Player Development
How to Win More Headers as a Shorter Player
A 1.72 metre centre-back once told me he had stopped going for headers against big strikers because "there's no point".
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What actually separates a promising player from one who plateaus.
Player Development
A 1.72 metre centre-back once told me he had stopped going for headers against big strikers because "there's no point".
Player Development
Watch a good central midfielder for the ten seconds before a pass reaches him and count how often his head turns.
Player Development
Every coach has watched it happen. A midfielder gets the ball in space, the pass is decent, and the touch bounces a yard too...
Player Development
There is a pattern visible in players who keep improving after the academy years, through the junior-senior transition and into...
Player Development
A sixteen year old I was working with two seasons ago had every physical marker a scout wants to see.
Player Development
A parent pulled me aside after a Tuesday session about two years ago and asked, half joking, whether I thought her son's...