Yorkie's Yap
Yorkie first came to our attention when he ran the inaugural Celtic in the Community camp at Shannon Town in June 2008. A charismatic figure in every sense of the word was popular with all the boys who attended. Luckily at the launch of our website Yorkie has agreed to write a regular column for us. His intention is to provide useful training hints and advice...well that's his intention anyway!!
I:LL BE BACK !!!
Mon, Nov 16th, 2009
Hi BOUYS hope your all doing well, im hoping your meeting with Greig went well, and really hope ill be back next year, Myself and Jose would loveto be back and i have been working on a lot of new sessionns that i want to work on with you. I have had a few messages sent from 1 or 2 of you but please keep sending tham it is great to hear from you... Chat soon and hope to see you very shortly,,YORKIE
just a quickie update
Sun, Nov 8th, 2009
Hi to you all hope things are going well for you, i hope we get to meet up again next year. I love my sessions with you and always feel welcome, keep in touch i get the odd email from some of you but more would br great ,, chat soon ,, hail hail,
keep the training going
Wed, Sep 23rd, 2009
hi boyd hope your all keeping well,, hows your teams going are you still practicing all the things we did we you, im hoping to be across again soon, have you got your camp sorted for october if so please let me know,, my wee lads u/10s are doing really well played 3 lost first game but been great since conceading only 3 goals and scoring 14,, so we found our feet very quickly,, a wee tip for you wee ones watch yer diet check what food and when you should eat it,, you will be surprised at the difference a good diet will do for your performance, anyway meet you all agin soon ,,, yorkie
my last camp
Sun, Jul 12th, 2009
hi lads hope your training hard i have just finished week 2 of my 8 weeks away, i was in arklow a very nice place with nice people and nice hotel,, we got the chance to coach the seniors the u11s and womens team on an evening,, we also coached the regional squd which was very good,I need to know how your training is going are you practicing the drils and the using the progess cards it is very important that you carry this on , on a weekly basis, we want to see improvement when we come back and that is down to you . yourelves, we hope to see you in oct if possible if not next year,, thanks for the people who have wrote to me and jose but please keep them coming,, chat soon..
YORKIE
thanks to the bhoys
Sun, Jul 5th, 2009
Hi boys and everyone from Shannon town, i would just like to thank you again for the great welcome you showed myself and Jose. We had a fantastic time with you, the effort you put into the training was exc. Wee JAMES and OWEN (PROBABLY SPELT WRONG) DESERVED THE WEE PRIZE OF THE TICKETS for being the players of the week, well done. I tried to cover many different things without making it too hard but you all wanted to keep on trying till you got it, that impressed me the most. The boys who wanted personal feed back and asked me - i hope what I told you will help you to improve, send me your questions lads, I'm waiting for them - chat later...
celtic soccer camp 2009
Tue, Jun 30th, 2009
Hi bhoys hope your all enjoying the camp!!!! Just a few bits and bats for you to check out. We are really pleased with the way you have got straight into the flow of the sessions we have planned out for you. I'm especially happy that your trying hard and want to learn, i know its different from what your used to doing but your effort is great, I want you to send me questions about what you want to learn and anything you would like to know involving football, please email me at DavidHoldsworth881@hotmail.com, We are going to do a report on each day so watch this page, see you all later and keep up the good work.
February 2009
Mon, Feb 16th, 2009
hi there to you all, so sorry i have not been in touch laterly but my wife has just had a baby girl so i have been really busy, Anyway hope to see you all soon in the summer,I have been working a lot on movement off the ball for my teams lately, and i have seen a massive improvement in our shape and passing, the players have more room and confidence is growing all the time.,Core skills will always be very important BUT if your team is 10 years old or over team shaping and movement now becomes a vital part of training, spend at least the last third of training doing this and you should see improvement in a short time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
MY BABYS NAME IS WINTER WILLOW, SHE WAS 4LB 7 OZ AND IS AS CUTE AS ME LOL, i am still waiting for any questions that i can answer for you kids , any advice i can give you i will be happy to do so,,, so please send me questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope to see you soon, keep in touch and good luck for your future games,,, YORKIE
September 2008
Mon, Sep 1st, 2008
Great to be back for Month 2 - The sites looking great hello to all!!
Anagrams for you
match of the day = they of mad chat
george best = go get beers
Limerick for you Clare Boys and Girls
mary had a little lamb
who played in goals a lot
it let the ball go through its legs
so now its in the pot!!!
UPDATE ON MY TEAM
Firstly i'm now doing the u/9's not the u/13's so its a real challenge, but i'm loving it, it also gives me a chance to coach my wee boy in the same team,,,,wee yorkshire is the keeper, we played our first games this weekend and we lost the first game then drew the second, i was very pleased with the way we played!
TIPS - Always have 'me time' that is the time given to yourself where you can really think what it is you want to achieve in the training session or the game you are going to play in, it is very important to analize the things you did ,NOT what the team did, can you improve, can you do better, can you help your team mates, what can i do to help my team mates, football is a team game and you need to help them, you do this by being the best you can be, and when you do this, everyone around you, will notice you,,,,, you need to keep doing your individual things but only IF this helps the team..........
DRILL
This month practice with your bad foot only for a full month, when you go back to using your good foot it will seem really really easy,,,,,,,
All about ME!
Tue, Aug 19th, 2008
Hi Bhoys Yorkie here, I have been asked to right a column for your website which I am very happy to do. I am going to keep you updated on how my team is doing and give you some training tips on diet (editor - how dare you Yorkie? I saw you in McDonalds!) fitness practices etc.
Firstly a bit about myself. I have been coaching now for 17 years starting at Leeds United then moving to Coventry City. I moved up to Scotland and coached firstly at Motherwell before I got my dream job at Celtic FC.
I coach the U/13 academy team and the U/12 Centre of Excellence.
I was very happy to be asked to do the column and I will try and answer any questions that you may have as we go along.
I'm hoping to meet up with some of you if you come over to watch a Celtic match.
I will leave you now with a quick tip to start off:
Train hard, practice and the practice more! Enjoy your training and play for fun as well as to win. If you do these things you will do much better.
Go the hoops!!!!
Yorkie
Remember 'TEAM SPIRIT'
