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Positioning for Football – A Game Played Sideways
Football is a simple game, which can be played impressively just by doing simple things well, none more so than positioning yourself correctly. It’s one of the things that nobody ever seems to tell you, how to position yourself correctly, but it’s something that can make all the difference to your game. Putting it Simply […]
Why Do I Play Badly In Big Games?
Summer is slowly starting to show its unfamiliar face round these parts, and that can only mean one thing – everyone is about to go 5-a-side crazy! Whilst the clued up among us are already sold on the fact that 5-a-side is a better game to play than the full 11-a-side version, there are a lot of […]
The Incredible Power of Sleep for Sports
Getting enough sleep is key to our general well-being, but you might not have realised the massive impact it can have on your performance on the field. In this article we’re going to explore why it’s so important and what sort of benefits it can have on your game. Studies show that getting enough sleep can drastically […]
Creative Skills for 5-a-side players
By mastering a few simple skills and techniques, you can build a powerful repertoire of moves that will mean you and your team create and score more goals. We’ve created a video guide, filmed with IFC – one of the best 5-a-side teams in the business. There are so many gems that you can pick […]
Successful Free-Kicks: A Guide
The 5-a-side free kick is a different beast to the 11-a-side version. A lot of your options are wiped out, you’re rarely going to get the opportunity to send one dipping over the wall Gareth Bale / Cristiano Ronaldo style, and you haven’t got the distance or the size of goal to consider bending it […]
Create Professional Line-Ups With Lineupbuilder
How many managers, players and coaches out there are scrawling down their team’s line-up and formation on scraps of paper only to have them look messy and badly proportioned? And this is before they realise they have to cross through it all and begin again when their thinking has changed! This sort of behavior needs to […]
Interview With Dan Abrahams – Sports Psychologist
Dan Abrahams is a top football psychologist who has worked with a number of professional clubs and players, so when we got the chance to interview him we jumped at the chance to see what advice he can offer 5-a-side players. Want to know if you could benefit from sports psychology, how to stop your […]
How to Play Against a Better Team
Sometimes you come up against a team who are quite obviously better than you are. It’s not time to panic; it’s time to prepare – follow our list of tips to ensure damage limitation and, who knows, you might just pull off an upset. 1. Keep a positive attitude Sometimes the game is lost even […]
Warm Up Your Mind for Football
“Some people don’t understand how important it is to stretch your mind as well as your body before a match. The two need to be working together if you want to start a game well” Fabrice Muamba The need to perform a physical warm-up is well understood, but the majority of players don’t consider doing […]