As a kid I always craved a 121 coach - someone who could directly impact my development as a player and allow me to see the areas I needed to improve - as well as sharpening my strengths. I also wished there could be some sort of manual to help improve all areas of my game for best performance.

Today I’m here writing this as an A licence coach, who’s worked at three great professional clubs in the UK and worked for national associations at the highest level. If you would have told me that leaving home at 18 for Southampton I would never have believed it! The Soccer Student has now been a learning portal available online for 9 years. I’m so proud it’s been able to help tens of thousands of players and coaches around the world in some form.

My hope here now is that this website can grow into a worldwide community and give modern-day, cutting edge pointers for improvement from the professional game. I will be leaning on my network to get some of these posts out there and build on the stories of 21 years experience in the game.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the website (and check out the products!) And feel free to reach out on our contact channels.

Warmest Regards, Ollie.