Jun 25, 2014

Alan Pearson, Managing Director of Melton-based SAQ® International, led a unique diploma workshop at Birmingham City Football Club’s Wast Hills Training Ground this month, providing participants with an insight into football-specific speed.

Alan Pearson, a guest presenter at the Coerver Coaching Youth Diploma course, delivered an informative session to over 100 football coaches from across the country in attendance, which consisted of both theory-based and practical elements.

SAQ® International’s participation in the Youth Diploma course is the latest factor in a long-standing partnership with Coerver Coaching; which has proved successful due to the way in which both organisations’ training practices complement each other.

SAQ® Managing Director, Alan Pearson, said:

“The feedback that we have received from participants has been very positive, and I’m confident that the coaches in attendance will now be able to draw on the knowledge gained to improve their players’ explosiveness in training and games.

“The joint aim of both SAQ® and Coerver Coaching is to help produce high-quality technically skilled players, who not only have amazing ball control, but are explosively quick – both in terms of their physicality and reactions. Our coaching methods help players produce these skills at a high intensity.”

SAQ® (Speed, Agility, Quickness) is the established leader in movement training.

Having established an unparalleled reputation throughout the world in providing movement training solutions, SAQ®’s client portfolio includes Premier League giants Manchester United and Manchester City, the England national rugby union team and individuals such as Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo and basketball legend Michael Jordan.