Monthly newsletter - November 2023
Hello ballers,
Welcome to the my November 2023 Newsletter - if you missed any of the previous months, you can check them out here: https://strivefootballacademy.com/blog
November has been freezing and seen a lot of games called off - so hopefully you’ve all been keeping up with and doing extra training (worth doing just to stay warm!).
Christmas/New Year period
We will be back at Ridgway Academy for 3 days during the Christmas break. This will be from Tuesday 2nd Jan - Thursday 4th Jan. As always, all the details can be found here: https://strivefootballacademy.com/football-camps
I’ll be doing one to one sessions through the break with just a few days off here and there. It’s always a busy time of year so get sessions booked in early if you know when you want them!
Online training course
I am super proud and excited to announce that I will be releasing an online training course. I get a lot of requests for coaching from people outside the Hertfordshire area - so this will be perfect for people who aren’t as local to experience my coaching, albeit virtually. This course will also be perfect for people who already get coached by me in person as something to supplement their training with.
I’m hoping to release it before Christmas - so keep an eye out for details of that.
What I’ve been watching
There’s been a lot of football on recently and I’ve been particularly entertained by the Premier League of late. Spurs are a great watch - I especially love watching James Maddison, he’s the type of player that I would like to think I play like (although I’m nowhere near as good!). Spurs have clearly struggled without him although last nights draw against Man City is a good result for them.
Arsenal continue to impress and while I don’t think they are exciting to watch as they were last season, they also look a lot more solid at the back. Liverpool are back to their most exciting, edging out Fulham in a 7 goal thriller - back to Klopp’s ‘rock and roll football’ by the looks of it.
I’m really hoping that there can be much more of a title race this year with Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool all hopefully challenging City come April/May.
Jude Bellingham continues to shine out in Madrid. He continues to score and just be an absolute machine in that Real Madrid team. He has now scored more goals than Ronaldo did in his first 10 games at Real… even more impressive that he’s a midfielder! Let’s just hope he stays fit and can perform next year for England at the Euro’s in Germany.
Worth a watch
If you are looking for some cheap laughs then check out this CBS Sports show best bits video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub3SdocQ_-w
Liverpool vs Fulham could be one of the games of the season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kznYQ1Ed07o
Thanks for reading,
Jesse