Soccer Coaching and the Web: A Guide to Support Player Development
Robin Russell was born in Denmark of Scottish parents. He qualified as a teacher, represented English Universities (UAU) and played semi-professional before joining the English FA in 1978 as a Regional Coach, then Assistant Director of Coaching in 1989 In the 1980’s he was extensively involved in the FA National School, established the FA’s Grassroots Program and in 1996 oversaw the implementation of UEFA Coach Education Courses in England.  From 1997 as Technical Coordinator he was responsible for the creation of the FA Coaches Association, the introduction of Mini-Soccer, and the creation of FA Learning Ltd. where Robin introduced the following online products: - The development of 7 E-learning Courses  involving over 20,000 students - The provision of the FA Coaches Magazine ‘ Insight ‘ in Online form  & the online archive of all FA Coaching Magazines from 1962  - An online player educational and assessment program ,the Soccer Star Scheme, which involved over 1 million children   Robin left fulltime employment with the FA in 2005 to become UEFA Football Development Consultant and start his own business in e-learning in football (www.SportsPath.com ) For UEFA he has advised on Grassroots Football, developed e-learning courses and contributed to the www.uefa.com/trainingground website. Robin has also acted as a consultant on e-learning, coach education and football development projects with FIFA, CONCACAF, AFC, for a number of National Associations and clubs including Southampton FC and Shakhtar Donetsk.  With Howard Wilkinson he founded the LMA School of Football Management Robin is a Tutor on the Ohio University /NSCAA Masters Degree Course in Coaching Education and is also a Board Member of Rush Soccer (http://rushsoccer.com/)