Youth Football
Why Small-Sided Games Teach More Than Full Elevens
I tracked ball touches for a group of nine year olds once, purely out of curiosity, comparing a full eleven a side match...
Player development and coaching writer
Priya has worked with youth academies on and off for over a decade, mostly at the age groups nobody writes about. She writes about development with a bias toward what actually happens on a Tuesday training session, not what looks good in a highlight reel.
Youth Football
I tracked ball touches for a group of nine year olds once, purely out of curiosity, comparing a full eleven a side match...
Youth Football
Parents at the side of a youth match almost always ask me about the same player, the one who just scored twice and looks...
Player Development
A talented sixteen year old I coached could do almost anything with his stronger foot and almost nothing reliable with the...
Player Development
A trialist I evaluated years ago scored twice in a single practice match, looked sharp in every drill, and was the obvious...
Coaching Notes
I once watched a tactical plan fall apart in nine minutes, not because it was a bad plan, but because half the back four...
Coaching Notes
A deflected winner in the eighty ninth minute gets called lucky by nearly everyone watching, including, most weeks, the...