COACH Altimont Butler along with sports psychologist Olivia Rose added a new dimension to the fifth Flow Cup one-day clinic for participants in this year’s Flow Champions Cup, which was held at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Training Centre at the UWI, Mona Campus on Friday.

Butler, the former Dunoon Technical and Reggae Boy standout, who could be taking up a coaching job with a youth team at the Chelsea Football Academy in London shortly, highlighted and dealt in depth with some of the major weaknesses in essential areas in local football play.

Passing the ball was one of those areas that he highlighted. In constructive play to deliver the perfect pass, Butler stressed the importance of judgement when passing the ball, such as proper weight management, timing and accuracy. He also stressed the important dynamic of opening the hips so as to be able to put the body into the mandatory liquid position to make a pass that bears the right weight, timing and accuracy.

Winning is about scoring goals. Therefore, composure in finishing in and around the box is of paramount importance, Butler stressed. “Too many times players lose their calm in front of goal and whittle away their teams’ chances of victory,” Butler pointed out.

Football is not an all-together physical game and, according to Flow sponsorship manager and seminar co-ordinator Nicole Campbell, Flow recognised that football was not only physical, but the mental needs of the players should be catered to, as well, and therefore the company added a sports psychologist to this year’s panel of experts by the presence of sports psychologist Olivia Rose.

The high point of Butler’s session was a torrid 15-minute period geared at high tempo that would have been the equivalent of two hours’ work. To this, he said, the response was good.

In an earlier period Butler had players recycling their runs in a period of play that demonstrated how to get in and out in of a non- designated area and not stand and watch after a play might break down.

Another former Reggae Boy, goalkeeper Aaron Lawrence, accompanied Butler to the clinic by presiding over the goalkeepers.