow City u17s vs Central Girls 17s battled it out in a league cup final classic, with city down 3-0 at half time … Read more

Youth Football Scotland

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Something I have been doing for a while now but now given it a little more attention, youth football scotland are involved in youth football covering scotland… Sorry I had to do that joke, point is not enough is written about the younger players in the beautiful game, we are keen to progress that through … Read more

Cruyff

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An idea I had, why not have a link to the one man that is a massive influence on what happens on this blog, so off you go to have a look at the wonderful Johan Cruyff’s personal wiki documentation to make sure you know everything there is to know about the great man.

Rondo

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Short description for you. Layout Based on 10 players we will have 2 rondo boxes 7×7 Action Split the players into 5 and 5 – create a 4 v 1 in each rondo box – time the routine to 1 minute each and leave balls around the parameter of the boxes to ensure the players … Read more

Coach of the Year

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Today we have a very special guest, not going to say much because that’s something we want her to do. So without any further rambling lets see how special our guest is today. So for our lovely audience, make those introductions? My name is Caitlin O’Hara, I’ve been involved in football of the female variety … Read more