Willie Kirk

Coaching Sessions

Individual positional training within a group

Fitness & Conditioning

We want to expose every player to as many position specific technical actions as possible within a team session that has tactical elements within it. Every minute of the session can be relatable to each individual player and what actions they are expected to perform on the pitch, and tactically what may be expected of them on a match day.

Match day preparation

Fitness & Conditioning

This session is designed to be run as match preparation on Match Day -1 and it is our last training session before a game. By the end of the session we have to ensure that all the final details are covered in order to be satisfied that we have prepared the players properly for the up and coming match.

Biography

Willie Kirk is a Scottish football coach who is the current manager of FA WSL club Leicester City. He began coaching at the age of 30, working in youth football for both Livingston and Hibernian. After moving into the women’s game, he enjoyed success as manager of Hibernian Ladies. He won both Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup with the Hibees, becoming Scottish Women’s Football Manager of the Year in 2013. In 2015 he moved south to coach Bristol City in the WSL. Three later he became assistant manager at the newly formed Manchester United Women but soon switched to Everton Women to take on the top job. In July 2022, Kirk was appointed as director of football at Leicester City Women, becoming first team manager just a few months later.

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