DEVELOPING THE COACH…
- Tactical Video, we will provide tactical drills on video for you the coach to incorporate into part of your session. These video drills are essential in challenging the players to master and to use in the game.
- Training Sessions, we will also provide specific training drills based on the ability of your players, the print-out sessions will be available to download each week to compliment the Tactical Session and complete your weekly training session.
We believe that by developing the Coaches skills, the players will become more confident on the pitch. Coaches knowledge and understanding developed and focused on what they are trying to achieve. Combining a skill set and knowledge that will effect the game… rather than developing the skills that impress off it.
Our Packages
Improving your game is a definite, developing your coaching and playing skills is a definite. Want to reach your full potential and be inspired by our coaches? Then this is the right program for you.
Individual British Legends Soccer App – Silver Level Package
Our British Legends Soccer App was designed to help players learn and develop ball mastery at times that suit. With our British Legends Soccer training videos showing the skills and identifying common errors to ensure ball mastery is performed perfectly. Our unique video feedback from our pros gives you the advice that focuses you to achieve the next level.
British Legends Soccer – Gold Level Coach Package
The British Legends Soccer Gold Level is designed for the Soccer Coach, with a page on this website the Coach will have be able to access our Team Training Program which includes weekly Video Tactical Sessions and Team Sessions, provided weekly training to print out and use within the Training Session.
British Legends Soccer – Platinum Level Coach Package
The top package combines the Silver and Gold packages to enable the coach to receive individual player progress chart to see how the players are progressing. This package allows the British Legends Soccer coaches to create specific team training sessions, based on the progress and level of the players. Ensuring pace, challenge and progress in training and in the game.
VIDEO TUTORIALS
The Legends App videos are at the core of our individual programme, master the skills to use in the game.
LEARN FROM THE PROS
Our British Legends Soccer program was designed to help players learn and develop ball mastery at times that suit. With our British Legends Soccer training videos showing the skills and identifying common errors to ensure ball mastery is performed perfectly. Our unique video feedback from our pros gives you the advice that focuses you to achieve the next level.
British Legends Soccer App – Individual 1 to 1 Coaching
Our 1 to 1 coaching is unique because it brings the coaches opinion direct to you, by sending in your ‘British Legends Soccer Skill’ videos, our coaches will review and give you feedback and advice that will help you master all aspects of the skill.
As the players skills are mastered, the Tactical and Training Sessions will utilise the Individual 1 to 1 development to make the training challenging and increase the levels of development and ability of the player, in the game.
3 Sections of British Legends Soccer
The British Legends Soccer program offer 3 elements that work in tandem: Your own club secured website page (through British Legends Soccer site) which works with the Individual Training App, giving the Coach full support, input and resources for their player and team development.
Developing through focused training, by breaking down the skills into small components the player will learn all elements to develop the technique and master the skill.
No-one was born with a sporting skill set, mastering technique is the reward of hard work, specific training, application, focus and commitment. We encourage adult assistance to support players development, the British Legends Soccer App will guide you through each skill with easy to follow high level instructional videos, be part of their game.
GET TO KNOW THE BRITISH LEGENDS SOCCER COACHES
Calum Wilson: SFA Children’s Licence, SFA C Licence, Calum is currently an Undergraduate at Stirling University for a Degree in Sports Engineering.
Currently heads up the Boys Programme at Central Football Academy. Played as a youth with Central Academy and is well known for his ability on the ball. Working within the Legends Soccer Program Calum puts together the specialised sessions and weekly challenge videos released each week. Passionate about player development Calum’s videos are excellent with his feedback and analysis to the point and easily understood.
Samantha Kerr: Current Scotland Internationalist, also captaining Scotland at youth level at U17’s. Sam is a former Central Academy player for 5 years, who understands the Legends programme from a player perspective.
Currently a full-time player with Glasgow Rangers and allumini of Heriott Watt University.
Sam videos will test players ability to the max, as she strives for the perfection she wants from herself. Sam has a fantastic career ahead of her for sure.
Gillian Wood: Qualified HND Sports Therapist and Coach with Clyde FC and Central Academy.
Coached soccer in the USA for 2 years in California and Ohio.
Currently plays for Scottish Championship side Clyde FC.
Gillian’s videos are well presented with a good balance of challenge, fun and fitness.
Darren Dibdin: SFA Coach and HND in Sports Coaching, has been involved with coaching at Falkirk FC, Stenhousemuir FC and has worked for 3 years in the USA as a club coach.
As a youth coach his youth team won the Scottish Cup with, Legends coach, Sam Kerr as a player in the side.
Darren has visited over 30 US states and has a good understanding of the coaching challenges that the US Soccer Coach face and how each area embraces soccer… or doesn’t.
Knowledge of the US and his many American contacts allows him to relate and support the grassroots coach and support the start-up clubs in particular.
Crawford Bell is a former semi-professional player and a UEFA B License Coach with extensive experience of coaching and managing in the SPFL, Youth and Semi-professional game.
He is Lead Development Phase Coach at Falkirk FC, competing at U18 level, in the SFA Club Academy Scotland programme.
Crawford has a strong track record of player development and has led a number of players into the professional game and on to youth international level.
Joseph Bell was a professional youth player in the SFA Club Academy programme from the age of 12 to 17 years before choosing to continue his career in the USA, playing for Grand View University (NAIA D1) and gaining a BSc degree in Kinesiology.
During this time he also continued his professional football career, playing for the Erie Commodores in the NPSL and US Open Cup, becoming their youngest ever starting player in 2019.
Joseph is a SFA and USSF qualified coach/sports scientist currently working at St Paul Blackhawks, Minnesota.
DIBS… Coaching always a Passion
Ian ‘Dibs’ founded Central Football Academy in 2014, and implemented the Legends Training Program, prior to Central Academy he helped in the setting up of local senior clubs Falkirk FC and Stenhousemuir FC Girls Sections.
With great success at youth level Dibs has overseen: 3 Scottish Cups, 14 League Cups, 20 multi-age League Championships, 4 UK ACES Championships, various Tournament wins including Disney International Cup in Florida USA.
The clubs metoric rise to success over the last decade, was down to coaching players to play the game with style, focusing on technique, with ball mastery before team tactics, once the skills were embedded into the players, the teams each played in were to perform well and with style that bought plaudits from fans and opposition alike.
Over a dozen players have played for Scotland at youth level, with 4 captaining their country, 4 players achieved US Scholarships through their football, with 3 Senior Internationalist including Sam Kerr.
Awarded the SFA Best Coach in Women’s and Girls Football (soccer) in 2021 Dibs can look back with a great deal of pride on what his football ethos and philosophy has achieved, so far.
Dibs playing semi-pro for a number of years, eventually moving on to the coaching staff and earning his coaching badges. Moving into the professional club in 2000 he has worked with many coaches and players who have added to his wealth of knowledge. Dibs holds SFA C Licence also FA and USA Coaching badges.
He always played and coached to the highest level, with a will to win based on playing the beautiful game in a sporting and respectful manner.
Pure football that is good to the eye is the only way he knows how to play and motivating players with the expression ‘imagine… believe… achieve…’ .
Picture credits: Retha Ferguson and Carlos Benavidez