Movement and Spatial Awareness

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This routine is from Lee Moroney of St Anne’s GAA Club, Dublin and Head Coach of CoachApproach Ireland Age Group – 6-13yrs Ideal number – 20-30 children Layout – Hula hoops, cones, whistle, 2 set of coloured bibs, four soft sponge balls, a tennis ball net or something simlair (ropes and chair) Action – Part … Read more

Modernisation + Realism = Preseason

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The basic definition of Pre Season is to prepare the squad for the season ahead, in terms of fitness and tactics. We can complicate these things by adding silly factors of periodization, testing and all the rest of it. This approach is complicated and tiresome. Keep it simple, basic and fun. Everybody remembers the tiresome … Read more

Old School Coaches 3L’s

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(I’ll apologise now if I lose my temper during this piece) Just in case nobody has heard of the 3L’s, they are: Lines Laps Lectures I’m sure we don’t need examples of these. We’ve all been witness to, or on the end of, a 30 minute lecture, and it has done nothing but bring our … Read more

Pumpherston United

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Today’s link is the fine Pumpherston United who are your traditional edinburgh young team. In constant development as they are a relatively small club, but the web site is jam packed full of information all things west lothian related, along with numerous sponsorship’s offering all buisness opportunities west lothian related. You getting a theme here?

Triangular shapes

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A wonderful little routine which covers so many aspects of what you are looking for in a exercise, improving concentration, accuracy of pass under pressure, weight and angle of pass. Select Coerver Passing so view it in all its wonder.

SAQ

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Evolution of coaching these days has introduced more and more terminology, a new one is SAQ. Speed agility and quickness. A standardized layout is an ideal option, three channel and split your team into three groups. Use one of the channels for ladders, another of zigzags and last simply quick feet. When time expires everyone … Read more

Goalkeeper Footwork

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Coaching Point – An important factor to a goalkeepers development is his footwork, should be second nature to a goalkeeper to have a stable movement. Set out a row of markers (black) Action – Ensure the GK is always looking towards the players (blue), using the channel space to do as each player wishes. Add or … Read more

Coerver Event

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Yesterday i attended an event called the coerver road show, basically a presentation and some practical expressions to demonstrate the essence behind the Coerver Coaching is a three hour event discussing and detailing everything about coaching, I had a blast. Seriously though, the presentation is very technical. Alot goes into the idea behind it and … Read more

Goodbye to Youth Development

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I speak to you as a rangers fan, of this i make no secret and i hope that some of you will harbour a small amount of sympathy for me considering the past goings on. What we will do though is examine the supposed rebuilding process McCoist has put our team through, now there is … Read more