The A.H Performance And Development School.

On a Friday we welcome Huddersfield Town Academy player Josh.

Buzzing to work with a young player who has all the ability you need to be successful in football.

The standard of this session was a joke 👌🏼⚽

Intensity ✅
Listening ✅
Ex*****on of the drill ✅

Loads more to come from Josh as well, I tell all my kids, basics is the best skill to have and Josh constantly does the basics at such a high level already. 👏🏼⚽

P.s ignore my voice, I get excited when we hit top bins 😂

PT2

• Bounce passes both feet ✅
• Scanning ✅
• Turn and pass
• Timing the run into the box ✅

Unreal from Jense tonight 👏🏼⚽

Today I welcomed Jense -

I was asked to do a specific session for him. His position....Centre mid 🙌🏼👌🏼 I said I would happily do so....

We worked on the basics PT1 -

• Be able to control the ball in small spaces ✅
• Receiving the ball while sprinting ✅
• Body shape when receiving the ball to get away from defenders ✅
• Striking the ball from outside the box

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Volume 🆙 and listen to the details.....

This is why I love coaching, letting them do their thing and then making little adjustments to improve the outcome and seeing it unfold is the bit that makes me happy!

Here you can see Otis, working on 1-1 with the defender and getting a shot away.

The details I gave Otis ( I did demonstrate) -

• Ball control
• Little touches in front of the defender
• Execute the skill (step over)
• Strike on goal

Otis demonstrated what I would say 9 times out of 10 every kid would do. Good first touch but the skill was too far away from the defender and that would have given the defender more of a chance to tackle him/block the shot.

After a Little adjustment, more little touches in front of the defender and then the skill closer which gives you more of an advantage to beat them. Execute the skill with the outside of the foot closer to the goal and this gives you a higher percentage chance of scoring.

On this occasion, Otis strikes the ball onto the post but you can see the improvement, with just that small detail change from me.

This is the importance of doing 1-1 with a coach. You get the interaction with the coach directly, whereas if you go to big group sessions you do not get that.

Do you agree? Comment below. 👇🏼

#1-2-1coaching

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Back to doing what I love and do best....

Here we have Eddie and Holly, my second session with them and already little by little I can see improvements in them.

Eddie is a little bundle of joy who naturally just wants to just score goals. Straight away, I worked on his striking of the ball to increase his shot power and by God can he strike it.

Holly never stops smiling, she is so infectious 😊 but this girl can play!! I was asked to work on her striking of the ball and introduce power, first session ( I didn't record) 🤦🏼‍♂️ but we worked on technique in shooting and as you can see by the video she has mastered it. 🫶🏼

Finished off with some 1 on 1s and naturally being brother and sister I was expecting fireworks and they didn't disappoint with some tackles and wrestling going on 😂 but some good skills and goals on show. We had to stop at one point due to laughter being too much!

What a pair 💙🩷⚽ Kirsty Megson Paul Ward

I see a lot of the bigger companies/names who do 1-2-1s and small groups sessions who get themselves out there a lot more than me and people Naturally sway towards them rather than coming to me, which i understand if you don't know me....

It got me thinking a lot of HOW's...,

•How can I compete with these?
•How Can I grow?
•How can I improve?

The battles are -

•I work full-time
•The cost of facilities means I have to stop in October because of the dark nights and have to wait for Lighter nights to come back around.
•Having a family

If there is one thing I will say, I back myself against any of the companies and feel I give something different to the sessions that others bring.

Maybe I need to start being more modest and show more of the below.....I was sent this today from Neil McCluskey and couldn't be prouder of the steps George has made!! 🫶🏼

Talent just isn't enough, hard work outweighs talent everyday of the week. The willingness to learn, improve and listen is simply the reason George is getting the rewards and now he's successfully spent a full week training with Leeds United and been invited back. After last weekend's games, he's now been scouted by Manchester City and will train with them as well. ⚽

I love doing what I do, when I am on the grass and seeing the kids improve under my guidance is something I am very proud of.

Lastly, come March I will be back at it and raring to go 💪🏼 ⚽