About

Having spent the last five years of my professional career in children’s football – as coach, manager, journalist – I keep asking myself the question: “how come…?” How come that a four-year-old who seems to possess so much natural footballing ability, decides to stop playing football altogether just a few years later? And the opposite. How come that a kid who did not initially seem that much interested in football, goes on to become the best player in his age group? By setting up this blog, I intend to research and then share what it takes to make the #breakthrough into senior football while focusing predominantly on the foundation phase of player development.

You can follow me on this journey here or on Twitter: @wofalenta.

If you have any resources or ideas on the subject that you would be kind enough to share with me – or would like to contribute to the blog – please send me a message on LinkedIn (Wojciech Falenta) or email me at wofalenta@gmail.com.