Modern Soccer Coach Podcast

Gary is joined by former professional player and current High Performance Coach, Drewe Broughton. He now works with players, athletes, and business professionals to "manage fear and fulfill potential" and discusses the following: - How fear holds back players? - Ways that coaches can help - Why understanding vulnerability can help coaches - Ideas that can help coaches through tough times And much...

Gary is joined by Irish Football Association elite performance director, Jim Magilton, to discuss his youth experience at Liverpool, and how it helped him continue his playing career in the Premier League, along with the management side of the game with Ipswich Town and Queens Park Rangers. He talks about the following: - Lessons from Liverpool as a youth player - How Kenny Dalglish told him he wa...

Gary is joined by former Tottenham Hotspur and Norwich City player, Paul McVeigh. After his career in the Premier League, Paul moved onto the psychology side of the game and earned a Master's in Sports Psychology. He also wrote 'The Stupid Footballer is Dead' which details his own experiences as a player and takes the reader into the future in terms of how demanding the game is now becoming on the...

Gary talks with Brazil national team assistant coach, Matheus Bachi, to discuss his role with the national team and get an insight into their culture, environment, and player relationships. Matheus featured heavily in the 'All Or Nothing' documentary on Amazon Prime about the Copa America success, and discusses a variety of different contexts: player relationships, pressure from fans, team-talks,...

Gary is joined by Laurie Bell, a professional player whose career has taken him to England, USA, and Sweden. He also works at Heja and discusses the changing role of communication in the game including the following: - What makes a coach a great communicator? - Are we reluctant to praise players today? - How did coaches challenge him at Manchester City? - Does the role of coach change in USA and E...

Gary is joined by David Webb to discuss recruitment at the professional level. David is the former Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town, and has also worked at Bournemouth, Ostersunds FK, Tottenham Hotspurs, Crystal Palace and Southampton. David discusses the following: - Working with Mauricio Pochettino and what type of players he was looking for? - What makes a player stand out at ea...

Gary is joined by Sheffield United Individual Development Coach, Rhys Carr, who discusses his role, along with the dynamics of player development at the professional level. Rhys gives his perspective on "exposing the player" to their weaknesses in the development process. At youth level, you often see the best players cruise through training sessions, but Rhys explains how a young defender in the...

Gary is joined by Brighton and Hove Albion manager Hope Powell. She was the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain women's Olympic football team until August 2013. In this interview, she shares her thoughts about the advances in the women's game at the professional level and how this has impacted staffing and creating an elite environment. We are excited to team...

Gary is joined by StatsBomb founder and CEO Ted Knutson and discusses the role of data and analytics in the game today. Ted gives a great insight into the following: - How Liverpool have managed to use their data and create a huge competitive advantage. - Role of data in recruitment - Is data moving faster than coach education? - Set-pieces and data - How does an analyst make an impact in a team e...

Gary is joined by legendary UNC Chapel Hill Coach Anson Dorrance, to discuss the oldest argument in the game: which is more important, the players or the system. He may have won 21 national titles and a World Championship, but is still one of the most humble and funniest people that you will listen to. This podcast is brought to you again by SportsLab360, an outstanding platform designed to empowe...

Gary is joined by manager of Chelsea Women FC, Emma Hayes. She discusses the following: - Her views on the role of data & analysis - Balancing family life - Challenges of Champions League football - Importance of effective daily processes - Differentiating yourself as a coach - Ways young coaches can get ahead And much more!! We are excited to team up with Duktig Brand for this interview. Duktig B...

Gary is joined by Director of World Football Academy, Raymond Verheijen, for a conversation around football fitness and coach education. In part two, Raymond discusses coach education and how he facilitates his objectives in a classroom environment, which includes throwing coaches out of the course and "holding the mirror up." We have teamed up with CoachTechSoccer for this interview. They are an...

Gary is joined by Director of World Football Academy, Raymond Verheijen, for a conversation around football fitness and coach education. In part one, Raymond discusses teams returning to training after the lockdown. He shares what coaches should be looking for and discusses what areas they should see changes. He also gives an insight into competence preceding consciousness and how that can be deve...

Gary is joined by Player and Coach Developer at Sarpsborg 08 and UEFA PRO Licensed coach, Frederico Morais, to discuss ways that coaches can implement a tactical methodology at their club, as well as sharing his perspectives in the game. He has worked at the professional level in Italy, France, Portugal, England, and now Norway, and is also a passionate student of the game. He discusses the follow...

This is the Q&A segment of the recent MSC Webinar with Match Analyst for Hungarian Football Federation and set-piece specialist, István Beregi. He did a 90 minute presentation on set pieces and how coaches can be more efficient with their time on the training pitch, as well as more detailed with their scouting in this area. This is the Q&A segment after the presentation. You can watch the full pre...

Gary is joined by former Celtic and Republic of Ireland goalkeeper, Packie Bonner, to discuss his playing career, the managers he played for and his current role with UEFA. Packie talks about the following: - The level of preparation for the 1990 penalty shoot-out - Was there any extra practice into those long goal kicks? - Playing for Jack Charlton - How management has changed - Leadership in the...

Gary is joined by former Tottenham and Republic of Ireland player and Premier League manager Chris Hughton, as part of the live interview with North American Irish Coaches. The former Newcastle, Norwich, Birmingham and Brighton manager discusses the following: - What he learned playing under Jack Charlton - Managing upwards in the modern game - Dealing with relegation at Newcastle - Role of data a...

Gary is joined by Red Bull Salzburg head coach Jesse Marsch from the MSC webinar last week. Jesse discusses his environment at Red Bull, the "classroom" environment of video analysis, the role of motivation and then the Q&A segment at the end where Jesse discusses his year backpacking with his family in 2013, how he would coach Dennis Rodman and much more! This podcast is brought to you again by S...

Gary is joined by former Hull City manager, Phil Brown, to discuss his coaching journey, life in the Premier League and his experiences most recently in India. Phil discusses: - The innovative culture at Bolton under Sam Allardyce - Pre-season with a newly promoted team - Challenges of recruitment at Premier League level - Dealing with media following the half-time talk at Man City - What he learn...

Gary is joined by Director of Coach Education at Belgium FA, Kris Van Der Haegen. He discusses their development model along with advice for coaches on their own programs that they have in place for their young players, including the following topics: - What Belgium changed in 2002 - Dealing with obstacles in development models - Kevin De Bruyne's late development lessons - Importance of 1v1 train...

Gary is joined by Ubuntu Cape Town FC coach and writer for Spielverlagerung, Moritz Kossman to discuss session design including: - What is his starting point for session design? - Why use different shapes like hexagons? - Why are underloads situations effective teaching tools? - Where does he draw inspiration for exercises? - Can sessions become too complex for players? - How do you judge success...

Gary is joined by PDS Coach and Consultant, Mark Bennett, and GB Basketball coach Alan Keane, to discuss how they have worked together to create an environment and coaching style centered around the player. They discuss the following: - What is need centered & why does it influence session planning? - How do you deal with same players always answering the questions & talking in group huddles? - Ho...

Gary is joined by former Dundee United and Glasgow Rangers forward Jon Daly. Since moving onto the coaching side of the game, Jon received an opportunity at Hearts in a unique position that we rarely talk about in coaching: the interim role. John discusses the challenges and opportunities in this role, both from a player and coaches perspective. He also shares his perspective on how you can potent...

Gary is joined by Veo CEO, Henrik Teisbæk, to talk about how youth and amateur teams can video their games - and potentially create opportunities for revenue streams and connections when the games resume. Veo is the portable, lightweight soccer camera that films games and practices automatically without the need for a camera operator. Once games are recorded, they're sent to the Veo online softwar...

This is from the live interview that Gary did with Jim McGuinness alongside the North American Irish Coaches. Jim achieved huge success as a coach in GAA with Donegal, but then moved over to soccer working with Celtic academy and U20, and then moving to Beijing to work with Roger Schmidt. In this interview he discusses: - How he changed the culture at Donegal - How do you train intensity - Differe...