A Scientific Approach to your Soccer Coaching

Ability: It is widely believed that abilities create the foundations from which learning and performing skills are built upon, and can greatly affect the individual’s ability to perform and perfect those skills.  Read Article

Concentration: An individual’s ability to concentrate relates to “their capability to place all their focus and attention on the task they are undertaking for the required time, without succumbing to any distractions.” Read Article

Confidence: In a football based concept confidence is the ability to be certain all the necessary skills and attributes are possessed to successfully undertake what is going to occur during the upcoming task. Read Article

Developing Ability: It is believed, not by all psychologists, that abilities can be developed, and the general consensus is that the most important phase for development is during the individuals early childhood.  Read Article

Different Types of Skill: Every individual has their own skills, that they use and employ on a day-to-day basis in their daily routines. Read Article

Mental Toughness: Personal success for an individual on a football pitch can be greatly determined by 4 pillars; physical preparation, technical and tactical execution, emotional control and mental strength. Read Article

Notational Analysis: Some individuals are unaware or unsure of what notational analysis is. This easy-to-follow question and answer article provides the reader with all the relevant information and details. Read Article

Performance Profiling: Performance profiling is a form of assessment that can be employed to discover a player’s perceived weaknesses. Read Article

Performance Profiling - process walk through: Brief and easy-to-follow guide to completing the performance profiles. Read Article

Self Control: Self control is simply the player’s ability to remain in control of their actions and emotions in varying circumstances. Read Article

Sports Science - an introduction: There are some coaches that do not fully understand the role of the sports scienist and how helpful their experience and knowledge can be to a team or a club. Therefore this article seeks to highlight these factors. Read Article

Team Cohesion: “Cohesion is the ability for a group of individuals to join together and create a combined unit, and it is what sets apart teams of individuals and successful teams.” Read Article

Team Effectiveness: A team is “a group of individuals (two or more) that share both a common identity and fate, who must interact and communicate to achieve their own, interlocking, personal goals and their collective goal.” Read Article