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Saul Isaksson-Hurst | Ex @spursofficial @chelseafc @arsenal Individual Skills Specialist | 121⚽️Coach 🎙Podcast host | MyPersonalFootballCoach app 📱
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Joined July 2011
Most sessions focus on drills. This one changed how I coach — and how players rise. Inside this free breakdown, you’ll see the exact structure I used with players like Noni Madueke and Folarin Balogun to sharpen instinct, build composure, and prep for moments that count. Link 👇
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Coaches — don’t overlook the low-hanging fruit. 🍎 The quickest gains often come from improving players’ ball mastery and movement on the ball. ⚽ Get those right, and everything else — decision-making, confidence, game impact — improves.
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The environment doesn’t coach players — coaches do. Great environments still need great guidance. Real coaching is knowing when to step in, when to step back, and how to connect the two. ⚽
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Real coaching isn’t about defending a theory — it’s about adapting to the player. The best coaches know when to challenge, when to guide, and when to step back. Flexibility, not philosophy, develops players. ⚽
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Research backs it up — there’s no one proven way to develop every player. The best coaches blend methods: technical + tactical, explicit + implicit, isolated + game-based. The constraints-led approach is a great tool — but just one of many. ⚽
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Many talk about an “evidence-based” approach — but there’s no single way proven to work for every player. The best coaches blend ideas. The constraints-led approach is one tool — not the whole toolbox. ⚽
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Just got off the phone with parent of player from Cat 1 club. ‘They don’t do any technical work’ Unfortunately this is a common message I’m getting a lot.
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@MyFootballCoach incredible in terms of the misconception/disconnect from people regarding this type of work & the “Transfer”. The assumption that you have to be up against direct opponent or in a game scenario to make a football decision is taken way out of proportion. Explore, refine, dynamic?
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Working with Antoine individually I’ve seen this incredible technique up close and spoke to him about his development…he has worked on it his whole life and continues to work on it. Top player
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Working with this guy is an honour. Someone who has worked tirelessly on his game his entire life. Try telling Semenyo that working in isolation doesn’t transfer. He has developed one of the strongest two🦶shooting technique in the Prem….& that hasn’t come from just game based
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There’s a big misconception about working in isolation. Coaches think if it’s not in a team setting, there’s no context…that’s Wrong. Everything can and should link directly to the game. 👇 #footballcoaching #playerdevelopment
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Man to Man press is very evident from Chelsea! Cheat code? Skelton key? How to break that press? Moussa dembele! Luka Modric! Harry Kane! Gareth Bale! Rafa VDV! 1v1 confident & dominant pressure proof players. unlock and dominate one 1v1 and you have your advantage! Thats
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https://t.co/H9jFMZqZFQ Checkout the @MyFootballCoach Next Gen Virtual Academy where we looked at some world class ‘Next Gen’ centre backs 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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“There’s no context, no decision making, no transference.” That’s what people say about isolated work. Context and decision making are always key — but it’s the coach’s skill that connects these to the work. The best sessions build technique and understanding. ⚽
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Youth football isn’t about patterns and shapes — it’s about players. Overloading kids with tactics kills freedom, confidence, and creativity. Build the player first, the system second.
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Congratulations @tomsan106 well deserved!
A Historical Moment for Football Development ⚽️ I am deeply humbled and honored to share that the Scottish FA has officially released their Review of Youth Development in Men’s Football, identifying Football Starts at Home® as the first phase of their Official Development
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An actual ‘coach’ said this 🙄
@MyFootballCoach @w_roberts6 @CoachingFamily @ConstraintsColl This is absurd. We don’t need to be worrying about “the careers” of players who cannot self organise and come up with their own solutions to football problems. Even those who do “make it” every to decent sub elite and all the way up to the best, have flaws and don’t have to be
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Football is faster than ever — players need more than close control. Dynamic ball mastery develops the technique, balance, and movement patterns that separate good from elite.
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Ball mastery isn’t just about touches — it’s about movement. Players need to be dynamic, explosive, and confident with the ⚽️ Technique + movement = the modern player. ⚡️⚽
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Good luck with advanced tactics if you don’t have advanced technique.
The problem with the ecological approach to coaching? It assumes players will figure it out technically. Many don’t. ⚽ @CoachingFamily
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A grassroots coach was losing parent trust. We ran a 10-min session template audit—cut drills with no decisions, linked ball mastery to game actions, added an end product. Parents saw progress in 2 weeks. Comment CASE for the audit template. ⚽️
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