by thecoachingblueprint | Mar 6, 2017 | Analysis
Pep Guardiola has achieved enormous success in such a short space of time. He rose to prominence with Barcelona where the trophy return rate was unprecedented. Following this – he took a break before regenerating Bayern Munich into a different team and has built...
by thecoachingblueprint | Feb 27, 2017 | Analysis
After another successful final for José Mourinho and Manchester United – we take a look at what has made him so successful! ADAPTABILITY Jose is a tactician and when it comes to a single elimination game, you can never bet against Jose’s team. He...
by thecoachingblueprint | Feb 15, 2017 | Analysis
I have had the pleasure of attending numerous seminars by a coach with an illustrious career. Frans Hoek has been an assistant of Louis Van Gaal at Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Man United and with the Netherlands National Team. He works a lot with the Goalkeepers...
by thecoachingblueprint | Jan 23, 2017 | Analysis
Marco Van Basten – the Technical Director of FIFA wants to change our game by suggesting some rule changes. We take look at a few of them and how they could potential develop the game…..or in fact just create a whole new game!? Abolish Offside This is...
by thecoachingblueprint | Jan 16, 2017 | Analysis
Spending some time at the NSCAA Convention in Los Angeles this past week I came away having benefitted from attending. Here are a collection of a few observations made; Coaching Sessions – Everyone has opinions on what makes a good session and people tend to...
by thecoachingblueprint | Jan 7, 2017 | Analysis
I recently had the opportunity to witness the current dominance of Chelsea FC in person and a few things struck me. TRUST The players have quickly bought into the ideas and tactics of Antonio Conte. Despite a rocky start to the season, Conte has established his set-up...