Football DNA Podcast

In the third episode of 2024 our host Ross Brooks is joined by U13 - U16 coaching specialist Sam Cox. Take a listen to get some top tips for coaching those teenage age groups.

In the second episode of 2024 our host Ross Brooks is joined by U9 - U12 coaching specialist Pawel Guziejko. Take a listen to get some top tips for coaching 8,9,10,11,12 year olds.

In the first episode of 2024 our host Ross Brooks is joined by U5 - U8 coaching specialist Michael Fox. Take a listen to get some top tips for coaching 5,6,7,8 year olds.

In this episode we are joined by Nick Dye who is an experienced coach from the UK currently coaching in the USA at United Soccer Coaching Inc. Nick has substantial experience in the US though a range of director of coaching roles. 

In this podcast Ross Brooks from West Ham United speaks with Cambridge United Academy Coach Dario Seminerio on how to develop and establish objectives for players and teams for the upcoming season. 

In this podcast we speak with Lúðvík Gunnarsson - UEFA Pro Licence coach and has experience as Head of Talent ID at Icelandic FA and various coaching roles. 

In this podcast  Ross Brooks and Jack Matthews discuss planning & delivering for the individual. Jack joined the AFC Wimbledon Academy in 2016 as a coach in the Foundation Phase (U9-12) having previously held roles at Coerver Coaching and Barnet Football Club. Jack combined his role in the Academy with his role as a tutor in the foundation department at Fulham FC, and from 2018 as a coach...

In this episode we speak with Jack Rolfe from The Coaching Lab who discusses how can support player development using MatchPlay Cards!  thecoachinglab.org/matchplaycards

In this podcast Charlie from Bloomsbury Football shares their story of growing a grassroots football club and gives ideas and support on developing your own. 

A sport scientist at Liverpool John Moores University, Sigrid Olthof's research has made a lasting impact on the sport of football. Listen to Ross and Sigrid discuss the importance of considering pitch sizes in training sessions and matches.

Today we speak with the 3x Current World Champion, 2x European Champion, World Record Holder and Tiktok sensation, Aguśka!

Take a listen to Ross Brooks and Rick Fenoglio talk about the importance of using small sided games in your coaching sessions! ⚽

Ross Brooks talk to coach Karl Marius Aksum about the importance of scanning for football players.

Ross Brooks of West Ham talks all about the common challenges in grassroots football! 

Brad talks all about how he got into coaching and how he creates the right atmosphere at Exeter.

Ross Brooks talks to former professional footballer Mark Roberts all about planning for life after being on the pitch.

Fiona Wilson talks all about The Importance of Player & Coach Wellbeing.

Sally is passionate about the Psychological and Social aspects of life through a Neuroscience Lens, Sally is also a Coach, Coach Developer & Consultant. 

Mark Bennett MBE has spent the last 30 years developing robust and scalable strategies and tools to help organisations, teams and individuals maximise the performance potential of themselves and the people they are influencing. In this episode: - Objectives as a coach (process v results) - Creating an environment (inclusion philosophy) - Player centred v needs centred - Play station coach v player...

In the third Coaches Insight episode we speak with Richard Shorter: (The Non-Perfect Dad) on how the role of the parents is so important and ways you can promote good behaviours.

The second in our Coaches Insight Series. This week we speak with Tom Statham of Manchester United.

Stewart & Ross talk to Rangers Football Academy coach, Thomas Carpels. They talk all about Brain Training in football and where it could be leading to! 

Paddy McCarthy is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most recently for English club Crystal Palace. He currently serves as the Under-18s coach at Crystal Palace. Born in Dublin, he began his football career as a junior with Manchester City before joining Leicester City in 2005 where he spent three seasons before jo...

Jamie Lawrence is a former professional football player having made 70 appearances in the Premier League. He played as a right winger for Sunderland, Doncaster Rovers, Leicester City, Bradford City, Walsall, & Wigan Athletic. He also has 24 caps for the Jamaican National team. His route to professional football was very different to many others, having led a very troubled lifestyle as a teenag...

In this interview Martyn Margetson the current England National Team Senior Goalkeeping Coach sits down with Jimmy Walker to discuss his career, goalkeeping topics and individual England goalkeepers! “Marge” started his playing career with Manchester City, joining their youth system in 1988.He went on to make 60 first-team appearances for the Maine Road side, while also having loan spells with Bri...