Archive for the 'Players' Category

Powerade Wayne Rooney Ad and Target Net

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Recently (2010) Wayne Rooney starred in a Powerade advert where he takes on his shirtless self in an accuracy challenge. The challenge is to see who can get more of his shots through the target net holes. Needless to say, Rooney beats himself!

Firstly, you’re going to see a lot of kids wanting to copy Rooney and want a set of those target goals, or equivalent, or better, to see how accurate they can become too.

Now before we talk about where you may be able get a set of those target goals, let’s see how, as coaches, we can take advantage of that ad and use it to help our players get on target more often too. Wouldn’t that be good?
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Goal Scoring - 3 Steps To Goal Scoring Success

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Goal scoring is the life blood of football / soccer.

Without goals the game can be dull (especially forthe fans).

It’s no surprise then, that goal scorers - strikers - that can score goals consistently - are paid huge sums of money ranging into the millions.

Not to mention the massive sponsorship deals with multi-million pound corporations. And of course the recognition that comes from being a world renowned goal scorer.

So how come only a few strikers actually make it?
What sets them apart? What is the difference between a striker that ‘makes it’ and a goal scorer that doesn’t?

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Goal Scoring How To Give Children The Gift Of Goal Scoring

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Turn Those Fun Football Games In The Garden Into Rich Learning Experiences That Will Last A Lifetime And Could Change Your Child’s Life For The Better…

How A Fun Target Goal Can Give Your Child The World’s Most Wanted Soccer Skill - The Ability To Score Goals Consistently

In todays hectic, time-limited lifestyles we know how impoprtant it is to make the time we do spend with our loved ones the best and most rewarding we can.

The ever-lasting memories of the days teaching your child the fun skills of soccer, bathing in the spring and summer sun.

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Soccer Parent - How To Become A Better Soccer Parent

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008


Don’t Allow Your To Child Get Rejected By Soccer Academy Coaches
Just Because You Didn’t Know These Simple Facts…

Children are being cherry picked for academies right now as we speak. Your child may be one of those chosen or a possible contender and have a really bright future ahead.

But statistics show that only one per cent will have any chance of actually making it through to schools of excellence and on to the professional game.

And what happens to those players that are dropped like a disused napkin into the rejection pile of countless hopefuls that were simply not “good enough”?

Some do bounce back and prove those coaches who dropped them wrong.
That’s special.

Unfortunately the vast majority never recover and their self esteem and confidence is left shattered, broken into tiny pieces that parents struggle, sometimes for many years, to try and rebuild.

It’s a very tough thing for anyone, let alone your child, to accept and be forced to believe that they’re simply not good enough to achieve their dream.

Ask yourself this…
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Fun Soccer Drills - How To Add Fun and Enjoyment Into Kids Soccer Coaching

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

How To Add Fun and Enjoyment Into Your Coaching

Adding Fun and Enjoyment Into Coaching - well how do we do that??We keep hearing about the importance of having fun training sessions especially for our younger players but how do we incorporate relative and educational fun into our sessions and make sure we still educate our younger players?

Let’s just step back and ask why fun is such a serious element, if you know what I mean!

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Score More Goals - The 10 Secrets Revealed

Friday, June 6th, 2008


How To Score More Goals Cheat Sheet
10 Secrets To Scoring MORE Goals Revealed!

Do you want to know how the predator strikers score so many goals and so consistently?

Do you want to learn the way top strikers do?

Do you want the fame and fortune that world’s top strikers command?

Do you want instant respect from your team mates and coach because they know what you’re capable of?

Then read on to find out how you too can harness the soccer world’s most sought after skill - the ability to
score more goals… consistently.

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Soccer Schools How To Increase Revenue And Combat Competition

Friday, May 2nd, 2008


Article Kindly Submitted By James Collingwood of Soccer News DirectHow Soccer Schools Can Combat The Challenge Of Competition And Succeed In A Saturated Market
Tips To Increase Revenues, Increase Repeat Custom, Uplift Your Profile And Sky Rocket Your Profits….

Tips To Increase Revenues, Increase Repeat Custom, Uplift Your Profile And Sky Rocket Your Profits….How The BIG Soccer Schools Survive, Thrive And Outgun The Rest….
Special Report By James Collingwood

It seems every man and his dog has started a soccer school. From the next door neighbour to ex football players and almost everyone in between.

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WOW! Words Of Wisdom

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Over the weekend, a freinds father sadly passed away. I didn’t real know him, but I knew his kids pretty well and we all grew up on the same street. His father was a young, fit and healthy 65 years old and used to fix cookers - lugging them from peoples homes and back again. 

What I’d really like to share with you is probably one of the most profound but simple things I’ve heard in a long time that really made me sit up and think - about my life, my business and the people I come across and try to help.
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Atonement - Is This Killing Your Soccer Game Plan?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The Soccer Bite Back - Is Atonement Killing Your Game Plan?

What is Atonement?
Atonement, as described in the Collins English Dictionary is to ” make amends (for sin or wrongdoing).

So what has this got to do with soccer and your game plan?

Atonement is an inbuilt system, programmed into our minds from birth, by well meaning parents, teachers and guardians, that we must atone for our mistakes. That is, try and make amends for any mistake we’ve made. In football that may be giving the ball away cheaply, not scoring or whatever we or our players deem as a mistake - to atone we go the extra yard to make up for our errors.

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Football Funding Article - How To Get Funding

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

I came across an article just before christmas about our role as coaches in the development of the game from grassroots through to national level.

As you know I’m a firm believer that the buck starts and stops with us in developing the bright new talent that will support and grow football and every level of the game - from park to premeir league and beyond.

The article I referred to is from the top dogs at Sport England - the government set body that is tasked with supporting sports at all levels - from schools to clubs, within England.

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