Saturday 8 September 2012

Confined Dribbling Progression by Coach Cole

This drill/ progression will help condition your players while working on dribbling/footwork skills. By adding a defender at various stages will help simulate game situations.


See the full drill on DrillBoard PlayBook

DrillBoard™ Wins World Series Award

"A tremendous example of innovation"

DrillBoard™ wins Best Enterprise Case Study award at Cloud Computing World Series Awards, recognition for its internationally acclaimed cutting-edge soccer coaching software.

DrillBoard™ Worldwide, a leader in sports coaching technology, has today announced that it has won the Best Enterprise Case Study Award at the 2012 Cloud Computing World Series Awards.

Having been judged by an independent panel of industry experts, the award was presented to DrillBoard™ at the Annual Cloud Computing World Forum held at Earls Court, London.

Now in it's 4th year, the World Series Awards are widely regarded as a benchmark for the best of the best in the cloud computing industry.

“We are delighted that the judging panel of industry experts chose DrillBoard™ to receive this Award” said Tim Gentles, CEO of DrillBoard™ football coaching software “DrillBoard is helping coaches, players and parents raise their game at all levels of football from internationals to grass roots and it is a real honour to see this being recognized at the Cloud Computing World Series Awards.

I’d like to thank Osian Roberts and the team at FA Wales for their tremendous support over the last year. The Cloud is really helping DrillBoard™, and our development cycle has been transformed since moving onto the Windows Azure platform. We have some very exciting developments in the pipeline and are really looking forward to the future. ”

Dr Michael Newberry, Windows Azure Lead, Microsoft UK said

"It is so exciting to see DrillBoard™ receiving recognition at Cloud World Forum. It is a first class example of what can be achieved with Windows Azure, as well as a tremendous example of innovation, using Cloud technology in such a novel manner. My congratulations to Tim and the team."


Tim Gentles, DrillBoard™ CEO, collects the Award with Bill Hilf, General Manager Windows Azure Product Management and Matt Quinn from IQ Cloud.

The Story of DrillBoard™, FA Wales and Windows Azure



DrillBoard™ achieved this award in good company. Additional winners recognized for their achievements include Microsoft, Metamarkets, SnapLogic, Symform, Ping Identity, VMWare, Really Simple Systems, and YHMAN Ltd. According to Award organizers, a record number of companies and organizations participated this year, with more than 250 entry forms submitted.

For further information on the Awards or about the Cloud Computing World Forum please contact Charlie Bestall on +44 (0) 845 519 1230 or charlie@keynoteworld.com

About DrillBoard

DrillBoard™ is a powerful soccer education tool that allows coaches, players and parents to create, save and share - drills, tactics and match analysis.

DrillBoard™ is tried and tested at all levels of the game, from the international arena to grass roots. It brings the coaches' chalkboard, a technology that’s been used very successfully by coaches for many years, into the modern world with an easy to use app.

Try DrillBoard™ for free now - visit DrillBoard.com

For further information about DrillBoard™ contact Tim Gentles on +44(0)7749611480 or tim@sparkfc.com