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 →After 4 very successful seasons at York Railway Institute, Chris and Suzy Collins decided to step down from coaching and running a team at grassroots. Almost immediately they were contacted by several local clubs asking if they were available to coach. Many phone calls later they agreed to coach but not run the Rawcliffe Girls […]
Read More →Here at Pro Coaching Academy we love to highlight talent, especially in the female game! We have had the pleasure of coaching Chloe at both the girls’ academy and York Railway Institute for several years, and last year she sent us a video of her practising her ‘tekkers’. Well, she’s been at it again and sent […]
Read More →At Pro Coaching Academy we are extremely lucky to work with some exceptionally talented male and female futsal and football players. We were delighted to learn last week that Alexia Dawson has accepted a place at the brand new York City Football Club Foundation – Tier 1 Regional Talent Club, for next season, starting July […]
Read More →We often have a little nosy at the statistics for the Pro Coaching website and it always puts a huge smile on our faces! This week the site has gone through 11,000 views and over 3000 visitors since the end of July 2015. This is just brilliant and many more than we could ever have […]
Read More →On Saturday 11 June 2016 in the evening it was the York Railway Institute U13 Girls’ presentation night, and the team and parents attended at the club house. As coaches it is both rewarding and sad to award players individual trophies for their achievements throughout the season. On one hand you want to praise individual […]
Read More →York Railway Institute’s U13 Girls’ fantastic season was today recognised in an article in the York Press. It is yet another piece to add to the long list of press cuttings by this group of exceptional girls. Have a look on the Media Coverage page for more on this amazing group! Coach Suzy said ‘I […]
Read More →On Sunday 6th June 2016 it was the 15th Annual City of York Girls’ Football League Tournament, and the U13s were defending a title they won last year. It was a scorching hot day and the girls had been drawn in a group with 4 of the 5 favourites so progressing from the group stage […]
Read More →What started out 12 months ago finally came to fruition on Monday evening. Pro Coaching Academy coach Chris Collins has always wanted to see secondary schools play each other in competitive futsal matches. It has been a long hard road getting people to believe in the game, to see the benefits and just getting schools […]
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