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centerpiece of the Granite FC C.O.E. is the
training and coaching that each C.O.E. side
receives. The C.O.E. currently uses the services
of Elite UK Soccer Training, LLC precisely
because this company brings to bear the training
and coaching methods and standards of the
English and Welsh Football Associations. In
particular, they employ a coaching philosophy
that is non-dictative and places a premium
on the ability of each player to think through
for herself or himself the techniques and
tactics of the game. Instead of issuing a
series of instructions or corrective measures,
the Elite UK trainers teach by asking a series
of leading questions that force each player
to arrive at solutions through their own reasoning.
In this way, the players are given “ownership”
of their mental and physical development and,
thus, they are more motivated and poised when
learning the game. The end result is a player
who can think and play more quickly and calmly
under the pressure and speed of game settings.
Winston
Haughton
 Winston
Haughton is a director of Elite UK Soccer
Training, LLC and possesses a UEFA C coaching
license. He played within the youth development
scheme of Aston Villa, an English Premier
League Club, and played professionally in
the English Midland Combinations League. Winston
has coached within the youth development scheme
of Birmingham City, another English Premier
League Club, as well as the Hesser College
Women’s’ team. In addition, he has trained
scores of club sides in New Hampshire in the
past three years.
Winston is a graduate
of the University of Wolverhampton with a
degree in Business and Sport Studies.
Winston is the principal
trainer and coach for the C.O.E. girls U-12
side.
Steve
Hetherington
 Steve
Hetherington is a director of Elite UK Soccer
Training, LLC and possesses a UEFA B coaching
license. He played within the youth development
scheme of the Wrexham Football Club, and English
Championship League Club, played semi professionally
in the Welsh Cymru Alliance Division One and
played for the British Royal Navy U-21 squad.
Steve has coached within the Centers of Excellence
at Wrexham Football Club and Connah’s Quay
Nomads. He has also trained youth sides under
the auspices of the Welsh Football Association.
Since coming to America, Steve has trained
several successful club sides in New Hampshire.
Steve is the principal
trainer and coach of the C.O.E. girls U-1O
and U-16 sides.
Lenny
Webb
 Lenny
Webb is a director of Elite UK Soccer Training,
LLC and possesses a UEFA B coaching license.
He played within the youth development scheme
of West Ham United, at the time an English
Premier League Club, and played semi professionally
in the English Hellenic and Ryman Soccer Leagues.
Lenny has coached within the Center of Development
for the Wycombe Wanderers, an English Division
Two Club, as well as with the Milford High
School Boys varsity team. He has also trained
numerous club sides in New Hampshire over
the past three years.
Lenny is a graduate
of the University of Buckinghamshire with
a degree in Leisure Management and Sports
Studies.
Lenny is the principal
trainer and coach of the C.O.E. girls U-11
and U-17 sides.
Stacey Gorman
Stacey Gorman is the
goalkeeper trainer for Granite FC. Stacey
was the starting goalkeeper for the Womens
Team at the University of Pennsylvania from
1995 through 1999. Before college, Stacey
played club soccer for FC Westchester. Stacey
is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
and has earned a law degree from Boston University.
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