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

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Spain v Italy - Starting Line Ups


Spain v Italy
UEFA European Championships
Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday 1st July 2012

Spain
Casillas, Arbeloa, Pique, Sergio Ramos, Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Silva, Fabregas, Iniesta.

Subs: Valdes, Albiol, Javi Martinez, Juanfran, Pedro, Torres, Negredo, Mata, Llorente, Santi Cazorla, Jesus Navas, Reina.
Italy

Buffon, Abate, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Pirlo, Marchisio, Montolivo, De Rossi, Balotelli, Cassano.

Subs: Sirigu, Maggio, Ogbonna, Thiago Motta, Balzaretti, Di Natale, Giaccherini, Borini, Giovinco, Diamanti, Nocerino, De Sanctis.
Referee
Pedro Proenca (Portugal)

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

DrillBoard™ Invited to World Football Academy Launch

The DrillBoard™ team are delighted to accept an invitation to take part at the founding event of the World Football Academy (WFA) in Amsterdam this week.

The World Football Academy (WFA) is an initiative developed by Raymond Verheijen in collaboration with a number of leading figures in world football including WFA Ambassador Guus Hiddink - one of the world’s most highly respected and successful coaches of his era.





To celebrate this milestone the WFA are hosting a 5-day "Periodisation Expert Meeting" in Amsterdam between Wed 27th June - Sun 1st Jul 2012.

We are very excited that DrillBoard™ will feature as a key part of the event, which will be attended by some of the best Football Conditioning Coaches from 50 different countries on all the continents.

Sign up to DrillBoard™ World for Free at www.DrillBoard.com

The World Football Academy team of instructors include some of the leading names in world football coaching including;

Marcel Lucassen (Football Technique Training)
Technical Expert with the German Football Association (DFB) Marcel has successfully implemented an effective structure with all National Youth Teams.

Damian Roden (Monitoring Football)
One of the best injury prevention fitness specialists in the Premier League and beyond. Former Head of Sports Science at Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Australia & Wales.

Raymond Verheijen (Football Periodisation & Conditioning)
Football Coach and Football Conditioning Expert. Worked for Feyenoord, Glasgow Rangers, Barcelona, Zenit St. Petersburg, Chelsea and Manchester City. Assistant Coach in last 3 World Cups (2002, 2006 and 2010) and last 4 Euro’s (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012).

Simon Bitcon (Football Strength & Core)
Arguably the best Strength and Conditioning Coach in football. Renowned for his effective Football Specific approach to Strength, Simon is currently Head of Strength and Conditioning at Manchester City FC.

Ton van Rhoon (Management)
Pro-Licence Instructor on Football Management for over 2 decades for the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Ton has advised each and every successful Dutch Manager.

Frans Hoek (Goalkeeper Coaching)
Dutch Goalkeeper Expert of impeccable pedigree and former Goalkeeper Coach of Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Holland.

Mikael Kuijpers (Rehabilitation)
Dutch Physiotherapist with vast experience in both domestic and international football. Personal Physiotherapist to many current Dutch international players.

Andy Barr (Screening & Testing Football Players)
Leader in the implementation of functional movement screening and development of injury prevention programmes in the Premier League. Successfully made the transition across sports and is currently the Injury Prevention Specialist at the New York Knicks.

Kerry Kayes (Nutrition for Football)
Founder of the leading sports nutrition brand CNP and renowned for his training methods and nutritional advice in boxing. Advisor to several Premier League and International Team Medical Departments.

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Spain v France - Starting Line Ups


Spain v France
UEFA European Championships
Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday 23rd June 2012
Spain
Casillas; Arbeloa, Ramos, Pique, Alba; Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi; Iniesta, Silva, Fabregas
France
Lloris; Reveillere, Rami, Koscielny, Clichy; Debuchy, M'Vila, Cabaye, Malouda, Ribery; Benzema
Referee
Nicola Rizzoli

Thursday, 14 June 2012

DrillBoard™ - FA Wales - Windows Azure Case Study



Story about the Award Winning DrillBoard™ Coaching Software and how the DrillBoard™ team has been working with FA Wales and Windows Azure to help coach and player development at all levels of the game from International Level to Grass Roots.

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