As most of the girls will be playing 9v9 next season or even in some of the end of season tournaments, we introduced a session tonight with the element of offside. This took some explaining as the girls are still unsure of how to use it to their advantage. We played 4v3 so the attackers […]
Read More →This week we worked with both girls and boys on playing behind the last defender. We had two cones set up about 10 metres apart and one defender and one attacker. The defender started in front of the attacker, and both started in the middle of the two cones. Before the ball was played to […]
Read More →York Railway Institute started their campaign to win back the City of York Girls’ League Cup. Two years ago they won the trophy, beating Wigginton 5-1 in the final. But last year they lost to rivals Fulford 3-1 on penalties. Could York RI win a place in the semi finals and in the process keep […]
Read More →In Week 10 of the Academy we worked on playing off a front man. We had 3v2 attacking one goal with a 5 metre zone in front of the goal. A target player was alone in this area and to score the attackers must play the ball into them and then shoot first time from […]
Read More →On Sunday 20th March 2016, Pro Coaching Academy took a team of seven girls to the U14 national finals in the FA People’s Cup in Sheffield. The coaching team of Chris and Suzy Collins were looking to use the tournament as experience as five of the seven players were actually U13s. Eight teams from across […]
Read More →In Week 20 with the girls we worked on attacking from different angles. The court was laid out in a square and the attackers started in 2 corners with one defender starting in another. The attackers also had a gate that both of them had to run through before they could score. At first, both […]
Read More →Well, what can we say, it was just not our day at Sheffield in the FA People’s Cup. After only 2 minutes in the first game, a bad collision with Alexia saw her with a cut to her head and her left eye closed up – and that was the end of the tournament for […]
Read More →In week 9 of the Academy we worked on moving the ball quickly to enable the players to get it forward as quick as possible. We had a 20 x 15 metre rectangle with a player at each end and 2v2 in the middle and one floating player who played for whichever side was in […]
Read More →With the start of a new half term we decided it was about time we really got down to specific Futsal drills and coaching. Inspired by watching a lot of the UEFA Futsal tournament, the coaches decided that tonight’s session would be about about box defending. This is the idea where you have 2 banks […]
Read More →The brand new kit for the girls of Pro Coaching Academy has arrived! When they qualified for the finals of the FA People’s Cup the coaches decided it would be a nice reward to get them a new kit to play in! The girls travel to Sheffield early on Sunday morning, with the tournament for […]
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