One Minute Coach

Quick, practical coaching insights to improve your coaching in 60 seconds or less.

By Isaac Leung, Athletic Skills

Hey reader,

I am going to trialling a new format for my newsletters to get straight to the point. So I am going to do the “One Minute Coach”. In this, I will share One idea, One practical example and One action you can add in to your coaching this week. This will on take you One Minute to Read!

Let me know your thoughts and if this helps you in your coaching!

🧠 One Idea

Warming up isn’t just jogging and stretching. That’s boring! —They’re a key to long-term athletic development. Try introducing movement based games!
It’s time to improve coordination, speed and agility all while keeping athletes engaged.

⚽ One Practical Example

Game: Mirror Movement

• Set up a 5m line and then two cones 10-20m either side if the 5m area.

• Pair players up—one leader, one follower.

• Have them face on and the leader shuffles side to side between two cones 5m apart.

• The leader then chooses which way they want to sprint and the aim is to get to the 10-20m cone before the follower can tag them.

• Swap over roles

• You can add turns, change the sprint distance or starting position.

It builds speed, footwork, reactions, body control—and gets players smiling too.

✅ One Action to Take This Week

Swap out one warm-up this week for a movement-based game that targets the same outcomes (agility, reactivity, body control).
Watch how much more focused, energised, and physically switched-on your players are.

Hit reply if you need more support on how to make your warm ups fun and engaging!

Need more help? Reply to this email and let’s chat!

Speak soon,

Isaac 🙂 

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