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Opposition Scouting in 4 Pen & Paper Examples
*Originally published 26th May, 2020* Opposition scouting on a budget often comes down to watching a game and piecing together your...
Chris Steel
Nov 13, 20204 min read
How to scout when you don’t have scouts
*Originally published 19th May, 2020* After I posted the ‘Player Churn’ article last week, I received a few messages asking if I could...
Chris Steel
Nov 13, 20203 min read
Player Churn, The Revolving Door of Football
*Originally published on 12th May 2020* Player Churn refers to signing a player and then having that player leave your club by the end of...
Chris Steel
Nov 13, 20204 min read
Creating a Culture of Excellence: 5 memories from my playing days
*Originally published 4th May, 2020* I’ve recently seen a number of people posting pictures of certificates in ‘Creating a Culture of...
Chris Steel
Nov 13, 20205 min read
The Move to Summer Football in Scotland
*Originally Published 13th April, 2020* France 98 was the last major tournament a Scottish men’s team qualified for; 22 years and an...
Chris Steel
Nov 13, 20204 min read
Developing Creativity
I recently had a chat with some coaching friends and the conversation turned to what the most difficult parts of coaching a youth team...
Chris Steel
Jan 15, 20206 min read
Developing Anticipation
Just about every manager and coach I had, from youth to senior level, told me that I read the game well. I came to understand this as...
Chris Steel
Dec 17, 20193 min read
A Pre-Season Template
I was recently approached by a coach to assist him with designing a pre-season programme and thought I would share some elements of it...
Chris Steel
Jul 29, 20193 min read
How I restored, renewed and re-energised my love of the game in Fiji.
The photograph above is from one of the best holidays I've ever had. It was on a remote Fijian Island in the middle of the South Pacific...
Chris Steel
Jun 10, 20193 min read
4 Steps To Make Vancouver Football Better
I’m almost 3 years into my time here in Vancouver and, I think there are 4 simple steps that could help improve the standard of British...
Chris Steel
May 15, 20195 min read
Checking The Shoulder - What's Involved
I recently read a few posts and threads on twitter about 'Checking The Shoulder' and how many coaches call for players to do that during...
Chris Steel
Jan 21, 20193 min read
How Would You Rebuild A Club?
If football clubs were razed to the ground and had to be rebuilt, how would you develop players and what programmes would you add? I’m...
Chris Steel
Dec 24, 20188 min read
Turning Down The Perfect Job
I recently rejected an offer to go back to Asia and become the Head of Youth Development for the national league champions of that...
Chris Steel
Aug 31, 20183 min read
Designing and Developing a Curriculum
“To improve is to change, to perfect is to change often.” according to Winston Churchill. I subscribe to this mantra. When designing the...
Chris Steel
Aug 31, 20186 min read
Bridging the gap: youth team to first team
How do you create a football factory? Surely there must be more than one answer to that question. Have a look at a table posted recently...
Chris Steel
Aug 31, 20185 min read
What's Included In A Game Analysis Report?
I was recently asked what I “actually did” when I was working as an Opposition and Game Analyst. I did this job with clubs that didn’t...
Chris Steel
Aug 31, 20185 min read
Bring World Class Coaches To Your Club
Earlier this summer I organised two rather unique events for football in Vancouver, which were hosted by Vancouver United FC. These were...
Chris Steel
Aug 30, 20184 min read
Culture Change
I’m writing this post after a brief yet thought provoking exchange with Tom Byer on Twitter. Nothing malicious about it, just different...
Chris Steel
Aug 30, 20185 min read
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