Rangers Football Club – The Coaching Manual

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What do you think about the idea of connecting a lot of soccer coaches across the world with one of the most famous clubs in the world, Rangers FC from Glasgow in Scotland? This year, the second-most successful club in world football in terms of trophies won, decided to open their doors and share with every coach, from all level teams across the world their coaching philosophy and the same training methods used by a professional football club who is striving to produce the best young talent in Europe. The Rangers Online Academy is a Coaching Manual platform which has put together detailed information about how to plan sessions and practices for both field players and goalkeepers. The platform provides valuable guidance in sport science and player education, all supported by exclusive footage of coaching sessions with the Rangers Academy’s top coaches and provides observers with unprecedented access to the club’s methodology on youth development.

Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers. Rangers was founded in March 1872 being the fourth-oldest football club in Scotland and playing its home games at Ibrox Stadium since 1929 (this is the third-largest football stadium in Scotland).

It was in June 2020 that Rangers were delighted to announce the launch of the Rangers Online Academy. Initially launched back in November, the Online Academy has already been used extensively by Rangers’ Official Partner clubs Bengaluru FC in India and Orange County Soccer Club in the United States and is now available to clubs at all levels across the globe. “We have a culture where we are open about what we do and love to engage externally to enhance our learning and share our practice of which we are proud. We look forward to sharing our work so far and our exciting ongoing journey by creating an elite high performance environment which has an outstanding reputation for delivery of a world class football education.” Stated Craig Mulholland, Head of Academy at Rangers FC.

One of the main features of the platform is that the curriculum is evolving all the time and all the content can easily be adapted to suit different numbers. Even if you need help, you could easily reach out to the coaching team. There are more than 7000 users so far, making up an amazing like-minded community accessing quality content focused on Rangers Development pillars: BODY (Robustness, agility, explosive sprint, repeated Sprint, high speed, aerobic base) MIND (Self-belief and Resilience, Courage, Emotional Intelligence , Leadership & Communication, Concentration, Competitive Edge) BALL (Dominate 1v1, Receive, Release, Retain, Running with the ball, Outstanding weapon) GAME (Awareness, Streetwise, Decision Making, Team structures, Pitch geography) and the THE FINAL PILLAR (Hydration, Rest and Recovery, Nutrition, Sacrifices, Choices, 24/7 Pro)

  • "We look forward to sharing our work so far and our exciting ongoing journey by creating an elite high performance environment which has an outstanding reputation for delivery of a world class football education"

With a extended winter break this year in the majority of soccer leagues across the world, this will be the perfect tool for coaches to keep their players moving even without training together, and continue producing players of international standard who can excel at the highest level in international competition.

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