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Performance Soccer Coach

Dave Wright
Dave Wright Dave is a UEFA A licensed coach and Co-Founder of Player Development Project. He has 15 years’ coaching experience from high school first teams through to professional academy football in England, where he worked in London for both Brentford FC & Fulham FC. Dave has also worked in elite development at state level in Australia and New Zealand. Check out Dave’s eBook, Performance Soccer Coach: A Guide to Positive Player Development on Amazon.

This blog is an excerpt from the ebook, Performance Soccer Coach: A Guide to Positive Player Development by PDP Editor, Dave Wright. Click here to download your copy. Find Dave on Twitter @davewright07.

 

Chapter 2: The Best in the Business

“I’ve never played for a draw in my life.”
- Sir Alex Ferguson

If you examine some of the great coaches in sporting history, the likes of Vince Lombardi, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson, and Sir Graham Henry, all of...

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Dave Wright
Dave Wright
About the Author:
Dave is a UEFA A licensed coach and Co-Founder of Player Development Project. He has 15 years’ coaching experience from high school first teams through to professional academy football in England, where he worked in London for both Brentford FC & Fulham FC. Dave has also worked in elite development at state level in Australia and New Zealand. Check out Dave’s eBook, Performance Soccer Coach: A Guide to Positive Player Development on Amazon.