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Developing Foundation Age Players

Getting The Best Out of Foundation Age Players Young players starting their footballing journey can at times, be difficult to coach. This post addresses how to maximise the effectiveness of coaching these type of players and get them ready for life in the footballing...

Return of 1-2-1’s

Return of 1-2-1 Sessions Due to recent developments made during COVID-19 and consulting the relevant authorities, we deem it safe to return to our 1-2-1 sessions. See full statement below. JCR Official Statement After consulting with our venue, insurance and the...

Developing Foundation Age Players

by James Redford | April 19, 2022 | Player Development | 0 Comments

What makes a great coach?

by James Redford | March 4, 2022 | Player Development | 0 Comments

What Makes a great coachThere are a lot of football coaches who are good, but what makes a football coach great? At JCR we are very proud of our team and believe every single one of our coaches are great. Within this blog, we are going to discuss the key...

Dealing with Setbacks as a Player

by James Redford | February 11, 2022 | Player Development | 0 Comments

Rebuilding a player after a setbackChildren and young players are some of the most resilient people around, and most of them deal with setbacks fairly well. However, for some especially the mid-teens, these setbacks can really impact them, not just within their...

5 Steps to Build a Players Confidence

by James Redford | January 6, 2022 | Player Development | 0 Comments

5 Steps to build a players confidenceMore and more we are getting parents approaching us saying their child is just not confident on the pitch. This is detrimental, because when a player plays with confidence they express themselves and usually thrive. In this post,...

Getting confident players

by James Redford | June 1, 2021 | Player Development | 0 Comments

Creating confident individualsOver recent weeks we have come to realise our private football coaching sessions are not just about developing the technical ability but our players get a lot more out of them. Here we discuss the way we get great confident individuals...

Lockdown and its Lessons

by James Redford | November 27, 2020 | Trending Topics | 0 Comments

What has lockdown taught us about training?Lockdown has been the bane of people's lives for months, causing some issues but actually it has been a great time for learning and reflecting. In this we discuss what we have learnt from lockdown and how this can help your...

Promoting Creativity in Players

by James Redford | July 25, 2020 | Player Development | 0 Comments

A lot is said about getting players to be creative within the modern game, but really what is meant by being creative and how do we get players to be creative?

1-2-1’s or Small Groups

by James Redford | June 17, 2020 | Trending Topics | 0 Comments

1-2-1 or small group? In an industry where private training is becoming the norm, there are lots of questions about what is the right training for me or my child. Is 1-2-1 the right route to go down or would it be better to participate in small group training? This...

How trainable is Mindset?

by James Redford | May 28, 2020 | Player Development | 0 Comments

How Trainable is mindset? That all important word "mindset," a word which most people know but do they understand it and what it means. You can have a positive mindset or a negative mindset, but how trainable is this within the football coaching world. Within this...

Return of 1-2-1’s

by James Redford | May 15, 2020 | Announcements | 0 Comments

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