Following a lifetime involvement in professional football as player, coach and manager John Ritchie decided to use his training, knowledge and expertise to form his own company to provide a full range of professional coaching services to as wide a range of clients as possible.
As an outfield coach, assistant manager and manager at professional clubs he has trained and coached professional players. Whilst first team goalkeeping coach at Hibernian FC he worked for four years with Jim Leighton, Scotland’s most capped Goalkeeper. In the role of SFA Community Coach at one Premier League club and Head of Player Development at another, he delivered specialist goalkeeping courses, player development programmes, coach development programmes and school holiday coaching programmes.
With all this experience behind him he is now in a position to offer the various services listed below.
In association with Just4Keepers to conduct weekly goalkeeping coaching sessions to young goalkeepers in the Fife area.
To provide specialised goalkeeping coaching services to Junior, Semi-Professional and Professional clubs through out Scotland.
To conduct week long courses for young goalkeepers during the school holidays.
To provide football coaching services to clubs at all levels team coaching sessions, coach development sessions, match analysis.
To deliver parts of The Scottish Football Association Coach Education Programme.
To conduct seminars and practical coaching sessions as part of a coach or player development programme.
