This is one of the most common mistakes I see people make with their goal-setting 🎯We all love setting a goal because it makes us feel productive but unless we actually have a plan and road map in place to achieve that goal it's pointless setting the...

You often hear people say that they "can't focus" or that "they have bad concentration". 🧠 Focus is often misunderstood. It’s defined as “the centring of attention on a stimulus”. The thing to remember and understand is that you ...

Training is the easiest part, it's being able to do the right thing when you're off the pitch that counts the most. The best will do the right thing when no one is watching, or when no one is making them. What else do you think is important...

What makes you choose to do a particular exercise or drill in your training plan? Is it just because you like it, because really that is not a good enough reason on its own.Naturally, we like to train the things we are already good at or that we enjo...

Football is a sport that requires repetition of various movements, such as jogging, running, sprinting, and jumping. The energy expenditure associated with competition has been estimated to be about 5700 kJ for a male weighing 75 kg with a maximum VO...

Reflect and Set Goals Reflecting and setting goals is one of the best ways to accelerate your learning. I’d recommend that every coach creates a reflection template to evaluate themselves after every session, match or critical incident. Make a templa...

The more football you watch, the more your football knowledge will increase. More specifically, the more critically you watch football and analyse the games, the more your knowledge will increase. There is a big difference between a top-level coach a...

The body is the biggest tool a footballer can use when protecting the ball. You will commonly hear players use their physical size as an excuse for being dispossessed or knocked off the ball too easily. I would agree that it can be a factor but being...

From the outside looking in, it can be so easy for us, as the general public, to have a naive perception of the stress which comes with performing at the highest level in sport. This perception is not necessarily helped with athletes often masking th...

Passing is something that is often misunderstood or oversimplified by players and coaches. Some people will only see as passing as just a way of getting the ball from A to B. In reality, we need to understand that getting the ball to the receiver is ...

I want to start this article by outlining some definitions on the subject of concentration. The terms are often used interchangeably, and I think it’s important to highlight the differences between them. Concentration simply refers to a person having...