Always an astute student of the game, Terry has been using the lockdown break to keep up his learning and thinks three months without football will have been an eye-opener for many players. He hopes the reflection time has helped them think about future careers after hanging up their boots.
‘The pandemic has actually given players a taste of what retired life looks like,’ Terry added. ‘I’m hoping that there’ll be players there going, “I need to do my coaching badges, 28 years old isn’t too young. I’m going to get on that next course.”
‘As a younger player, I made notes of what every coach did and it still serves me well today. I’ve got notes of Jose Mourinho’s last four years at the football club and every session we did. It’s nice to have that and look at what we did and why we did it.’
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Over two decades on, Terry’s involvement in Premier League football has switched from barking orders from centre-back to issuing instructions from the dugout as number two to Smith at Villa Park. The team are fighting for survival at the bottom of the table, not something our captain was ever accustomed to in his playing days at Chelsea.
Always an astute student of the game, Terry has been using the lockdown break to keep up his learning and thinks three months without football will have been an eye-opener for many players. He hopes the reflection time has helped them think about future careers after hanging up their boots.
‘The pandemic has actually given players a taste of what retired life looks like,’ Terry added. ‘I’m hoping that there’ll be players there going, “I need to do my coaching badges, 28 years old isn’t too young. I’m going to get on that next course.”
‘As a younger player, I made notes of what every coach did and it still serves me well today. I’ve got notes of Jose Mourinho’s last four years at the football club and every session we did. It’s nice to have that and look at what we did and why we did it.’
