There will come a time when a man reach a pinnacle in his “career”, and mine was achieved on 26th July 2011. I have been coaching an amateur side, Al-Caliph FC, since 2006/7. We went through a lot, lost members a long the way and gain new ones, improve as we go along and won [...]

Keeper Keeper has a tendency to be on the line. Even when the ball is at the other end of the field, they will stand in their own goal. They need to stand further up. Instruct them to stand on the 6 yard line when the ball is at the other end. This is important [...]

Formation I understand that for primary school, and I am talking about primary 5, it is played 9 a side. So the usual formation most schools will use is; 1 keeper : 4 defenders : 3 midfielders : 1 striker For me, I will have in consideration the following formation; 1 keeper : 3 defenders [...]

I have seen that there is a dearth of talented young, and i mean really young footballers out there. Unfortunately, there is a lack football coaches for this kids. A lot of opportunities to teach them the basics as well as understanding the game are wasted. As I watched my son’s school play each game, [...]