Dr Matt Pain

Good to see that friends meeting in the park today are still socially distancing

How do you make your team more creative?🤔 There is a growing body of research that looks specifically at creativity in team sports 🔥 Former @FA psychology research manager, @drmattpain, presents the key findings 👇 cards.twitter.com/cards/qfdnim/8…

I don't put much on twitter these days, but this short interview on cohesion is very much worth watching: vimeo.com/336741675

@ground_guru @LeighBromby Very interesting - great job Leigh!

Relative age effect: "Our Academy was full of pre-Christmas birthdays. I'm a June birthday and wasn’t good enough at one stage, but a few years later I was. Fortunately I made it through, but a lot don't." @LeighBromby trainingground.guru/articles/hudde…

@ploehmann @gmurphycoaching @ground_guru Bartek is piloting some work with Trackman, providing some very interesting stats on velocity and how much topspin is bending the trajectory of the FKs

Ball striking is one of the most fundamental skills in football. So why isn't it systematically practised? Some fascinating insights here from football's only dedicated ball-striking coach, Bartek Sylwestrzak.... trainingground.guru/articles/the-a…

“I studied him intently, collecting DVDs, even old photographs of games he had played. Eventually, I understood the magic formula." Andrea Pirlo @Juninhope08 trainingground.guru/articles/junin…

@lewymarr @garethmorgan113 @MSD_MMU Good times. Funnily enough was just chatting to Keith about the old Level 4 -They don't do courses like that any more!

@garethmorgan113 @drmattpain Great course, content & delivery. Hope you’re well pal, I’ve got a year left on @MSD_MMU I’ll try catch up with you while I’m down

@garethmorgan113 2011 at Staverton. Fantastic resource, nice blend of academia & football

@BBC6Music Manics doing Elton John/Kiki Dee pastiche?? Oh dear...

Great opportunity to work with some top people!

Swansea creating some nice patterns

Wow! Some insight into Germany’s WCup disharmony

@leighpalmer @coachtonymee @SebTideyTSC @sturge_p Kids will be keeping the score I’m sure- the competitive ones anyway!

@coachtonymee @SebTideyTSC @drmattpain @sturge_p For me the score during play is an integral part of the game/session and helps dictate the tempo and decision making. I found a game with no score soon dies off. Love the freedom of them sessions⚽️

We don’t need the FA or leagues or CFA’s to bring about changes that could take years.Give the players the game back in your training sessions and the event at the weekend is just a different format under different conditions 👍

@sturge_p m.youtube.com/watch?v=P55XYp…

Tiger blinked

Great opportunity for stage 2 psyc

"I have always respected people that share their most vulnerable moments as their turning points in finding true strength that inspires so many people. I was vulnerable so many times in the last few years. And I am still vulnerable. I am not ashamed of it." Novak Djokovic

“Intimidation by Skill” - top top CPD from @Paulmcg8 @sturge_p @craighinton5

A great opportunity for a PhD in our centre with @Clarke_ND Bursary plus tuition fees UK/EU only. An evaluation of assessment methods used within talent development pathways in elite academy football. Closing date 22 August 2018 ⚽️⬇️bit.ly/2NYON0X