This blog is my personal grassroots initiative. I’m passionate about player development, and I try to collect the best free content on the Web that I can find about individual football player development (meaning everything a player can do to improve outside of team practice). I’m not a professional football coach, but I do have a theoretical background via diplomas Personal Coach and Sports Psychology from Centrum voor Avondonderwijs.

Our story

When my son started playing soccer back in 2014 (in the under 8 age group), most of the other kids in the team were already playing soccer for more than a year. My son was taking his first steps and obviously missing some basic skills, so I decided to help him. I started giving some basic technical football training to my son in our backyard. Especially in the beginning, my son improved really quickly.  Because we both enjoyed our 1-on-1 football drills, we simply kept doing this on a regular basis.

The idea behind the name of this website

The journey to become the best football player that you can be, is long and progress happens in small steps.
Take one step at a time and don’t worry about the length of the path.
Just follow your feet!

The goal of this website

On the internet and especially on YouTube, you can find a lot of high quality content regarding football player development. The only problem is that there’s no structure and the overall development plan is missing. On this website, it’s my goal to collect content for every aspect of long-term football player development. Checkout the “Player development” page that provides a hyperlinked overview of all key areas that a player needs to develop.

Choose a few key areas ⇾ get inspired by the training videos ⇾ take notes for your next workout, and get to work!⚽

If you’re serious about getting to work, then download the Tools that aim to provide the necessary structure to keep going. One last thing: always keep in mind that the most important thing is to have fun!

Finally, a big thank you to the content creators

I want to express my gratitude for the great content that 7mlc, Becoming Elite, Thomas Vlaminck and many, many others publish on YouTube. These people’s dedication to sharing their knowledge, expertise, and passion for football has been truly inspiring and helps players worldwide to develop their skills as a player. I appreciate the time and effort these people put into creating high-quality content that is both informative and engaging. So, a big thank to all of you for sharing your expertise. Via this blog, I’m trying to make a contribution by structuring the free content that I find most interesting.