I have grown more interested in deceleration data over the past few seasons than in almost any other sprint metric. Acceleration gets the spotlight because it looks explosive and easy to celebrate,...
I get asked a lot by coaches, players and parents: can a two-week plyometric...
I remember the first time I clipped that £300 GPS unit to a non-league...
I spent a season working with an under-18 academy where we tracked every...
When I work with young strikers on the training ground, the question I hear...
I remember the first time a teenage striker asked me to help him get faster...
I bought a sub-£300 GPS unit for my own sessions last season and brought it to...
I spent a season working with an under-18 academy where we tracked every set-piece and calculated expected goals (xG) for each routine. One routine...
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When I work with young strikers on the training ground, the question I hear most is: "How can I be quicker over the first 10 metres without spending...
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I remember the first time a teenage striker asked me to help him get faster over the first 10 metres. He wanted the tiny margins — the 0.02–0.05s...
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I bought a sub-£300 GPS unit for my own sessions last season and brought it to a few match days and training sessions to see what it could — and...
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When I started working with a semi-pro centre who kept re-injuring his hamstring and adductor during the season, I knew we needed a pragmatic...
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When I first met Jamie — a 22-year-old winger playing in the lower tiers of the non-league system — he had natural pace, a willing work-rate and...
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I want to share a practical, two‑session conversion plan that I use when turning an athletic winger into a dependable inside‑forward attractive...
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When our local amateur rugby club decided to get serious about reducing soft-tissue relapses — hamstrings, groins, calves — we didn't expect a...
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I recently ran a small, focused experiment with a youth striker I coach to answer a question that coaches and parents often ask: can a two-week...
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Coaching pressing on a tight time budget is something I do all the time with Saturday teams and youth sides. You don’t need a full fortnight of...
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