On Sunday 14 May 2017, Pro Coaching Academy Coaches, Chris and Suzy Collins completed the Leeds Half Marathon in aid of Parkinson’s UK. The race was really hard work with more hills than they were expecting, and one of them was a real beast. Also, the weather was hotter than either was happy with, […]
Read More →People who believe coaches know it all and never stop learning are so far from the truth! Coach Chris attends as many course and events as possible, and part of that is reading anything and everything he can on football related subjects. On a recent psychology CPD event in York, he was advised to read […]
Read More →Every once in a while a video comes along that makes everyone think, and this is one of them! Geno Auriemma is head coach at the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team. He talks about the body language of players who are not in the game. It is brilliant, at Pro Coaching Academy we think […]
Read More →Pro Coaching Academy have pledged to supply a bottle of champagne to help Suzy and Chris Collins on their way to raising £500 for Parkinson’s UK, and the photo above is the proof! Win the bottle of Taittinger held by Suzy! To win this bottle of very expensive champagne, all you need to do is […]
Read More →As some of you will know coaches Chris and Suzy Collins are running this year’s Leeds Half Marathon in May, raising money for Parkinson’s UK. This is a list of the amazing people who have so far sponsored them: Jenny McNeil Mary & Peter Graves Karen Forrester Iona Hamilton David Cragg Joe Petch Richard Miller […]
Read More →On Sunday 14 May 2017, Pro Coaching Academy coaches Suzy and Chris Collins will be running the Plusnet Leeds Half Marathon. Whereas Chris is a veteran, in more ways than one, this will be the longest race Suzy has competed in! In conversation Chris said ‘Parkinson’s has been very personal to me for many years […]
Read More →Everyone at Pro Coaching Academy would like to wish a very Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to all the players we coach, teams we support, parents who support us, coaches who work with and against us and anyone else we have missed! Thank you for another amazing year, and who knows what excitement 2017 […]
Read More →Well what started as a simple idea grew very quickly into two after school clubs at two very big York schools. Throughout the year we have taken 47 sessions, with 42 separate players trying futsal for the first time, giving us over 700 places in total! We have taken hundreds of photographs, shot hours of […]
Read More →As coaches it is always a difficult decision to honour individual players, especially when the game of futsal is definitely a team game. But at Pro Coaching Academy we like to highlight individual success, and so the Futsal Player of the Year from Huntington School is Eddie Hopper. Eddie is already on the books of […]
Read More →As this was the last session of the school year, in usual Pro Coaching fashion, it was the much anticipated tournament. We split the players into three teams, and due to some absentees Coach Chris had to play to make up the numbers! The teams were: Team Yellow: Archie, Tom S, Joshua and Oli. Team […]
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