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 stood out above the rest: a short-corner routine...
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...
When I started working with a semi-pro centre who kept re-injuring his...
When I first met Jamie — a 22-year-old winger playing in the lower tiers of...
I want to share a practical, two‑session conversion plan that I use when...
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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I’ll walk you through a six-session plan I use with teenage centres to build reliable contact technique and sharper in-game decision-making. The...
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scouts, coaches and part-time analysts ask me this all the time: can a sub-£300 GPS unit realistically replicate the sprint outputs you get from a...
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I first started using the Polar H10 chest strap with a semi-pro rugby side three seasons ago when I realised GPS load data alone wasn’t telling the...
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