It's been a great start to the Grass Roots Football Show at the NEC Birmingham.
This annual event is the UK's equivalent if the NSCAA Convention.
We're here promoting DrillBoard™ World the latest development for DrillBoard™ which goes live next week.
You can sign up for free here:
http://www.DrillBoard.com
Friday is trade day and it was great that we were able to meet so many representatives from clubs and organisations who came to our Stand A30.
A big thank you to our strategic partners @FootballJobs for their help with the event.
For Saturday and Sunday the doors open to the general public and we're looking forward to meeting many more coaches and players over the course of the weekend.
If you're at the show do pop by Stand A30, it would be great to say hello.
Friday 25 May 2012
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Coaches Create - Readiness for @GRFootball 2012
Things are all starting to fall into place here at DrillBoard™ HQ for our stand at this year's Grass Roots Football Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.
We're at the show to launch DrillBoard™ World our new free to access service, which comes right off the back of a very successful year working with FA Wales (the most improved team in the FIFA rankings in 2011) and marks another milestone in our ambition to Coach the World.
If you're reading this blog we'd love you to join DrillBoard™ World, to request an invitation simply click this link and enter your email address, we're sending out invites in waves and you're name will be on the list!
Meanwhile, best of luck to the Welsh team who square up to Mexico in New York this weekend and, it might not make the same kind of news but...
We've just taken delivery of some great materials worked up by the good folks at SoloPress - great job designer Lee Whittaker - & hot off the press here's one of the roller banners that will be adorning Stand A30 at the NEC for the weekend starting this Friday Morning.
We're at the show to launch DrillBoard™ World our new free to access service, which comes right off the back of a very successful year working with FA Wales (the most improved team in the FIFA rankings in 2011) and marks another milestone in our ambition to Coach the World.
If you're reading this blog we'd love you to join DrillBoard™ World, to request an invitation simply click this link and enter your email address, we're sending out invites in waves and you're name will be on the list!
Meanwhile, best of luck to the Welsh team who square up to Mexico in New York this weekend and, it might not make the same kind of news but...
We've just taken delivery of some great materials worked up by the good folks at SoloPress - great job designer Lee Whittaker - & hot off the press here's one of the roller banners that will be adorning Stand A30 at the NEC for the weekend starting this Friday Morning.
Monday 21 May 2012
Chelsea 3 Bayren 1 - UCL Final Twitter Result
ExactTarget have put together this infographic for the 2012 Champions League final, which saw more than a million tweets sent as Chelsea went on to beat Bayern Munich on penalties.
Drogba was mentioned in 25% of all tweets.
John Terry despite having not kicked a ball was fractionally behind him.
Source: wallblog.co.uk via DrillBoard Soccer on Pinterest
Sunday 20 May 2012
Saturday 19 May 2012
Bayern Munich v Chelsea - UEFA Champions League Final - Starting Line Ups
Source: playbook.drillboard.com via Tim Gentles on DrillBoard PlayBook
FC Bayern Munchen v Chelsea FC
UEFA Champions League Final
Allianz Arena, Munich, 19th May 2012
FC Bayern Munchen:
Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Tymoschchuk, Contento, Swcheinsteiger, Kroos, Robben, Mueller, Ribery, Gomez
Chelsea FC:
Cech, Boisngwa, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Kalou, Mata, Bertrand, Drogba
Friday 18 May 2012
Bayern Munich v Chelsea: CL Final - The Biggest Club Game In World Sport?
It's the morning of the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea and the players will be preparing themselves for what is the biggest club game in world football and possibly be the biggest club game in world sport.
In May 2009 the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United replaced the Super Bowl for the first time ever as the most-watched annual sports event, according to a survey by Interpublic's Initiative Futures Sports and Entertainment.
While the TV audiences for both events continued to grow, the Barcelona v Manchester United game drew an audience of 109 million while the Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals drew 106 million in February that year.
The Super Bowl's audience was primarily domestic, the Champions League final faired better in the battle for viewers globally especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
3 years on and the Bayern v Chelsea final will be televised live on the free-to-air Fox network in the U.S. where, although still modest in comparison to Gridiron, viewership of the UEFA Champions League Final has exploded.
The 2011 final was the seventh straight year that English-language viewing increased in the U.S. Over the last 10 years, the audience has increased almost 10-fold, from 264,000 viewers on ESPN in 2002 to 2.6 million on FOX in 2011.
The 2011 Champions League Final is the highest-rated and most watched in U.S. history, drawing an audience of 4.2 million viewers nationally. Significantly, the 2011 match on FOX and FOX Deportes also bettered the 2009 match, which featured the same Barcelona and Manchester United clubs, by +24% on viewership (4.2 million vs. 2.1 million).
The stage is set for a night of drama in front of a huge global audience - this could be one of the last stands for Chelsea's old guard (Drogba, Lampard and Terry have a combined age of 98) while Bayern are on home ground seeking a 5th European title and to join Real Madrid and Inter Milan in becoming only the 3rd side in history to do that on their own manor.
Let battle commence, may the best team win and the game itself live up to expectation.
Kick off 18.45 GMT
In May 2009 the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United replaced the Super Bowl for the first time ever as the most-watched annual sports event, according to a survey by Interpublic's Initiative Futures Sports and Entertainment.
While the TV audiences for both events continued to grow, the Barcelona v Manchester United game drew an audience of 109 million while the Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals drew 106 million in February that year.
The Super Bowl's audience was primarily domestic, the Champions League final faired better in the battle for viewers globally especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
3 years on and the Bayern v Chelsea final will be televised live on the free-to-air Fox network in the U.S. where, although still modest in comparison to Gridiron, viewership of the UEFA Champions League Final has exploded.
The 2011 final was the seventh straight year that English-language viewing increased in the U.S. Over the last 10 years, the audience has increased almost 10-fold, from 264,000 viewers on ESPN in 2002 to 2.6 million on FOX in 2011.
The 2011 Champions League Final is the highest-rated and most watched in U.S. history, drawing an audience of 4.2 million viewers nationally. Significantly, the 2011 match on FOX and FOX Deportes also bettered the 2009 match, which featured the same Barcelona and Manchester United clubs, by +24% on viewership (4.2 million vs. 2.1 million).
The stage is set for a night of drama in front of a huge global audience - this could be one of the last stands for Chelsea's old guard (Drogba, Lampard and Terry have a combined age of 98) while Bayern are on home ground seeking a 5th European title and to join Real Madrid and Inter Milan in becoming only the 3rd side in history to do that on their own manor.
Let battle commence, may the best team win and the game itself live up to expectation.
Kick off 18.45 GMT
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Player Fatigue Distorting European Football - World Football Academy
World Football Academy presents ground-breaking study demonstrating player fatigue is distorting European Football
The world players’ union FIFPro back recommendation
BERNE (Reuters) – FIFPro fully backed a study conducted by Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen which said that two days were insufficient and significantly affected a team’s chances of winning.
FIFPro’s technical director Thys Tummers said the devaluation of the Europa League could be a direct consequence of the two-day rest periods
“Clubs in the Europa League that want to gain a place in the highly lucrative Champions League increasingly favour the (domestic) competition in which they can gain qualification for the Champions League and rest their best players for the Europa League fixtures,” he said.
“This has been the consistent policy of Tottenham Hotspur throughout this season. The team was eliminated in the group stage.
“Twente Enschede, even though they had a lead of 1-0, fielded a weakened team for their return match at Schalke 04 and were eliminated.
“This undesirable effect could be avoided in the future by giving players and teams three days’ rest between two matches.”
Tummers said there were other reasons for following the recommendations.
“First, there is the question of fair play. By allowing one club only two rest days, you give the teams an unequal chance of a good result.
“In addition, we must take care that our players are not overused. First, because of the health of the players, but second, because the public want to see the players perform at their best.
“That doesn’t happen after just two rest days. It is plausible that the number of injuries is higher after only two rest days; a follow-up study is currently being held into this.”
Press release:
http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days_pressrelease_9May2012.pdf
Report:
http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days.pdf
- Clear performance deficit suffered by teams playing after only two days’ recovery
- Domestic title and European qualification outcomes affected
- Study author, Raymond Verheijen, calls for mandatory three-day gap between matches
The world players’ union FIFPro back recommendation
BERNE (Reuters) – FIFPro fully backed a study conducted by Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen which said that two days were insufficient and significantly affected a team’s chances of winning.
FIFPro’s technical director Thys Tummers said the devaluation of the Europa League could be a direct consequence of the two-day rest periods
“Clubs in the Europa League that want to gain a place in the highly lucrative Champions League increasingly favour the (domestic) competition in which they can gain qualification for the Champions League and rest their best players for the Europa League fixtures,” he said.
“This has been the consistent policy of Tottenham Hotspur throughout this season. The team was eliminated in the group stage.
“Twente Enschede, even though they had a lead of 1-0, fielded a weakened team for their return match at Schalke 04 and were eliminated.
“This undesirable effect could be avoided in the future by giving players and teams three days’ rest between two matches.”
Tummers said there were other reasons for following the recommendations.
“First, there is the question of fair play. By allowing one club only two rest days, you give the teams an unequal chance of a good result.
“In addition, we must take care that our players are not overused. First, because of the health of the players, but second, because the public want to see the players perform at their best.
“That doesn’t happen after just two rest days. It is plausible that the number of injuries is higher after only two rest days; a follow-up study is currently being held into this.”
Press release:
http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days_pressrelease_9May2012.pdf
Report:
http://worldfootballacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/WFA_Study-on-recovery-days.pdf
Tuesday 8 May 2012
I did not intend to imitate Michael Jackson..
"I was very upset when he gave me the card and I blamed him. Then he asked me to show my number. I turned to him and did it. But I did not intend to imitate Michael Jackson" – Sport Recife defender Tobi responds after appearing to moonwalk in protest at being booked against Santa Cruz during a game in Brazil.
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Younes Belhanda - Amazing Goal
Younes Belhanda - amazing goal for Ligue 1 leaders Montpellier - at about 54 seconds into the video
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