Leaving Home
Finding a new home in football is not always easy but when you feel frustrated at your progression up the ladder, often players will look aboard. It’s very difficult to … Read more
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Vegan Football Players
A recent trend, well a recent publicly acknowledged trend, is the vegan footballer. I spent last weekend with one, and well its actually not that easy, the diary bit gets … Read more
Make small the advantage
Old fashioned views of football dictated that a common reason for rejection was size. Despite generations of small geniuses including Pele (5′ 6) and Maradona (5′ 4) it is Messi (5′ … Read more
Dealing with negativity
It’s very easy to fall into a negative mindset. To let negativity or negative thoughts take control of you. This of course will damage your game, damage your life even.Deleted: … Read more
How to stand out at Trial!
In every trial I see there is always a totally different set of circumstances. Be it different coaches, different venues, different weather, different attitudes. Whilst I always try and make … Read more
Improve your speed to stand a chance of making it
One of the primary talents in a player I look for is speed. In real terms you can not make someone who is slow, fast. But you can do plenty to … Read more
Julian Rijkhoff
Watch The Netherlands O15 and we were treated to a masterclass in forward play but a lad born in 2005. Right foot, left food, in the air, players in his … Read more
The playing field has just been levelled
One of the most frequent questions or discussion I have with parents and players is ‘How do I get signed at an academy?’ The vast majority of players enter academy … Read more
Understand the brain and improve your football decision making
Your brain is constantly challenged to make decisions, even just the simply choice to read on…. and to carry on reading on. Children learn from a stimulus, making a response … Read more