⚽️ April at Momentum Football Academy ⚽️
Been quiet on social media but the session have been flowing as usual.
Players working on coordination, passing, striking and winning their 1v1s.
Each session is planned to promote consistent development in an environment where mistakes are encouraged, growing player confidence to try things to make a a positive impact on their game.
The only way to learn and develop is to try, fail and try again 🫡.
Momentum Football Academy
Football coaching business based in Edinburgh
22/01/2026
⚽️ Fuel for Match Day & Training 💪
What you eat — and when you eat — can make a huge difference to your energy and recovery.
Use this simple guide 👇
🕒 3 hours before
Focus on protein + healthy fats
🍗 Chicken, turkey or eggs
🥑 Avocado
🥜 Nuts or nut butter
🥣 Greek yoghurt
🕑 2 hours before
Choose complex carbohydrates for steady energy
🍝 Pasta or rice
🍞 Wholegrain bread
🥔 Potatoes or sweet potatoes
🕐 1 hour before
Go for simple, easy-to-digest carbs
🍌 Banana
🍎 Apple
🍊 Oranges
🍯 Honey on toast
🍪 Plain cereal bar
⏱ During
Quick simple sugars + fluids to maintain energy
💧 Water or non-fizzy sports drink
⏸ Half Time
Top up energy with fast carbs
🍌 Banana
🍊 Orange segments
🍬 Jelly babies / Haribo
🏁 After (within 2 hours)
Combine carbs + protein for recovery
🍗 Chicken & rice
🥚 Eggs on toast
🥣 Greek Yoghurt with berries & granola
These are just examples, there are old dog different foods out there, try different things to see what works best for you 💪
Fuel right. Perform better. Recover faster 🔥
09/01/2026
We are delighted to add a new age group session to our availability!
Our core ethos are practice makes improvement and mistakes are learning opportunities.
If you want a safe, fun & engaging environment, where mistakes are encouraged, for your 2020 born players to develop their technical ability whilst mastering crucial life skills - resilience, decision making, communication & more, drop us a message to book your child’s free taster session.
First session back, kicking off 2026 with Hearts Pro Youth Academy player Luke and Momentum’s own Nate, dusting off their skills ahead of returning to training after a well deserved break over Christmas!
At Momentum we fully believe that guided learning creates knowledge that sticks. Asking open questions, giving the player the space and time to think and form their own answer allows them to retain that knowledge quickly.
Here I’m going over the importance of body shape with one of our young ballers ⚽️
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