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Well what a week! from been asked to play Northern League football to making a start at releasing a book!. Saturday comes and a phone call asking about my avalibility to play for a local Northern League team but i had coaching commitments which i wont drop even tho it was a very tempting offer. There is still potential for me to sign for this team in the near future so ill keep you updated on developments.

To go along with the birth of our 3rd child due early doors next year, atending a few more courses ive started the process of putting together a book based on my total obsession "goalkeeping", again ill keep you all informed on developments so watch this space....

Lee Barrass - Goalkeeper Coaching in County Durham

09 June 2011

Lee Barrass: First training session/open trials out of the way at http://www.nuwfc.co.uk/ and all is well, it turned out to be a one on one session as next Tuesday we have a couple more trialists heading over so looking forward to that.

Things seem to picking up speed in my development as a coach, obviously the more experience you get the better you learn and that is both by getting good and bad experiences while your coaching. So far ive been pretty lucky to work along side and get valuable advice from some excellent coaches which certainly helps but if you don't ask or put yourself out there to find out things, get new ideas etc you will never know and your development won't reach your full potential.

Get out there, learn, practice and never give up!!

01 June 2011

Lee Barrass: Two nice little trips to Scotland out of the way to but came back with a thumb that was bent back, numerous scrapes, burn marks and bruises but you know what it was worth it!. Keeper wars turned out interesting as I was put up against a few good keepers one of which was Ryan Marshall who is one of the current Stranraer GKs, 22
years old, not really that tall and pretty slim.

So does the concept that academy’s use of if they are small or classed as average height and there biological parents are fairly small (below 6 foot) that its a “sorry, you didn't make it” or “not tall enough” really acceptable???.

Obviously if someone really is un-naturally small then you could possibly see why they don't go with him/her but surely GK's who are anywhere from 5 foot 7 upward who and I've seen are a great talent should be given the chance to prove themselves regardless of what size their parents are.

Are academies really doing things wrong???

Lee Barrass and ex-darlington goalkeeper Nick Liversedge

Lee Barrass - Goalkeeper Coaching in County Durham

25 May 2011

Lee Barrass: That was surreal!, I was working with a club that I regularly work with last night and while me and the GK's were working I noticed this man in his what looks to be 50s taking a great interest in what we were doing.

Towards the end of the session he introduced himself, Barry Siddall!, if you don't know who he is I suggest that you google him and have a word with yourself. I must admit that at first sight I was unsure of who he was but recognised him from somewhere, my Sunderland's Number 1s book. He was a very helpful, as I was taking the rest of the session after chatting to him he had a few words of wisdom with the 2 GKs who didn't know who he was but couldn't believe that he was a ex SAFC GK.

Sometimes coaches don't like people and don't like anyone interfering with their session but to be honest I didn't mind one bit!. I just wish that he could of stayed longer as his grandson was just finishing playing on the pitch two down from us and maybe got some contact details as I would love to of picked his brains and got to know what his thoughts really are on all things goalkeeping.

So I've met a goalkeeping legend, damn I'm a happy bloke but for a lot of reasons!