If a player wants to truly succeed and fulfil their potential as a footballer, then often, they will need more coaching than what can be offered in a team environment. Whilst practices, exercises and small sided games are good for player development, the very best players seek out specialist 1-2-1 training that is tailor made for them.
That’s why We Make Footballers offer 1-2-1 training as part of our services. The big question for experienced coaches though is how to get more players to take up this option which can be hugely beneficial to their game and development?
Here are some ideas of how you can gain more 1-2-1 football coaching clients.
Find an area of the game that a player needs to improve
Probably the biggest reason that a player would undertake 1-2-1 coaching is to work on an area in which they can improve. Every child learns at a different pace and a skill that one might find easier, another can find challenging. That’s where you begin to look at specialist coaching for each individual player in the area that they can improve.
You might feel that a child’s dribbling skills and ball manipulation need working on or that they are struggling to master passing over a longer distance. Perhaps they’d benefit from an increased focus on using their weaker foot that can only be given in a 1-2-1 situation or maybe they just need a little boost in confidence away from the main group.
Whatever the reasons, by directly offering 1-2-1 coaching you can help to greatly improve a player’s game. By pointing out how a player could benefit from specialist attention and personalised coaching, you can gain more clients.
Find out what your players want to get better at
It’s not just you as a coach who can find an area that needs improving – your players might have some ideas of their own. By working on an area that they would like to improve, the player is also more likely to improve their self-confidence. By determining some of their own goals, they may also be more motivated to work hard and attend every session in order to reach their targets.
Although common, it isn’t just tricks and skills that a child might want to develop.
They might want to be able to take a free kick like Cristiano Ronaldo or dribble with all the poise and grace of Lionel Messi. Discover what professionals your players want to most be like, find out what skills of their heroes they’d love to be able to do, which will allow you to tailor 1-2-1 sessions to help them achieve their goals.
Help players to achieve their dreams
If you’ve got a player in your academy who is absolutely determined to make it as a professional and who has potential, then their chances of being picked up and signed by a professional club will be hugely benefited by 1-2-1 coaching.
There are so many aspects of the game that a professional academy will look at beyond the basic skills. Fitness will come into it as will a player’s tactical understanding of the game, their ability to read it, their positional sense and their attitude towards the game.
Whilst you can cover the basics of all those in group sessions, in order to bring a player up to the level whereby they will be noticed by a professional academy, they will almost certainly need 1-2-1 coaching. Although some players may have the potential to reach higher levels of the game, it is also your responsibility to manage expectations of both players and parents.
1-2-1 coaching is a key part of player development and an important way for experienced coaches to go full-time in football. With the We Make Footballers franchise model, 1-2-1 coaching is a service that is offered to customers and delivered by the top coaches. Become a 1-2-1 coach with us today by clicking here to find out more!
If a player wants to truly succeed and fulfil their potential as a footballer, then often, they will need more coaching than what can be offered in a team environment. Whilst practices, exercises and small sided games are good for player development, the very best players seek out specialist 1-2-1 training that is tailor made for them.
That’s why We Make Footballers offer 1-2-1 training as part of our services. The big question for experienced coaches though is how to get more players to take up this option which can be hugely beneficial to their game and development?
Here are some ideas of how you can gain more 1-2-1 football coaching clients.
Find an area of the game that a player needs to improve
Probably the biggest reason that a player would undertake 1-2-1 coaching is to work on an area in which they can improve. Every child learns at a different pace and a skill that one might find easier, another can find challenging. That’s where you begin to look at specialist coaching for each individual player in the area that they can improve.
You might feel that a child’s dribbling skills and ball manipulation need working on or that they are struggling to master passing over a longer distance. Perhaps they’d benefit from an increased focus on using their weaker foot that can only be given in a 1-2-1 situation or maybe they just need a little boost in confidence away from the main group.
Whatever the reasons, by directly offering 1-2-1 coaching you can help to greatly improve a player’s game. By pointing out how a player could benefit from specialist attention and personalised coaching, you can gain more clients.
Find out what your players want to get better at 
It’s not just you as a coach who can find an area that needs improving – your players might have some ideas of their own. By working on an area that they would like to improve, the player is also more likely to improve their self-confidence. By determining some of their own goals, they may also be more motivated to work hard and attend every session in order to reach their targets.
Although common, it isn’t just tricks and skills that a child might want to develop.
They might want to be able to take a free kick like Cristiano Ronaldo or dribble with all the poise and grace of Lionel Messi. Discover what professionals your players want to most be like, find out what skills of their heroes they’d love to be able to do, which will allow you to tailor 1-2-1 sessions to help them achieve their goals.
Help players to achieve their dreams
If you’ve got a player in your academy who is absolutely determined to make it as a professional and who has potential, then their chances of being picked up and signed by a professional club will be hugely benefited by 1-2-1 coaching.
There are so many aspects of the game that a professional academy will look at beyond the basic skills. Fitness will come into it as will a player’s tactical understanding of the game, their ability to read it, their positional sense and their attitude towards the game.
Whilst you can cover the basics of all those in group sessions, in order to bring a player up to the level whereby they will be noticed by a professional academy, they will almost certainly need 1-2-1 coaching. Although some players may have the potential to reach higher levels of the game, it is also your responsibility to manage expectations of both players and parents.
1-2-1 coaching is a key part of player development and an important way for experienced coaches to go full-time in football. With the We Make Footballers franchise model, 1-2-1 coaching is a service that is offered to customers and delivered by the top coaches. Become a 1-2-1 coach with us today by clicking here to find out more!
