A great new product that makes soccer training more challenging – and more fun

Soccer is a great way to get people off the sofa and out in to the streets. With obesity becoming a huge problem for society, the power of soccer is huge to engage the young people of the world and get them away from their games consoles.

Soccer is more fun the more challenge there is and a superb new product is being launched on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform to get kids and adults playing the beautiful game.

The product is called GoalMasterPro 2 and is being brought to life by the daughters of the inventor. It works because it can be used by players at any level-

•          Kids can use it to step up their skills
•          It can be used by a solo player to bring excitement to practice
•          Teams can use these to add a new level of challenge to a match
•          Adults can use it to hone their skills and be ready for match day

The crowdfunding campaign is designed to get this great idea off the ground and into production. There are not many innovative ideas when it comes to soccer but the GoalMasterPro 2 really ups the action. In addition to helping get a great idea off the ground you can choose from a range of different perks for being a backer, depending on the amount you pledge.

I love bringing new ideas and product to you via my blog and the GoalMasterPro 2 is something that can help kids get off the sofa and out on to the streets and parks of the world to enjoy the game of soccer that has delighted billions of people for over a hundred years.

Get over to the Indiegogo page to find out more and look for the pink button to make your contribution.

FA Football coaching course will fill my week

I am spending this week going through an FA Level 1 coaching course to home up my coaching skills. I have agreed to help my sons' football team and as part of being able to coach I am on this course.

It started with two evenings last week and is followed up by four full (ish) days this week. Apart from tomorrow, which is safeguarding and First Aid, the whole week will be set aside to working out a set of practices that will benefit the players in the team. Everything is done under the supervision of FA coaches and is all linked to the FA DNA of coaching.

I need to make sure that the training sessions are safe, fun and inclusive. It is a really interesting take on football coaching and is very different to the training sessions that I experienced when I was young. The team I train are Under 10's so there is a lot of room for development and I am looking forward to working in training again when the course is complete.

The last session we did was to deliver a training practice and look at how this might develop our team. I went for a passing game with the emphasis on getting the whole team involved in touching the ball. It is important to give as many players as possible in touch with the ball rather than standing in a queue waiting for their turn.

A revelation for me was the introduction of arrival activities. This is where the players are involved with the football as soon as they get there. With a training session starting at 6.15pm we have players arriving at different times. To get them involved with the ball and moving around is much more productive than taking shots at each other or messing around. This will be introduced at training this week and I hope it has s big impact.