Steve's Blog

There have been a number of articles I have read recently on youth development within the game and it certainly divides opinions.

Our 10th season of Steve Hale Goalkeeping School has just started and I couldn’t be any prouder!

It’s been over three months since my last blog so with the new season approaching quickly I thought it was time for a new one!

With my commitments at Swindon Town along with Christmas and then planning the Calm Charity fundraiser it’s been a really busy time hence it’s been a few months now since I have managed to produce a blog for the website. Therefore here are my latest ramblings.

The title of this blog states "Part Two" because just over four years ago back on the 13th March 2011 I wrote a blog with regards Coaching Styles (refer back through the previous blogs to find) and over those four years I've gained further experiences myself.

Obviously its common knowledge now that Wes Foderingham is leaving Swindon Town and moving on to pastures new after 4 years at the club.

It’s every child’s dream to step out at Wembley in a final and if you can’t do that as a player the next best thing is as a coach or manager. I feel extremely fortunate to have had that privilege as there are bigger name and better coaches than me in the game who haven’t managed it so I feel proud to say I have.

With just two sessions left this season I thought it was time to pen an end of season blog.

After 7 seasons based at Ruskin Junior School we moved to a new venue being based this season at Kingsdown School. The move was helped by a sponsor who wanted to remain anonymous and I can’t thank him enough for his support this season as moving to the improved facilities has been great for the Goalkeeping School.

I noticed that I haven't written a blog since way back in September and having covered a number of goalkeeping matters in the past I asked for ideas from people who follow my Goalkeeping School Facebook page.

There were a few responses with ideas to discuss, some were going over old ground that I have spoken about before but a few ideas are worth discussing.