Modern Soccer Coach Podcast

Gary is joined by Nate Weiss, Individual Development Coach at VfB Stuttgart in Germany's Bundesliga. He shares his journey from playing college soccer in US with NC State, to playing professionally in Europe, and then transitioning to the individual development side of the game. NEW MODERN SOCCER COACH BOOK: DETAIL IS OUT NOW!!!! Find out more and get your copy below: https://www.modernsoccercoach...

Gary is joined by Candice Fabry, Founder and Mentor at Fearless & Capable – a female led mentorship program for women working in sport. She also has extensive experience as a coach and in the coach education world as well. Candice talks about life – balance and coaching: - Is it possible or just a myth? - How can we manage the hectic world of coaching and family life? - How important is happiness...

Gary is joined by Head of Performance Analysis at Maccabi Haifa FC, Adam David. He has also worked in analysis and scouting for Hapoel Tel Aviv FC and Performance Analyst in Chelsea academy. Adam shares his insight into the role of video analysis at professional level, and the journey in terms of what it takes to get there including: - Ways to connect with players on video analysis - Communicating...

Gary is joined by David Charlton to discuss 'Demystifying Mental Toughness'. David is the Owner of Inspiring Sporting Excellence and is a HCPC Sports and Exercise Psychologist. You can check out his work at https://www.sport-excellence.co.uk/ This is part two of the interview… part one is David interviewing Gary on a coaches viewpoint on the mental side of the game. The interview is available belo...

Gary previews the upcoming MSC Virtual High School Coaches Conference on Saturday, January 8th with Todd Beane, Donna Fishter, Cody Royle, Bri Brown and Nicole Surdyka. You can find out more and register for the event here: https://www.modernsoccercoach.com/product-page/virtual-high-school-coaches-conference To read more about the presenters: https://www.modernsoccercoach.com/post/msc-high-school-...

Gary is joined by a panel of High School soccer coaches: Nick Martin, Nicole Arsenault, Dan Rudolph, and Adam Scott, to discuss the specific challenges that they face throughout the high school season. This podcast is in preparation for the MSC Virtual High School Coaches Conference on January 8th. There will be a full day of online presentations from some of the best presenters in the world! Plea...

Gary is joined by Greece assistant coach, Michael Valkanis, to discuss his role during the recent World Cup qualification period. A former professional and Australia national team player, Michael has also worked as head coach with Melbourne City and assistant coach with PEC Zwolle in the Dutch Eredivisie. During the interview Michael discusses: - The importance of flexibility in a game model - Exp...

Gary is joined by the first Iranian-American to carry a FIFA A coaching license, Kat Khosrowyar. She is the former Iran Under 19 National team Head Coach and was nominated best coach of Asia in 2019. In this interview she discusses.... - Growing Iranian women’s league from 40 women to over 2 million - Changing FIFA legislation on religious head-wear - Developing players at international level - Re...

Gary is back for a new series and is joined by Programme Leader in Football Coaching & Management at UCFB, Chester City Lead Coach (U9s-U14s) and author of 'The Intelligent Soccer Coach' Carl Wild. Carl discusses how coaches can improve their preparation, execution, and review of training sessions, as well as tips on how to improve connecting with players and designing sessions to suit and challen...

Gary is joined by England Futsal Team Head Coach & technical performance manager, Michael Skubala, to discuss lessons and detail from the futsal game including: - Facilitating decision making in the game - Managing an average of 80 substitutions per game - Technical and tactical demands of world class futsal players - Coaching accountability in moments of transition - 'My Game, Our Game, Your Game...

Gary is joined by Lead Sports Scientist – Southampton FC Womens and Girls. She has also recently worked as first team sport scientist at Southampton, as well as the academy at Southampton and Aston Villa. In this interview, she gives fantastic insight here around the topic of pre-season training with tips for coaches as well as insights from her journey and career. This podcast is sponsored by our...

Gary is joined by Hartford Athletic head coach, Harry Watling, to discuss his transition from working with youth players to senior professionals. Before managing the USL club, Harry has worked at Chelsea, West Ham, and Milwall academies. He discusses: - Individual development plans and how to they transfer to professional levels - Role of mentors who have helped challenge and support him - Session...

Gary is joined by Tactical and Video Analyst from Statsbomb, Carlon Carpenter, to discuss ways that college and club coaches can plan to maximize and communicate their analysis for the upcoming season. Carlon shares his experiences as an analyst from US Youth National Team and University of Virginia, as well as his insights from Statsbomb to help coaches in the following areas: - Make analysis wor...

Gary is joined by Karl Marius Aksum to discuss a very unique topic. Karl is a current PhD Candidate researching Visual Perception in Elite Football. He has a Master's Degree in Coaching and Psychology and wrote his Master's thesis on visual perception in real football match play on AFC Ajax players, aged 14-20, from where I received the highest possible grade He also has a Bachelor's Degree in Foo...

Gary is joined by Sanjeev Parmar, a youth development expert who runs Futuro Soccer Academy in Ottawa, Canada. He has a unique approach and philosophy around development and talks about the following: - Training exercises that engage the players - Being competitive without focusing on result - Importance of physical training alongside technical - Educating parents in the process And much more!!! W...

Gary is joined by Eric Laurie who is currently working in Norway, Molde FK in the Norwegian Eliteserien, as Head of Academy Performance Analysis and a coach on the U16 staff. Eric discusses analysis at youth level as well as the career path for a young analyst in the professional game. This podcast is sponsored by Wildkard. Wildkard is the industry's 1st social and admin platform for teams. With W...

Last week I sat down with the Double Pass team of Jared Micklos, Hans Vander Elst, Kevin Nicholson, and Stig Meylemans. Double Pass is a Belgian company that assesses and advises football clubs, (con)federations and leagues around the world, on ways in which they can optimize their talent development. In March 2020, FIFA enlisted them as a partner to roll out a new ‘Talent Development Progamme’. D...

We were recently joined by TOVO Director, Todd Beane, to be the first to achieve a hat-trick of appearances on MSC for Todd, having previously done a podcast in 2018 and then a special guest slot at the MSC Roadshow event in Chicago in 2019. This chat was a little different and centered around the personality and leadership capabilities of the coach, so that they can maximize the impact on culture...

Gary is joined by the scorer of the first ever goal in the FA Premier League in 1992, Brian Deane. He also played in the Premier League for Leeds United and Middlesbrough as well as playing top-flight football in Portugal and Australia for Benfica and Perth Glory, as well as England. He was also the manager of the Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08 and club owner of Football Superleague of Kosovo side Fe...

Gary is joined by New York Red Bulls Academy Director, Sean McCafferty. He discusses his journey working as Director with FC Barcelona’s Barca Residency Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona, before moving to the Red Bulls and talks about the following: - How Barcelona make the complex simple - Coaching decision making and problem solving with US player - Is our game too transitional in US and UK? - Wha...

Gary Curneen joins Vin Blaine to discuss pressing systems in the modern game. This is an exert from Vin's podcast 'On The Sideline' and they talk about the following: - Understanding pressing 'triggers' - How a culture off the field must compliment the work on it - Creating player profiles - How to get to the details in training sessions You can order a copy of the Pressing book here: https://www....

Gary is joined by former Tottenham Hotspurs defender and professional coach, Dean Austin, to discuss the relationship between head coach and assistant. Dean has worked in both roles in the professional game, as head coach at Northampton Town, and then as an assistant coach with Crystal Palace and most recently with Quique Flores at Watford. Dean kicked off the interview from a head coach perspecti...

Gary is joined by MLS veteran Wells Thompson and Dr. Brad Miller to discuss ways in which coaches can help players deal with setbacks in the game. Both have teamed up to develop Soccer Resilience Program to help youth, college and professional players’ build resilience to adversity and reach their potential on the field and in life. They discuss the following: - How the combination of Wells’ exper...

Gary is joined by author of 'Soccology' and former player, Kevin George, to talk about emotional literacy and the work he is doing on the mental side of the game with youth players in England. We've had Kevin on the podcast before but this was definitely new territory in terms of looking into a key topic and getting Kevin's insight into how it applies in football and how we can implement it with o...

Gary is joined by England assistant coach, Bev Priestman to discuss her role in the 2015 and 2019 World Cups with Canada and England respectively. Bev talks about... - Different ways teams structured their training camps - Achieving the balance of work and play around the hotel - The dynamics of game management as a staff - How match reviews and scouting departments work together - The players of...