Episode 106,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 106 - Designing effective training practices and adapting for winter training, a conversation with Macauley Musgrave coach and owner of The Coaches Zone   In this episode we speak with the awesome Macauley Musgrave (Macca) about how he goes about designing effective training practices. We also discuss what coaches could consider as many of us move into winter training. Macca talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about what he means by ‘eff ..read more

Episode 105,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 105 - A Look At How Coaching Player Behaviours Can Support Player Development,  A conversation with Dan Abrahams, sports psychologist, podcast host and author In this episode we speak with the awesome Dan Abrahams about how coaches can focus on player behaviours to help the players develop Dan talks us through his own coaching journey and his passion for sports psychology. We discuss how import behaviours can be in player development, what specific behaviours coaches ..read more

Episode 104,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   How Coaching Abroad Has Helped Me Develop, a conversation with Billy Ready, UEFA B coach at PASS Abu Dhabi   In this episode we speak with Billy Ready about how coaching abroad has helped him develop as a coach. Billy talks us through how his approach to coaching has evolved since we last spoke and the adaptations he has made so as to effectively coach abroad. Billy tells us about his role and gives us some detail around the coaching set-up. We also discuss what a session loo ..read more

Episode 103,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)  Episode 103 - Using Positional Play To Better Understand The Game, a conversation with David Garcia, UEFA Coach, Coach Developer and founder of `It's Just A Sport` In this episode we talk to the awesome David Garcia about how we can use the concept of `positional play` to better understand the game. David talks us through his own coaching journey and how the Spanish and South American influence has impacted his coaching methodology and philosophy. We discuss what positional play is ..read more

Episode 102,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   A look at the importance of Mental Training in athlete development, a conversation with Lindsey Willson founder of Positive Performance Training and the Mindset Coach Academy In this episode we speak again with Lindsey about the importance of and ways to support mental training of young athletes. Lindsey talks us through her own journey as an elite basketball player and the role that mental training had on her development. We discuss the importance of attitude, behaviours and mind ..read more

Episode 101,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 101 – What we might be able to learn as youth football coaches by looking at the adult game, a conversation with Jamie Tompkins, Senior Manager at Brentford FC CST and Ascot United 1st Team Manager In this episode we speak again with Jamie Tompkins, Senior Manager at Brentford FC CST and Ascot United 1st Team Manager. Jamie helps us look at what we might be able to take from the adult game and bring into our youth football coaching to help best prepare young players for first tea ..read more

Episode 100,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 100 - Facilitating Self Managing Teams, a conversation with Mark Bennett MBE and founder of PDS Coaching In this episode we talk to the awesome Mark Bennett (MBE), founder of PDS Coaching.  Mark talks about his journey and what inspired him to spend the past 30 years crafting his understanding and skills to help others get the best of themselves. We talk about how coaches can go about facilitating an environment that promotes teams managing themselves, why this can be ..read more

Episode 97,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 97 – Key Coaching Topics for Youth Football Coaches and CPD, a conversation with Ray Power, Academy Manager, Coach Developer and Author In this episode we speak to Ray Power, academy manager, coach and author of Making the Ball Roll, Coaching Youth Football and the Deliberate Soccer Practices series of books. Ray tells us what he believes are some of the key topics youth football coaches should have a good understanding of and why they are important. We also discuss how imp ..read more

Episode 95,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Quality Coaching and Player Engagement, a conversation with Faith Jasper,  Coach and Recreational Therapist In this episode we discuss what is quality coaching? And the importance of player engagement, especially with our youngest players, with Faith Jasper, Coach and Recreational Therapist Faith tells us about her playing and coaching journey and how she started coaching at 14 years old. We discuss how Faith breaks down her coaching methodology into the four moments of the g ..read more

Episode 93,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 93 – Developing Your Coaching Blueprint, a conversation with Jason Carney,  UEFA coach and author In this episode we talk to Jason about the importance or having a coach’s blueprint and how you can put one together. Jason talks us through his own playing and coaching journey and explains how his own experiences influence his approach to coaching now. We discuss what a coaching blueprint is, how a coach can put one together and how you can continue to reflect, review, a ..read more