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Rebuilding a Player’s Confidence After a Bad Run
I’ve sat through enough “mindset workshops” and expensive seminars to know that most of them are absolute rubbish. You’ll hear some lad in a slim-fit suit tell you that you need to implement “positive reinforcement cycles” or “psychological priming” to help your winger find his feet. Give me a break. If you’re standing there on
Half Time: Two Messages, Not Twelve
I’ve spent more years than I care to admit standing on sidelines where the wind cuts right through your coat, watching coaches walk into the changing room with a tactical whiteboard and a look of pure desperation. They think they can solve a crisis by drawing arrows and talking about “low blocks” or “transition phases,”
The Complete Guide to Volunteering at a Club
If you’re looking for a glossy, ten-step manual printed on heavy cardstock that tells you how to “synergize community engagement,” you’ve come to the wrong place. Most of the rubbish you’ll find online claiming to be a complete guide to volunteering at a club is written by people who think “management” happens in a boardroom
The Complete Guide to Looking After a Pitch
I’ve spent thirty-five years watching club secretaries pour money into fancy automated irrigation systems and overpriced chemical treatments, only to watch the halfway line turn into a boggy graveyard by the second week of November. Most of the literature out there claiming to be a complete guide to pitch maintenance is written by people who
Walking Football: the Rules and Why It Took Off
I’ve spent forty years watching people try to turn every sport into a science project, and frankly, I’m sick of it. I see these glossy brochures and “expert” websites trying to explain how walking football works as if it’s some complex, high-tech tactical evolution requiring a PhD and a state-of-the-art fitness tracker. It’s nonsense. Most
Mental Fatigue Ruins Decisions Before Legs Give Out
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched a group of lads dominate a match for seventy minutes, only to watch them turn into absolute statues the moment the clock hits eighty. Most modern “experts” will try to sell you a fancy app or a mindfulness seminar to explain it, but they’re missing the
The Session After a Six-nil
I’ve sat in too many damp changing rooms, watching fifteen-year-olds stare at their laces in a silence so heavy you could trip over it. You’ve been there, haven’t you? That hollow feeling in your gut when the final whistle blows and you realize you aren’t just managing a tactical failure, but a collective collapse of
Watching an Opponent and Knowing What to Note
I’ve spent more afternoons than I care to admit standing on touchlines where the wind cuts right through your coat, watching coaches stare at iPads like they’re looking for the meaning of life. They’ve got fancy software, high-definition video, and enough data to fill a library, yet they still can’t figure out how to analyse
The Signs a Player Is Doing Too Much
I’ve spent thirty-five years watching coaches try to solve every problem with a new piece of technology or a fancy spreadsheet, as if a heart-rate monitor is going to tell you what your own eyes can already see. They’ll talk to you about “physiological load” and “recovery metrics,” but if you’re standing on a touchline
Setting Standards Without Becoming a Sergeant Major
I once watched a lad—the kind of player every coach dreams of, technically gifted and lightning fast—completely derail a season because his teammates stopped running for him. The coach, a bright-eyed lad with a clipboard full of fancy psychological theories, tried to fix it with “group bonding exercises” and a lecture on synergy. It was