Selecting an England Squad
It’s D-Day just before the final squad of 26 players are selected and also that bi-annual time where us armchair
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GK Development, Fun or Both?
A number of people have asked for my opinion on a recent post and a clip of a GK that
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Teenage players and things to consider…
I was fortunate yesterday to grab an hour of time with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL,
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The search for talent continues
The search for talent continues to be a topic of much discussion and the last two weeks have been as
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Reflective questions for learning
One of the crucial elements of a high quality learning environment is the importance of reflection. In order to learn
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Questions for coaches inspired by England v Slovakia
England v Slovakia 04.09.16 The after-match of the England game provided some interesting comments from the Manager, Sam Allardyce, about
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Coaching mistakes I’ve made: some honest reflections…
Honesty in reflection The beauty of holding a mirror, consistently, to the work you do enables you to move forwards
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Developing your goalkeeper…
The Goalkeeper I guess this kind of builds upon my ‘common sense being trumped by common practice’ post (View Here)
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Where is your line drawn…?
The Moral Mankad Maze… It was one of those things that occurs occasionally in the world of sport that
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Interview with Dario Gradi: a coaching master…
After a sabbatical from blogging of six months the start of a New Year is always an extra incentive to
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