Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Yep, but then: exactly. He has these issues and isn't adapting or adjusting at all. He's just carrying on and it's not helping. The whole point of coaching is to work with what you've got, not what you wish you had. The mind boggles. 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 26/12/2024I know lots of you won't have any criticism of Ange but no one seems to interact with me on this app anyway so I'll just whisper this into the wind: Angeball only works if you have strength in depth and he knows we don't have that, so it's just stubborn from him at this point. Bored of it. 410
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Does Sonny justify his place in the starting 11 in a fully fit Spurs team? Does he justify it in a mostly injured Spurs team for that matter... 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 26/12/2024“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” ~ Amelia Earhart 010
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 24/12/2024'It felt like watching a 100 metre race and cheering on your favourite athlete, willing them to the gold medal.' www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 131
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 23/12/2024First time writing for BBC Sport this year! 18 articles so far, with more to come in 2025. I've really enjoyed the challenge of capturing my views on Spurs in 300 words each week, trying to share my opinion in an engaging way, and pose questions or topics to make the reader think. #COYS 1182
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Latest thoughts on Spurs: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 160
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 13/12/2024It's rude how little academy and community coaches get paid. Constantly treading the line between football coach and social/youth worker. It's a highly skilled profession that doesn't get the respect or pay it deserves. It's a shame, especially when 'elite' coaches don't care about players enough. 031
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Agreed, but there are so many other ways he could go about it that don't risk exacerbating the tensions that must already exist in that dressing room. I think it was more a reflection of the pressure getting to Ange than anything else. 100
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 12/12/2024As bad as Timo was tonight (he's never been great for us), I'm not sure digging out an individual player in front of the world's media is a great look for Ange, or any manager tbh. But each to their own. Careful the next time a player feels forced to deactivate their social media though innit... 120
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Not sure yet but won't feature at all against Rangers tomorrow. 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Most importantly, it's fun! Feel free to DM me if you're interested in ideas for other numbers. 000
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Obviously players are not going to high five each other like this in matches, but this practice teaches them to control the ball while looking around them (scanning), speed up and slow down their dribbling, play in tight spaces and protect their ball from interference. 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024It's a numbers game that uses rhymes to help players remember and practise different ball mastery techniques. For example, this one in the video is Number 5: High Five! 100
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024This is part of a wider ball mastery game I learnt when I was coaching at Spurs years ago. You can adapt it for any age group but it does work particularly well with younger players - not least because they get lots and lots of touches of the football. 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I genuinely think Micky van de Ven needs a different/additional warm-up to the others. He needs to get those hamstrings properly activated. In an ideal world I don't think he would have played the other night, so I do appreciate that, but in general I think he needs something different before games. 120
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I had a lovely time volunteering at the recent Seeing Is Believing event in Southall - coaching girls from South Asian backgrounds and inspiring a love for the game ✨️ 011
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Absolutely! There are so many parts to being a coach and, ironically, one of them is about learning to adapt... Ange needs to dig deep right now, just like the players do, and lead them by example. He needs to demonstrate what he wants to see in them and motivate them that way imo. 010
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024And, finally, I had to submit this before the comments from Romero were released - otherwise I'd have probably written about those! COYS 🤍 020
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I aim to write with clarity and in an engaging and sometimes humorous way. I'm learning every week. I also think it's helpful to read my blogs in full before you comment... 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I get 300 words each week to write about something and I try to pick a topic that is relevant but one that hasn't already been covered from every single angle by full time, professional journalists. Some weeks that is easier than others! 100
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I'm not a trained journalist and I didn't apply for this role - I was approached directly by the BBC in the summer and thought it would be a good challenge for me. 210
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This week's blog is actually about mindset but I don't get to choose the headline! More than happy for people to disagree with me, but please do so respectfully. I don't appreciate messages telling me I'm arrogant, boring and repetitive. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 180
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Yeah I wrote this before I even saw that. Obviously I would never condone that type of abuse. My comment was more about people on here moaning that it was "like Twitter". 110
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 05/12/2024At the very least Spurs need to ditch that pyjama kit. 040
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 04/12/2024A little reminder that football is for everyone ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤🩶🤍 040
Reposted by Coach AliEmma Smith @emmasmithbbc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024For some Tottenham fans, 'Spursy' is an insult. To others, it is shorthand for failure. Others take it as a badge of honour, representing their attacking DNA. After another inconsistent week, I spoke to three fans about what being 'Spursy' meant to them: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukTottenham Hotspur: How do Spurs solve their chronic inconsistency?Anna Howells, content creator for Spurs XY and long-suffering Tottenham fan, bristles at the term “Spursy” being used about her team – but admits it is an apt description. 021
Reposted by Coach AliChris Paouros @chrispaouros.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Spoke to @emmasmithbbc.bsky.social about #Spurs, alongside my friend and fellow Women of the Lane co-founder @coachali.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukTottenham Hotspur: How do Spurs solve their chronic inconsistency?Anna Howells, content creator for Spurs XY and long-suffering Tottenham fan, bristles at the term “Spursy” being used about her team – but admits it is an apt description. 033
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I think this is something different. There were no white ribbons today x 000
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I spent the best part of a decade coaching football and, perhaps partly because of that, I am convinced by its power and potential to create positive social change far beyond the confines of a football pitch. Read my thoughts about Spurs in full on the BBC Sport app: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 140
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024There were purple and lilac ones handed out. Maybe the lilac ones look white in that photo? 000
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The purple ones? No we were just handed them during the walk. The orange ribbons on our jackets are official UN Women ribbons x 010
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024A wonderful turnout in Haringey this morning as we walked through the borough to raise awareness of the efforts to eliminate male violence towards women and girls. I walked with two of my fellow Women of The Lane co-founders @chrispaouros.bsky.social and Hemali Patel. 💜🧡 0276
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 23/11/2024That's the real Spursmedia.tenor.coma man says that 's the real quiz while standing next to two other menALT: a man says that 's the real quiz while standing next to two other men 0100
Coach Ali @coachali.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I started to relax when the 4th goal went in and not a moment before. 4473
