2011 May | Football Coaching

History Of American Football

Posted on Saturday, 28th May 2011 by Owen Jones

Although there are references to Native Americans playing ball games, modern American football has its birth in traditional ball games played in villages and schools in Europe for several centuries before America was settled by Europeans.

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Two Very Easy Yet Still Effective Hitting Drills

Posted on Friday, 27th May 2011 by Thomas Wilson

Do you find yourself searching for a new, simple, and useful hitting drill to include in your baseball workouts program? After looking around the internet and talking to a number of baseball players and coaches to discover some amazing new hitting drills for you to consider. Today I’ll write about two of them for you to test out and see what you think.

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Ashley Cole makes the right decisions

Posted on Monday, 23rd May 2011 by admin

One of the world’s best defenders with or without the ball in 1v1 situations must be England and Chelsea superstar Ashley Cole. Most of the time he makes the right decision when faced with this situation.
Decision making is an important part of any young soccer player’s make-up. Every time they play a match, whether it’s [...]

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There’s more to it than what you do with the ball

Posted on Monday, 23rd May 2011 by admin

Dave Clarke

One of the qualities of a good team is the ability to think and react when they are playing in matches. And I don’t just mean how they react to the ball. There are some players who can be captains on the pitch and help their team mates by communicating and showing leadership qualities.
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The Beautiful Game

Posted on Saturday, 21st May 2011 by Owen Jones

Football, soccer or ?The Beautiful Game? - are all names used to describe the most popular team game in the world. Although the words football and soccer are largely interchangeable in the UK they have very different meanings in North America.

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The Football Association Challenge Cup

Posted on Friday, 20th May 2011 by Owen Jones

The FA Cup, or Football Association Challenge Cup to give it its right title, is the oldest football competition in the world. It was begun in 1871, when it was proposed that “a Challenge Cup ought to be established in connection with the Association”.

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How do you celebrate victory?

Posted on Tuesday, 17th May 2011 by admin

Dave Clarke

When my team wins cups or leagues we always celebrate with a get together where any of them or their parents can stand up and say something about how well they have done during the season.
Last season one of my players was the lead role in Billy Elliot: The Musical at our local theatre [...]

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The best coaches know what to say at half-time

Posted on Monday, 16th May 2011 by admin

Dave Clarke

Two managers under pressure met in the semi-finals of this season’s Carling Cup. Birmingham city managed by Alex McLeish and West Ham United managed by Avram Grant showed how managers can have a profound effect on the performance of a team.
With Birmingham 3-1 ahead on aggregate at half time in the second of [...]

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