The Soccer Coaching Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Episode 106,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 106 - Designing effective training practices and adapting for winter training, a conversation with Macauley Musgrave coach and owner of The Coaches Zone   In this episode we speak with the awesome Macauley Musgrave (Macca) about how he goes about designing effective tra...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 105,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 105 - A Look At How Coaching Player Behaviours Can Support Player Development,  A conversation with Dan Abrahams, sports psychologist, podcast host and author In this episode we speak with the awesome Dan Abrahams about how coaches can focus on player behaviours to help...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 104,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   How Coaching Abroad Has Helped Me Develop, a conversation with Billy Ready, UEFA B coach at PASS Abu Dhabi   In this episode we speak with Billy Ready about how coaching abroad has helped him develop as a coach. Billy talks us through how his approach to coaching has evolved si...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 103,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 103 - Using Positional Play To Better Understand The Game, a conversation with David Garcia, UEFA Coach, Coach Developer and founder of `It's Just A Sport` In this episode we talk to the awesome David Garcia about how we can use the concept of `positional play` to...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 102,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   A look at the importance of Mental Training in athlete development, a conversation with Lindsey Willson founder of Positive Performance Training and the Mindset Coach Academy In this episode we speak again with Lindsey about the importance of and ways to support mental training...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 101,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 101 – What we might be able to learn as youth football coaches by looking at the adult game, a conversation with Jamie Tompkins, Senior Manager at Brentford FC CST and Ascot United 1st Team Manager In this episode we speak again with Jamie Tompkins, Senior Manager at Bren...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 100,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 100 - Facilitating Self Managing Teams, a conversation with Mark Bennett MBE and founder of PDS Coaching In this episode we talk to the awesome Mark Bennett (MBE), founder of PDS Coaching.  Mark talks about his journey and what inspired him to spend the past 30 years cr...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 99,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 99 – Reflecting Back on an U14's Season, a conversation with James Brooks, FA Level 2 grassroots and Development Centre Coach In this episode we talk to James Brooks (FA Level 2 grassroots and Development Centre Coach) about his grassroots teams U14’s Season. James...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 98,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 98 – 10 Things To Consider When Coaching Adolescent Football Players In this episode Scott reflects back on his experience of coaching the U13 and U14 boys’ team for the past two seasons. Scott talks about the differences between adolescence and puberty and how on reflec...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 97,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 97 – Key Coaching Topics for Youth Football Coaches and CPD, a conversation with Ray Power, Academy Manager, Coach Developer and Author In this episode we speak to Ray Power, academy manager, coach and author of Making the Ball Roll, Coaching Youth Football and the Delib...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 96,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 96 - The 3 A's to Maximising Player Game Impact In this episode Scott responds to several listener questions asking for more information about the 3 A’s that he uses to underpin his coaching syllabus and training sessions. Scott talks us through the 3 A’s (Attitude,...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 95,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Quality Coaching and Player Engagement, a conversation with Faith Jasper,  Coach and Recreational Therapist In this episode we discuss what is quality coaching? And the importance of player engagement, especially with our youngest players, with Faith Jasper, Coach and Recreation...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 94,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 94 - Top Trump Coaching Tips, a Christmas Special! In this episode Mark and I play Top Trumps with our coaching tips to see who has the best tips for coaches. We share a coaching tip each, that we believe is important in coaching and and try and agree which one is the `b...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 93,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 93 – Developing Your Coaching Blueprint, a conversation with Jason Carney,  UEFA coach and author In this episode we talk to Jason about the importance or having a coach’s blueprint and how you can put one together. Jason talks us through his own playing and coaching jou...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 92,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 92 – My Coaching Journey, so far!...a conversation with Ali Speechly UEFA B football coach In this episode we talk to Ali about her football coaching journey including going from her Level 1 to UEFA B and coaching grassroots and academy players. Ali shares her approach t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 91,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 91 – Developing a Team Culture, a conversation with JP Nerbun,  coach, author and founder of TOC Culture Consulting In this episode we talk to JP Nerbun about developing a team culture. We discuss JP`s coaching background and experiences and then look at some of the key...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 90,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 90 – What is Great Coaching? a conversation with Shane Smith In this episode we talk to Shane Smith about what is great coaching and how to support player development. Shane has a BSc in Sports Science, an M.A. in Primary Education, is a primary school teacher and a coac...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 89,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 89 - Connected Coaching, The Craft of Player Development, a conversation with Ben Bartlett In this episode we talk with Ben Bartlett about his second book Connected Coaching, The Craft of Player Development. Ben updates us on what’s changed since we last spoke (episode #...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 88,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Episode 88 - A look at academy coaching, a conversation with Ross O'Kane, UEFA A and Advanced Youth Award Coach In this episode we talk with Ross O’Kane about his experience of coaching in the academy system for the past twelve years. Ross talks to us about his time as foun...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 87,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   How to plan a season long Player Development Program, a conversation with Carl Wild, lecturer, author and lead U9’s-U14’s coach at Chester FC   In this episode Carl returns to discuss the topic of player development and how we might approach supporting our players individual dev...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 85,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) All things 9 aside, a conversation with James Brooks, FA level 2 and Brentford FC Foundation/ YDP phase coach In this episode we discuss all things 9 aside with James Brooks, FA level 2 and Brentford FC coach. James reflects on what the team had in place to transition from 7 to 9...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 85,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Foundation Phase Player Development, a conversation with Pete Sturgess, FA National Lead Coach (5-11) In this episode we talk with Peter Sturgess about all things coaching with a focus on the Foundation Phase Pete talks to us about his own coaching journey and the time he spent...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 84,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Creating a Great Training Environment, a conversation with Jonny Martin from the Football Fun Factory In this episode we talk with Jonny Martin, Co-Founder and Director @ the Football Fun Factory. Jonny talks to us about his own coaching journey and time he spent in academy footba...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 83,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   All things 7 aside, a conversation with Mark Edwards, FA level 2 coach,  U10’s coach/manager and Football Development Officer In this episode we talk all things 7 aside with Mark Edwards who is currently coaching/managing a boys U10’s team. Mark is also one of the Football Devel...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 82,  Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)   Football Beyond Borders, existing to change the lives of young people,  a conversation with Jeremie Tchibo from FBB In this episode we talk with Jeremie Tchibo about the work he and the team do to support young people at Football Beyond Borders. We discuss how Football Beyond Bo...