Peter Motzenbecker ❘ Coach and Analyst

In 2015, I took over a talented group of 1999/2000 players. They were a group that had played together for the last three or four years, so were connected socially and individually had good technical qualities. The first year that I had the team, five new players had joined, a very good centre midfielder, a versatile player that I ended up using as mostly one of my outside backs, but also in centre midfield (both as a holder and a shuttler-type in a 3-4-3) and centre back, a goalkeeper (which the team did not have a ‘full time’ player for […]

As with many jobs, one of the best things about coaching is the ability to interact with other coaches; discussing ideas on the game, on player development, on training methodology, on the professional games of the past weekend. There is a shared commonality for the passion of the game and the want to make players better. No two coaches have the exact same thoughts on a given topic, at least not beyond the broadest of topics. The complexity and nuances of the game are what make it the most interesting and most divisive amongst coaches. There are so many variables […]