/Thoughts
2021-22 Season Review
14 April 2022
As a coach, self-analysis is important. Most coaches review their performance after every session, which is something that I’ve...
Why film your sessions?
7 April 2022
Recently, I started recording my sessions and uploading them to my YouTube channel. I don’t have a ready-made audience...
Practice what you preach
3 April 2022
I decided to stop playing 11-a-side football at the end of the 2018-19 season. After a couple of years...
Session Review: Reactive Shot Stopping
2 March 2022
For this session, I chose to utilise some ideas from Notts County goalkeeping coach Tom Weal published in a...
Whole-group movement and passing practice
3 November 2021
My comfort zone when it comes to coaching is very much in working with a group of 2-4 goalkeepers,...
Positioning
20 October 2021
A few weeks ago I faced a challenge in my coaching journey, as I was required to deliver some...
Session Review: Crossing (17/08/21)
18 August 2021
I wanted to take some time today to review last night’s pre-season training session, which focused primarily on dealing...
Pre-season 2021-22 session
15 July 2021
This week marked my return to training for the first time this season and boy did it feel good...
The FA Introduction to Coaching Football course
21 June 2021
This week the FA launched the replacement for their Level 1 course, titled “Introduction to Coaching Football”. This course...
Picking up more hands-on experience
11 June 2021
For the last two weeks I’ve been observing (and occasionally helping out) with some goalkeeping sessions run by former...
Season 1 Summary
5 May 2021
This week saw my last session of the 2020-21 season. Of all the years to get into coaching, I...
The long-awaited return
23 February 2021
So Boris has finally given us a date to aim for with regards to the return of organised team...