Okay, so you’ve brushed up on your shooting skills and learned how to gain the attention of a football scout. You play every week and are improving – but you still think you could benefit from some extra coaching? Footballers Direct are here to remind you about the potential football coach that you’re probably already taking to every match. That’s right, your mobile phone.
The humble mobile can provide an excellent coaching tool for enthusiastic footballers at every match attended. Simply record the game with a wide-angle – preferably from a raised position over-looking the pitch. Watching the recorded game later will highlight all kinds of issues that you never noticed before, and which you can learn a lot from.
To benefit from your pocket coach the most, get someone else to film regular matches that you play. You’ll soon see ways that you can improve your game by correcting silly mistakes and bad habits that you may have fallen into.
Footballers Direct’s top pocket football coach tips are:
Overview. For the best and most helpful view, you should place yourself as high up as possible and make sure that every player is in frame. This way you can see what everyone is doing, well and badly! Do not simply follow the ball with your mobile camera.
Interaction. Watch the ways in which players interact with the ball and each other – but also what they are doing when the ball is not in their possession. You may note that a goal was made possible because of a mid-fielder’s quick thinking least three or four steps before it was scored. How did they position themselves? How did this impact on play?
Multiple coaches. If you have friends who may also benefit from the pocket coach method, ask them to film the same game from a different angle. You can then compare notes on elements that may have been trickier to see from the area that you were filming from – by watching each other’s footage you can learn more about each game.
