About me

Who am I?

Hi! I’m Coach G and glad you found your way to the Coaching Xtra website, a dedicated site for football (soccer) coaches all around the world.

The reason I created the website was to provide free training drills and information through blog posts about various coaching topics, such as how to create more engaging practice sessions or what it takes to become an effective coach of the game.

I know that many of you, who coach in your spare time, may find that your time to plan sessions is limited. So one of my intentions is to build a library of training drills that you can easily refer to and which might inspire your next training session.

By doing something that I love, and sharing my experiences and knowledge on the website, I hope to be able to help other grassroots coaches from around the world.

For those of you who are interested to know a little more about me…

I played professional and semi-professional football in England and the U.S.A.

I eventually moved to Spain, where I completed the UEFA B, A and Pro qualifications with the Spanish Football Federation. As well as also having a degree in sports, fitness and coaching.

I have coached teams of various ages and levels, including U12’s – U18’s and men’s semi-professional and amateur teams.

Coaching Xtra

Coaching Xtra has a clear vision:

“To provide training drills and informative blog post articles to help football coaches”.

I would like to ask if the following would help you?

Having a one go to site where you can:

Find free training drills that can be used or adapted for your team training.
Find informative articles on methodologies, specific components of fitness training & more that will help you develop as a coach.
Find information on sport psychology and strategies that you can use.
Read reviews on potentially helpful technology tools.

If the answer is yes to any of these then you have found the right place.