Performance News and Features

Clint Dempsey Star and stripes hero Clint Dempsey reveals the secret of his training regime

Clint Dempsey The Seattle Sounders and USA hitman on nutrition and dodging takeaways

Manchester City The key to building match endurance is repeated fast runs with short rests. Manchester City's head of sports science Sam Erith has devised three drills to keep you going until full-time

Psychology Our resident mental skills coach Bradley Busch, who has worked with Premier League stars, suggests six ways of coping with a mouthy player

Pre-match Opposition teams generally fall into one of the following five categories. FourFourTwo shows you how to spot each one of them

Speed Southampton's Nathan Redmond tells FFT about the toughest defenders he's faced, adapting to the No.10 role and leaving defenders for dead

Control Perfect the heel flick with this video tutorial from football freestyle world record holder Daniel Cutting

Arsenal Nail every shot and add a killer instinct to your finishing touch with these carefully designed shooting drills from Arsenal & Three Lions forward Theo Walcott

Cristiano Ronaldo Wales’ head of performance on how GPS monitoring revealed Cristiano Ronaldo’s physical capacity and the challenge of measuring workload in international football

Shooting Give the goalkeeper no chance thanks to this finishing exercise from Coerver Coaching