Category: Training/Coaching Articles

So far in this this series on Aussie but now American performance coach Alan Couzens we have covered lactate, training zones and metabolic fitness and today we look at the aerobic system in a bit more detail. AEROBIC THRESHOLD During a Step Test, if your aerobic threshold is 60% or less of your VO2Mmax power,...

Yesterday I introduced Alan Couzens, an Aussie but now American-based performance coach who specialises in energy systems. He has totally transformed how I look at aerobic development and although maybe not applicable for team footy training, it’s totally what you should be following for whatever energy system straining you do in your own time. Yesterday...

I have been following Alan Couzens for some time now and it has completely switched my process on aerobic development. In my teens and early 20’s I used to be able to run but after 3 – 4 years off footy and just doing gym and jump/sprint work, getting heavier (I was 55kgs as an...

Osku Partonen is another soccer coach and educator based in Finland who I’ve only came across recently but I like how he’s constantly connecting his content to how he sees the game that allows the reader to do the same and then replicate with their own philosophy. TEAM Stay brave…Show personality…Take responsibility every time…Play with...

Gary Piggot is yet another coach and coach educator based in soccer from England who I’ve referenced before in my content (as with all of these outsider coaches). As with all these coaches I’m posting notes from, chuck them a follow and expand your coaching practices with what you can learn from them. PLANNING What...

Kevin Middleton is another soccer coach and coach educator out of Scotland who has his fingers in a lot of pies if you look at his Twitter bio which enables him to provide wide-sweeping insights into soccer and team sport in general. MIDFIELD PLAYER PERSONALITIES The Energiser x motor/ball pressure…The Passer x skilful/break opposition lines…The...

***NOTE*** – To start with I’ve written about kicking technique in the past here and here and today will go over some of this in a far more condensed fashion. Yesterday I came across 1 neutral football coach comparing the methods of 2 other football coaches that both focus on kicking technique with 1 of...

Bernat Mosquera is another UEFA soccer coach and coach educator from Spain and I’ve been reading his content for a couple of years now. Again – and as Twitter forces you to be – it is single focused but also actionable. Now that we’re 4 coaches into this 8-part series, you should have started to...

I came across Philip some years ago as he began his search on mastering a constraints-led approach to his tennis coaching. He’s based in Ireland so also expect some references to various Gaelic sports. Since than he has posted his journey of learning and now implementing everything he has learnt and posts very easily digestible...

Steve Magness is a performance coach, author and elite athlete with a very interesting past in elite sport that he has been very open about and is how I think I came to read of him initially. He posts an excellent mix of training and preparation content with a different twist then most other coaches’,...