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 […]
Read More →Well, it is really getting serious now. The draw for the finals of the FA People’s Cup has just been made live from the BBC, and Pro Coaching Academy were in it!!! Watch the link below, it is just like a proper FA Cup draw. The coaches here loved it, and we just can’t wait […]
Read More →York Railway Institute Girls U13s won their City of York Girls’ 7 A Side League this weekend without even kicking a ball! The season was originally supposed to be 20 matches long but after the terrible weather over the last few months the league committee decided to stop after only 15 games. This leaves York […]
Read More →Here is the latest match report from York Railway Institute U13 Girls home game to Kirk Deighton Rangers. The opposition are the most improved side in the league this season, and really impressed Coach Chris last time they met. Could the girls cope with this improving side and score their 100th league goal of the […]
Read More →Congratulations to all at University of York Women’s Football Club, as of last Wednesday, their first team won the league. This is their 3rd promotion in four years, the club is certainly going in the right direction! Also huge congratulations to Sam, in his first year as coach to the first team, winning the league! […]
Read More →As coaches we decided it was about time we played a proper Futsal match, with full rules for the players to see exactly what a match was like. The girls were up first and we spent a couple of minutes explaining the rules and answering any questions they had. Mr Foster took one team, Chris […]
Read More →Tonight we concentrated on taking goal scoring opportunities early and with either feet. Often in practises and training sessions we allow the players to have far too much time to set themselves, pick a point on the goal and then shoot. In a match this is not really realistic, the chance is there for only […]
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