Arsenal Academy Skills Specialist Danny Buck returns to join Saul to discuss his work at the world famous Hale End, home to Arsenal’s Academy. Saul takes a deep dive into Danny’s work with the 15/16s and how he structures his technical work. Looking at how he develops players individually and in small groups and how he challenges the players and himself Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 105 – Danny Buck | Part 2 appeared first on My Persona ..read more

Paul Holder is a legend in the English Coaching fraternity. His long career has seen him coach at Academy and 1st Team Level. He has also been a coach Educator at the English Football Association. Paul and Saul discuss coaching topics including the Game Based approach. Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 104 – Paul Holder FA Coach Educator appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more

Alex Nichols, Ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Glenn and Saul to discuss whether there’s too much dribbling in youth football? Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 103 – Coaching Family Special appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more

Chris Robinson spent over 10 years as a Scout at Chelsea FC’s Academy. He describes what goes on behind the scenes and how they have dominated Academy football in England for the last generation. He now runs thescoutinggame.co.uk … a service for players and parents who want to get scouting reports for Premier League scouts. Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 101 – Chris Robinson appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more

Chris Robinson spent over 10 years as a Scout at Chelsea FC’s Academy. He describes what goes on behind the scenes and how they have dominated Academy football in England for the last generation. He now runs thescoutinggame.co.uk … a service for players and parents who want to get scouting reports for Premier League scouts. Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 101 – Chris Robinson appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more

Yousuf Sajjad has gone from volunteer scout at Brentford to Technical Director of FC Den Bosch in Holland in just over 10 years. Along the way, he’s worked full time at Chelsea in the recruitment department and was Head of Emerging Talent at Arsenal. Yousuf talks about the changing nature of recruitment at the highest level and what it looks like at two of the biggest academies in England. Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 100 – Yousuf Sajj ..read more

Diogo Paiva joins Saul to discuss his role as Head of Individual Development at FC Porto. This famous Portuguese club has a long and successful track record of player development – Pepijn Lijnders previously held this role within the club. Diogo shares his work and his insight to individual player development and why Porto continues to produce such technical and creative footballers. Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 98 – Diogo Paiva appear ..read more

Alex Nichols, former Technical Coach at Arsenal FC joins Saul and Glen to talk about Technical Players. What do they look like and how do we coach/develop them? Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 97 – Coaching Family Special appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more

Kenneth Santa has had an extraordinary career ,already taking him around the world as a talent ID Specialist. Starting his career in Denmark at clubs including Brondby, before moving to the Aspire Academy in Qatar, working as European Scout for Wolves, a stint in Saudi Arabia then India. He’s now Head of talent ID in Singapore. Kenneth shares his journey and lessons learnt from different footballing cultures! Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episo ..read more

Glen joins Saul for another Coaching Family to discuss ‘does possession matter’? Guardiola has changed the game in the UK and in World Football…but is it important for your team to dominate the ball? In terms of youth development, is it key and how do you train it? Master the ball… Master the game. Listen to the podcast for free on the following channels - Just choose your favourite The post Soccer Player Development Podcast – Episode 94 – Coaching Family Special appeared first on My Personal Football Coach ..read more