Posts by Fraser Skimming

Big game tonight for 2 of my lads Kobe and Sam as they play for Bromley against Chelsea tonight. Great experience and good luck. See you on Saturday. Fraser

It has been speed work all week for my players as I have been testing them on a number of football related exercises that measure speed, balance agility and coordination with and without the ball. We have also been working on speed of thought and decision making. We have been taking seconds off running through obstacles and…

A fantastic achievement for Honywood School in Essex and Ben Macklin whom I work with every Monday. Ben’s clever free kick set up the winning goal against a tough St Bon’s side form East London. This is a prestigious cup to win as its open to all secondary schools in East London and Essex. Honywood will now…

This week I finally started doing some coaching work for Norwich City after first being in contact with the club nearly a year ago. Although only a small role, as my main focus is my 1 to 1 sessions, I always like to be working with a good professional club where I can share ideas…

For only the 4th time since 1954 Kent Schools U15s became south east of England Champions beating Surrey 3-1. More glory for one of my most successful clients Kobe Bowers ( front row 2nd from right) who had an outstanding game on the right wing as well as setting up one of the goals. It’s a busy time for Kobe…

Bishops Stortford FC are looking for under 15 players at Eastern Junior Alliance standard for the forth coming season. In particular a good defensive midfielder, centre half and forward. Trials are being held every Tuesday and friendlies every other Thursday. This is a good team playing at a good standard. Please contact Jason ( manager )…

Not often but sometimes I get asked about defending although I have had several players come in to get specifically better at it. The old saying is that ‘we defend as a team’ and in modern football,defending starts from the front players,as high pressing has become popular with many teams.  Pressing as a group  to win the ball back and trigger…

  Morning Interesting article I picked up last night about the balance in Academies and team training as a whole at any level between team play and individual skill development. ( full article available on Facebook page ) Of course the irony is that what made the player ‘special’ before they entered the Academy, what…