Craig Carter Football Coaching

29/08/2026

Saturday sessions ⚽️ ☔️

🌟 3 x U12’s for their regular session with time spent today focussing on the defensive players practising ‘press and cover’ and the attacking player being direct and dynamic with their movements in a 2v1 scenario. We ended with some free kick practice as a way of attempting to curl the ball around a player. The girls showed great technique with some great shooting! 🔥

🧤 U14 Goalkeeper where we used the conditions to dive at a ball that is ‘zipping’ across the surface. Focussing on ‘meet’ ‘force’ and ‘remove’ the practice enabled her to grow in confidence. We ended with more goalkicks off the ground and the improvement is clear to see.
Height, distance and direction were all consistently accurate 👏🏻

Despite unpleasant weather conditions all the girls were great today, never complained, and just continued to play with a smile on their face 😃

25/08/2026

Monday Night Football ⚽️

🤩 Monday Night Mini’s & the final session of the block!
✅ Dazzling dribbling
✅ Precise Passing
✅ Super shooting
Amazing work by everyone who came across
the block. Fantastic listening again, and it’s amazing to see how their confidence has grown in just a few weeks 😊
Excited for the next block!!

🌟 2 x U12’s with a focus on playing forwards and being positive in possession. We played different games which led to a 1v1 battle with the both girls playing with strength and power! A good match up and a really good hour with the girls.

🌟 2 x U11 boys with a re-arranged session and today was all about ‘gamification’. Starting as bronze players, we attempted to level-up, which is turn was a session designed to practice their range of passing. Shorter and longer distances require a tweak to the technique, and it’s very important to focus on the positives!

23/08/2026

Rocking out to my big-bro on the drums again! 🤘🥁🎵🔥

🎸OBLIVION LIVE
📍The Admiral Nelson
📅 Saturday 5th September
⏰ From 8:30pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

GET READY… OBLIVION LIVE AT THE NELSON! 💀🎤🔥

The countdown is on!

We’re back at The Admiral Nelson on Saturday 5th September for a night of rock & indie covers and if last time was anything to go by, you’re going to want to get there early! 🤘

🎸 OBLIVION LIVE
📍 The Admiral Nelson, Market Harborough
📅 Saturday 5th September
⏰ From 8:30pm
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

Bring your mates. Grab a beer. Get ready to rock!

See you at the Nelson! 💀🩷💚💜

22/08/2026

Saturday Sessions ⚽️

🤩 3 x U13’s playing 2v1 with focus on support and movement. Playing as a partnership improves their chances of success so we practiced making runs off the ball to make it difficult for a lone defender

🤩 3 x U11’s with more practice on ‘press’ and ‘cover’ and specifically what the purpose of the cover is, and how to make it effective. Keeping an eye as plays develops and shuttling across to support their teammates helps them create overloads in defence

21/08/2026

Thursday sessions ⚽️

🌟 2 x U12’s girls with a session designed to practice their first touch. Different scenarios enabled lots of repetitions, as the girls got stuck in and worked super hard all session 😊
We then moved into a 1v1 battle royale as the girls competed head-to-head in a match related practice.

💪🏻 3 boys for their regular session including a sneaky move by the coach 😜 We played a brand new game which, without them realising, gave them plenty of opportunity to practice the new techniques they’d learnt in previous weeks.
This enabled it to happen naturally rather than staged.
Great work from all 3 throughout the session

Football. Rain. Wind. Blue skies. Rainbow
We had it all! 😃

17/08/2026

⚽️ Monday Night Mini’s

🧙 Dribbling
⚡️ Passing
🚀 Goals
⚽️ Goal celebrations 💪🏻

All part of a fun hour, as we practised which part of the foot to use and when!

Well done everyone 👏🏻

If you are interested in joining us next week, please DM

17/08/2026

🚨Tuesday Night Football
📅Returns 1st September
📍Harborough Leisure Centre
🕰️Spaces available
📲DM to book!

16/08/2026

⚽️ Monday Night Mini’s ⚽️
📅 2 sessions left of the block
📍 Church Langton CE Primary School
📲 DM to book your place!

10/08/2026

Monday Night Mayhem! ⚽️

A switch around of sessions tonight, but still the same fantastic fun!

⚽️ Monday Night Minis with the same excitement and energy as always with 4 super-stars in the making showing their skills.
Dazzling dribbling, precise passing and penalty practice across an awesome hour of fun and noise!

💪🏻 2 x U11’s playing in a 1v1 for a change which gave us the opportunity to practice passing and remembering to take care and not to rush!
We moved through 3 different scenarios, which with a bit of make believe, linked the session together with passing, dribbling and shooting .

🧤 U14 Goalkeeper with more work on her kicking which is becoming stronger by the week, with consistent distance and flight.
Then we used the larger goal and remembered to make a small goal inside it, as ‘you can only save what you can save’ regardless of the size of the goal!

08/08/2026

Sunny Saturday Sessions ☀️ ⚽️

🤩 3 x U12’s playing lots of repetitions of 2v1. The session was used to explore ways of holding a defender off and bringing an on-rushing teammate into the game. Combination play is important when trying to exploit an overload, with the defender being challenged to use the ‘3 D’s’. If they won it, could they be composed enough to work their way back up the pitch.

🌟 5 x U10’s playing a game using a ‘magic-man’ who was locked into a zone. The magicman received on the front foot to test their first touch with the attackers having to make penetrating runs to receive the pass.
The defenders were challenged to win the ball and then drive into the opposition half.