Not surprisingly, considering it’s embedded in everything we do; communication is a vital skill of an effective coach. Whether it’s delivering technical expertise and strategies, portraying coaching competence, developing team relationships, building respect and trust, or building and maintaining relationships, communication is crucial. A coach might set the standard for communication, but it’s important that […]
Essential Communication Skills For Your Team
Communication isn’t always easy to get right. Some of us seem to get it wrong even when we’re dealing with simple everyday tasks. So it’s no surprise to see people failing at it when they’re placed in the pressure-cooker of an intense game of football. When the adrenaline is flowing and your body is under […]
When 5-a-side Stops Being Fun – The 5-a-side Doctor
I’m always chatting to people about 5-a-side. Friends, acquaintances, taxi drivers – I always want to know if they play. But every now and then I come across somebody who tells me that they used to play but they quit because they stopped enjoying it. “Stopped enjoying it, are you crazy?!” I admit, sometimes that’s […]
10 Tips for Positive Thinking
Positive thinking determines not only the success you have in your sport, but the enjoyment that you take from it as well. Positive energy (and positive thinking) is what powers a team or individual to perform and to push forward in pursuit of improvement. Negativity, on the other hand, sucks everything good out of what should otherwise […]
Positive Thinking – Sport’s Game Changer
Thinking positively will transform not only the success you have in your sport, it’ll also help you take much more enjoyment from playing it. In this article, were going to look at the link between the two and show you how you can approach sporting challenges like a boss! We’ll be applying the lessons specifically […]
The Basic Problem in Defending
Defending: it’s a subject dear to my heart. I’m not a defender by trade but I often find myself playing there as, more often than not, other people on my team aren’t doing it properly. Sometimes that’s due to others not understanding how to defend, but it’s more often an issue of attitude, or rather a […]
Why Do I Play Badly In Big Games?
Summer is slowly starting to show its unfamiliar face round these parts, and that can only mean one thing – everyone is about to go 5-a-side crazy! Whilst the clued up among us are already sold on the fact that 5-a-side is a better game to play than the full 11-a-side version, there are a lot of […]
Interview With Dan Abrahams – Sports Psychologist
Dan Abrahams is a top football psychologist who has worked with a number of professional clubs and players, so when we got the chance to interview him we jumped at the chance to see what advice he can offer 5-a-side players. Want to know if you could benefit from sports psychology, how to stop your […]
How to Play Against a Better Team
Sometimes you come up against a team who are quite obviously better than you are. It’s not time to panic; it’s time to prepare – follow our list of tips to ensure damage limitation and, who knows, you might just pull off an upset. 1. Keep a positive attitude Sometimes the game is lost even […]
Warm Up Your Mind for Football
“Some people don’t understand how important it is to stretch your mind as well as your body before a match. The two need to be working together if you want to start a game well” Fabrice Muamba The need to perform a physical warm-up is well understood, but the majority of players don’t consider doing […]