Samsophsaints Co / Training
I get asked a lot by coaches, players and parents: can a two-week plyometric blitz really turn a technical winger into a consistent inside‑forward...
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I remember the first time I clipped that £300 GPS unit to a non-league centre-back and watched the numbers light up live on my phone. We weren't a...
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I spent a season working with an under-18 academy where we tracked every set-piece and calculated expected goals (xG) for each routine. One routine...
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When I work with young strikers on the training ground, the question I hear most is: "How can I be quicker over the first 10 metres without spending...
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I remember the first time a teenage striker asked me to help him get faster over the first 10 metres. He wanted the tiny margins — the 0.02–0.05s...
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I bought a sub-£300 GPS unit for my own sessions last season and brought it to a few match days and training sessions to see what it could — and...
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When I started working with a semi-pro centre who kept re-injuring his hamstring and adductor during the season, I knew we needed a pragmatic...
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When I first met Jamie — a 22-year-old winger playing in the lower tiers of the non-league system — he had natural pace, a willing work-rate and...
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I want to share a practical, two‑session conversion plan that I use when turning an athletic winger into a dependable inside‑forward attractive...
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When our local amateur rugby club decided to get serious about reducing soft-tissue relapses — hamstrings, groins, calves — we didn't expect a...
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