Ray Power > Quotes

“As Arsène Wenger famously said – “To achieve great things you have first to believe it.”
― Ray Power, Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach

“It is not a question of 4-4-2 or 4-2-1-3, it is a question of having a team which is ordered, in which the players are connected to one another, which moves together, as if it was a single player.” (Arrigo Sacchi)”
― Ray Power, Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach

“Safe-side’ is the term used when you want to pass the ball to the receiver on the opposite side of where the defender is. For example, if the defender is marking the player’s right shoulder, the pass is played to the left. The defender therefore will find it more difficult to intercept. ]”
― Ray Power, Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach

“[I had a very surreal experience with a coach ‘justifying’ his methods. He set up a shooting practice for under-12s that contained a long queue of players, something in itself that is thoroughly frowned upon. When challenged, the coach insisted that his aim was to “identify technique in each individual player and work to rectify it”. The first shot taken went high and wide and the coach told him to “go fetch his own s**t”. That was not the technical detail I was expecting!]”
― Ray Power, Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach

“You train dogs… I like to educate players.” (Brendan Rodgers)”
― Ray Power, Making The Ball Roll: A Complete Guide to Youth Football for the Aspiring Soccer Coach