Liverpool’s no. 7 Kenny Dalglish @ Anfield Boot Room circa 1985 “The Liverpool Boot Room was a room at Anfield, home of Liverpool F.C., during the 1960s to the early 1990s where the coaching staff would sit, drink whisky and discuss the team, tactics and ways of defeating the next opposing side.” It was a […]
Have you ever wondered where the best soccer players are found? I’ve asked this question to lots of my friends and the answers are usually fairly typical: Spain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium. All my mates segregated their responses into Countries. Fair enough. But can we dig in a little deeper? Look at the world more […]
On Saturday January 17th youth coaches gathered at Mahony and Sons pub for the monthly coaches’ boot room. The group comes together to support one another with the challenges and questions that arise when you coach soccer in Canada. We were pumped to have hosted one of Canada’s all time legends, Mr. Tony Waiters. World class coach, the only coach […]
Highlights for our latest Coaches’ Boot Room: On November 9th fellow coaches gathered at Mahony and Sons pub for the monthly coach’s meetup. This video gives you a sneak peak into what you missed out on. As usual the discussion was very informative and the audience in attendance was lively once again! Also, most importantly please join us for […]
The Play Better program is happy to introduce the ‘move of the week’ metric, for younger age groups. After a series of tests we have decided it is a fun, simple and effective metric, which can be easily rewarded. To do this will you need to incorporate a few goals and challenges weekly to keep […]
The 5000 Touch Challenge: a fantastic training program and opportunity to reward players for their personal efforts A simple concept based on years and years of implementation in the greatest developmental football nation, Holland. This challenge has been adapted from my friend John Townsend who writes for These Football Times. Big thanks goes to him […]
The Play Better coaches’ boot room is heading to the Okanagan! We are stoked to announce former Man City player, Scottish International, past Whitecaps assistant and UEFA Pro level coach, Paul Ritchie, to the boot room. Friday October 24th @ 7-9 pm / Anthony’s Pub, 3502 Sakaha Lake Rd, Penticton Admission is free and all […]
Come one! Come all! The Play Better Coaches’ Boot Room in Toronto is happening! Hall of Famer and current TSN lead analyst, Jason Devos, will be presenting The Art of Defending at The Brogue Inn. Admission is free and all is asked that you bring questions and are prepared to share with other coaches. RSVP […]
Despite the summer being a time of rest and relaxation it has been anything but at the Play Better offices. Hard at work on making sure Western teams start their season off on the right foot, that our Eastern based teams were happy and developing, and busy planning for supporting clubs down south. Take a […]
The pursuit of sports and recreation has been described as a basic human right. Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay,” while Article 27(1) says “Everyone has the right freely to participate […]
