On Thursday night we suffered an 8-3 defeat to Luxol, a team who have a big budget and aspirations of reclaiming the title they lost to Valletta last season. Indeed they have won 3 of the last 5 (once as Balzan) leagues and 4 of the last 6 cups – they are the Helvecia of Malta! However, the feeling in …
New year, new role, new challenge
First of all, happy 2019 futsal family! I have been quiet on the blogging front and even the social media side of things, though I have enjoyed getting back into twitter recently and my resolutions this year are to share more things I think will be valuable to coaches so here’s my attempt at getting back into the swing of …
Damon Shaw appointed Swieqi United futsal head coach
Swieqi United have appointed Damon Shaw as head coach for the rest of the season following Boicho Marev’s departure in December. Shaw will take over the squad in 4th place in the MFA Futsal League and will oversee the rest of the Elite League, starting with tonight’s match with Tarxien Rainbows. Shaw will continue in his role as technical director …
World of Futsal Podcast with Keith Tozer
On Wednesday 5th December 2018 I had the huge honour and pleasure to be on the World of Futsal Podcast with USA head coach and FIFA Instructor, Keith Tozer. Not only has Keith extensive futsal experience but he’s one of those people in futsal who I regular chat with and consider a friend. We talked a lot (not enough!) about …
My vegan struggle #worldveganday
Here’s a post that I hope can help if you have experienced similar things when changing to a vegan diet, changing diet in general or even a big change in your life as it may be that that caused my struggle, I can’t really tell. When I moved to Malta I took the opportunity to try a vegan diet. Something …
Swieqi United Futsal Newsletter issue 1
The first issue of the Swieqi United newsletter came out last week and futsal and my appointment are featured. You can read the extract below and download the full newsletter too. One team – One Club Club aims at strengthening its Futsal Department The Club unveiled its new Futsal Technical Director, Damon Shaw, a Futsal UEFA A Coach, with various …