Specials
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945Emotional Intelligence: How emotions are managed to achieve success in football coaching
Watching Jurgen Klopp on the touchline is often a spectacle in itself. He is energetic – occasionally borderline aggressive – as he...
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1.5KBook Review: The Games People Play
For a sport that offers such a range of emotions and given the increasing literature being published about the game, it is...
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1.9KUEFA Nations League: How Italy deployed the ‘Overload to Isolate’ tactic to overcome Netherlands
Italy faced the Netherlands in the second season of the UEFA Nations League in the second week of September 2020 and kept...
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1.7KHard Work: An intangible precursor to success in Football
High school basketball coach Tim Notke used to drill the importance of hard work into the minds of his young players with...
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2.6KAfter the lows, now come the highs for Liverpool’s Academy
There seems to be the impression that Neco Williams’ emergence as a potential backup to Trent Alexander Arnold came as something of...
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1.4KForgotten Franchises: Jack Gregory, Elton John and the story of LA Aztecs
For the past 100 years, superstars, wannabes, and sycophants have swarmed the streets of LA but you would be wrong to think...
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1.4KDenied promotion despite being 25 points ahead, Stowmarket Town FC look forward to the future
Few really took note when the Football Association announced it had decided to end with immediate effect all leagues in steps 3...
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1.6KThe hunt for Bryan Ruiz’s lost goal
I am certain this happened. Bryan Ruiz is lurking in the box, donning the white shirt of Fulham. Nonchalant air, flowing locks,...
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2.8KDutch Vs Deutsch: An inherent difference between Performance & Achievement
A longstanding intense football rivalry between the Netherlands and Germany has lessened with time. The post-war hatred, especially from the Dutch side,...
