The Inner Huddle - The Football (Soccer) Development Podcast for Parents & Coaches of Young Aspiring Players

In the seventh episode of series two, Pez and Geoff go deeper into youth football subjects than ever before! The following six questions were used to trigger many discussion points, many hard hitting, on a variety of topics. Lots of great advice for parents & coaches to help children fulfil their potential.  With only a limited amount of time for my child to practice, do you think he is best o...

The sixth episode of the new series has Pez, Geoff & Betsy answering and discussing more questions sent in from parents and coaches. They needed to draw upon all their years of professional coaching and sports psychology experience to answer some of these belters... My 6-year-old recently got scouted for a professional club whilst playing in a tournament. The scout has asked 3 of the players,...

In the fifth episode of the new series Pez, Geoff & Betsy tackle 10 more questions from parents and coaches. Probably the most diverse list of questions of this series so far and a fantastic amount for parents and coaches to take away: My daughter likes to use her toe a lot, especially to shoot at goal, but a few of her teammates have teased her about it and saying she shouldn’t “toe punt” the...

Dan Magness is a TV Presenter, football freestyler and one of the world's leading football entertainers. He talks to us about his life growing up, the importance of practice, developing resilience in children and how he once juggled a football 210 miles from Wembley to Old Trafford without dropping it once!  Question List: What was life like for you growing up? Was football a big part of your fami...

In the third episode of the new series Pez, Geoff & Betsy tackle 10 more questions from parents and coaches.  I heard you mention that it’s not a good idea to pay for goals. I’ve stopped doing it but my son’s granddad, and sometimes my wife, still continue to try to motivate my son in this way. Please can you explain in a bit more detail why it’s not a good idea? What are your thoughts on clubs ho...

In the second episode of the new series Pez & Geoff tackle 10 more questions from parents and coaches.  My son is fantastic in training but doesn’t have the same impact in his matches. How can I help him to reproduce what he does in training in matches? Charlie Webster continues to impress - do you think you’ll see the likes of him again? What’s better for my child’s development, playing with the...

We kick off the new series of The Inner Huddle podcast with 10 questions sent in by parents & coaches from around the world answered by Pez, Geoff and new resident Sports Psychologist, Betsy Tuffrey... How’s the book coming along & what’s the hardest chapter you’ve written in the book? I saw a Facebook post you put out about intrinsic and extrinsic motivators - can you explain more? My child is ju...

In this episode I am interviewed by Jason Blake from the Global Soccer Education podcast. This episode is in two parts so be sure to catch up with part 1. We discuss players I’ve worked with including the player being dubbed as the next English wonderkid, Charlie Webster, and Champions League/Premier League winners, Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. We talk about Street soccer and the diff...

In this episode I am interviewed by Jason Blake from the Global Soccer Education podcast. We discuss players I’ve worked with including the player being dubbed as the next English wonderkid, Charlie Webster, and Champions League/Premier League winners, Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. We talk about Street soccer and the differences between individual development and team coaching. This ep...

In this episode Geoff and I are joined by former Southampton FC coach, Paul Matthews, who now heads up the younger age groups at Pezzaz Street Soccer.  We discuss all things to do with online coaching sessions and remote learning for children. We discuss the benefits, how sessions are delivered, why you should definitely get your children involved and how during the lockdown period, players actual...

Part 2 of our interview with former Premier League and Republic of Ireland player Andy Reid.   We decided to publish the whole of part 2 rather than split it into more parts. Although rather long is got some great stuff in there and my most enjoyable yet. There were far too many questions to list! Sit back and enjoy...   Please leave us a nice 5 star review and subscribe. It really does help to ge...

In this 10'000 download celebratory episode (Part 1) I chat to former Premier League & Republic of Ireland International, Andy Reid, about his playing career, coaching, character and helping develop players and people. Loads of golden advice for coaches, parents and players!   Reidy has been a long time friend after we worked together at Charlton Athletic. The questions we had on paper are listed...

In this episode (part 2) we continue our chat with sports psychologist, Betsy Tuffrey, about anxiety, helping children and home life for parents, including lots of helpful advice. The list of question and timings are below. Part 2   1.     (Start) Anxiety seems to be a very big problem right now. These are unprecedented times and therefore I guess we have nothing to compare or contextualise it. Th...

In this episode (part 1) we welcome back Betsy Tuffrey who is a Sports Psychologist at Brighton & Hove Albion FC. Betsy talks about life at the club during lockdown and answers questions about home life for parents including lots of helpful advice. The list of question and timings are below. Part 1 (Start) Can you tell us a bit about your background and what Sports Psychology is?   (4:55) How are...

During quarantine I was asked if I would do a video interview for the West Canada Soccer Academy as part of their Player Development Master Class Series as a technical development expert.   I was interviewed by my old friend Jason Blake who I worked with at Southampton FC. Jason went onto work at AFC Bournemouth, Burnley and now is Technical Director at the West Canada Soccer Academy and Red Deer...

Welcome to part 2 of our lockdown training special. Lockdown has been challenging for parents, children and coaches. Trying to balance home schooling, work, exercise and keeping up with training and hobbies. In this episode we continue to discuss individual football training practices at home. PART 2 6. (0.00) What are your thoughts on the people that are very scathing of these at home isolated in...

Lockdown has been challenging for parents, children and coaches. Trying to balance home schooling, work, exercise and keeping up with training and hobbies. In this episode we discuss individual football training practices at home. PART 1 (00:00) How have you been engaging with your players and keeping them active during the lockdown? (8:25) What have been the biggest challenges? (16:06) What has t...

Welcome to our latest podcast! In this episode Geoff and Perry discuss the Pezzaz SkillTech Scheme and how it helped players such as Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and England U16 captain, Charlie Webster. They talk about how the idea came about and how you can be part of the scheme from anywhere in the world! For more information please visit  https://pezzazstreetsoccer.com/sessions/skillt...

We caught up with our old friend, former England international, Danny Mills, on our summer Elite Training Camp. The podcast Was recorded in front of a live audience. Many questions were asked from the coaches and young players:   (Start) Tell us a bit about your journey, what teams did you play for? (10:48) How old were you when you started playing? (15:30) What setbacks did you have along the way...

To prepare for the upcoming visit of Danny Mills we tested out our new recording equipment with the help of nearly 10 year old Josh! Josh joined us in the Pezzaz podcast room to answer questions sent in about football. An interesting insight to the thoughts of a young player...

With the upcoming Pezza Elite Training Camp, we caught up with our very own Geoff Bonner to ask him about his role at the camp and how Futsal is so important for youth football development.

Welcome to another Extra Time edition of the Inner Huddle. In this episode Perry chats a little bit more about professional academies following on from the recent episode about what scouts looks for. Perry is a pre-academy coach and scout for Southampton FC. Please get in touch with any comments or any questions that you have.  As always, please like and share.   

Welcome to Extra Time! In this episode Perry answers some of the most recently asked questions about the Pezzaz Holiday Camps: Why are your holiday courses a bit more expensive than some others out there? What sort of activities do you do? Are you all licensed coaches Can children book in for more individual days? What time do you start and finish? Please share and comment. Thanks for listening

Welcome to our first Extra Time edition of The Inner Huddle! These bonus episodes are shorter and aim to answer any specific question, to add any observations or experiences that we think are relevant and interesting, or to add anything we might have missed in the main episodes. In this edition Perry answers this question sent in by Tommy: What do professional scouts look for when assessing childr...

Welcome to the fourth part of our Pezzaz Coaching Special on the Inner Huddle Podcast. In this part we explain a bit more about the pricing of our sessions and get very in-depth about coaching methods and why we do what we do. The list of questions with timings are below although we get a bit deeper than some of them might suggest! Enjoy...   Q19 (01:12) Why does your Academy stop at under 11s...?...