In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses how visualisation and imagery can really help players focus, especially those that suffer with performance anxiety or nerves. Very powerful stuff! Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is t...
Jun 06, 2025•14 min•Ep. 77
In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses the importance of children being allowed to try things, express themselves and play without fear of failure if they are truly to fulfil their potential. There is a danger that children are becoming over coached and creativity is being stifled. Possibly one of the most important Extra Time podcasts of them all! Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work wi...
Apr 03, 2025•12 min•Ep. 76
In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses how children (and parents) should concentrate on the process of individual improvement rather than the outcome of getting scouted to a pro club if a player is to increase their chances of fulfilling their potential. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help y...
Mar 28, 2025•8 min•Ep. 75
In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses the importance of football being used to help children develop resilience, build character and learn life lessons. Possibly one of the most important topics of all! Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking....
Mar 06, 2025•15 min•Ep. 74
In this Extra Time edition of the The Inner Huddle Perry discusses why it's not beneficial to judge your child's progress simply based on how they perform in matches. Matches help children learn the game and develop intuition and understanding, but, in terms of football development, one to three minutes contact time with the ball isn't enough. The result, and how your child played, is also not a good guide to how well your child is developing. A very important episode! Please visit Perry's blog ...
Feb 27, 2025•16 min•Ep. 73
A long overdue return of The Inner Huddle (Bitesize)! Perry discusses the potential pitfalls if your child spends a lot of time looking at you, or another family member, during matches and training. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and advice to help your child fulfil their potential. www.perrycocking.com The topic is taken from a cha...
Jan 30, 2025•10 min•Ep. 72
The question I get asked the most! "What should I be looking for when choosing a team for my child to play for...?" In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle, Perry discusses what parents should be looking for, the questions to ask, and what to avoid, when choosing a team for their child to play for. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, ...
Jul 14, 2024•23 min•Ep. 71
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle, Perry talks about an incident with Burton Albion's new signing, Charlie Webster, when he was an Under 9 player and his father. Some great advice for parents about the importance of good communication and building good relationships with coaches. Please visit Perry's blog site and sign up for his monthly newsletter for opportunities for you and your child to work with him privately and to hear about all his latest blogs, podcasts, top tips and ...
Jul 07, 2024•13 min•Ep. 70
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle, Perry talks about the positive impact playing Futsal can have on children's development and why parents should try to find a club for them to play at and why coaches should embrace it. The game was played by Messi and Ronaldo so what better endorsement is there! The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewB...
May 22, 2024•15 min•Ep. 69
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of not comparing your child's performances to the best you've seen them play and how this can lead to parents trying to influence performances with external rewards. He talks about the dangers of using a child's best performance as a benchmark as there are too many uncontrollable variables within a single performance outcome. The topic is taken from a chapter in Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? ...
May 15, 2024•10 min•Ep. 68
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of not comparing your child to others, especially with regards to wanting your child to have their attributes. He talks about the dangers of comparison and the tendency to focus on pecieved weaknesses. This is taken from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails...
May 01, 2024•6 min•Ep. 67
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about how children are capable of much more than you think and should be allowed to play for as long as their enjoyment allows. This is taken from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails
Apr 26, 2024•7 min•Ep. 66
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of encouraging your child to not be afraid of making mistakes to help them fulfil their potential. Encouraging your child to not be afraid of making mistakes is one of the key messages from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails
Apr 16, 2024•8 min•Ep. 65
In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. Does shouting out from the side lines really ever achieve anything positive? Chapter 26 - Embrace and encourage rotation of players to play in different positions. My son’s team does not give a top scorer award but every team at the club does. So I buy him the trophy...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 64
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of encouraging self-expression and flair and how you can help your child to embrace this mindset to help them fulfil their potential. Encourage self-expression and flair is one of the key messages from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails...
Mar 22, 2024•8 min•Ep. 63
In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. I’ve heard you both talk about the need for players to scan whilst playing. Do you have any advice for helping my son to scan more or know of any drills that might help…? Chapter 66 - Playing for more than one team My 9 year old lad has been told his grassroots team ...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 62
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the importance of embracing mistakes and failure and how you can help your child to embrace this mindset to help them fulfil their potential. Embrace mistakes and failure is one of the key messages from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails
Mar 08, 2024•7 min•Ep. 61
In the latest episode of series three Pez & Geoff answer more questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. I love players that can go past other players and mavericks of the game. Do you think this country will produce more flair players in the future or has the game changed now…? Chapter 3 - Embrace Mistakes and Failure I’m a coach for an U8s team and in training I play ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 60
In this latest bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about the huge importance of helping your child develop a growth mindset rather than a fixed one and offers insights and practical advice from his many years of experience. Developing a growth mindset is one of the key messages from Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails...
Feb 23, 2024•18 min•Ep. 59
In this bitesize episode of the Inner Huddle Perry talks about what success at youth football means to different parents and the importance of aligning that with the player's ambitions. Defining success, is the first chapter of Perry's new book - Did You Win, Did You Score...? How to help your child succeed at football and life. Available on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/NewBookDetails
Feb 11, 2024•7 min•Ep. 58
In the second episode of the new series Pez & Geoff answer questions sent in by parents and coaches along with discussing some of the chapters in Pez's new book (Did You Win, Did You Score...?) The questions are listed below. I recently started coaching my boys team who will move up to U7s this year. There seems to be a lot of pressure from people saying that they need to be playing loads of summer tournaments to ‘get them ready’ for their first season, but I’m just not sure it’s the right t...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 57
Welcome to the new series of The Inner Huddle! In the forst episode of the new series, and back by popular demand, we continue to look at various chapters from Perry's new book, Did You Win, Did You Score...? (How to Help Your Child Succeed at Football & Life). Loads of great snippets and takeaways to be had for parents and coaches alike. Please see the book synopsis below. The book is now available on Amazon UK! (link below) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Did-You-Win-Score-football/dp/1913012980/...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 56
In the final episode of season two Perry & Geoff look at various chapters from Perry's new book, Did You Win, Did You Score...? (How to Help Your Child Succeed at Football & Life). Loads of great snippets and takeaways to be had for parents and coaches alike. Please see the book synopsis below. The book is available on Amazon (link below). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Did-You-Win-Score-football/dp/1913012980/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1L40Q60J7BGAF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IALWCNLKc8VUdoAof6op4w.ZlNsCgeAVA...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 55
In the penultimate episode of series two, Pez and Geoff answer more questions from parents to do with youth football. The following eight questions were used to trigger many different discussion points and is a must listen for all parents and coaches! There's lots of great advice for parents & coaches to help children fulfil their potential. Please subscribe, share and rate the podcast to help us grow and reach more like minded parents around the world. My son plays for a team with his frien...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 54
In the eighth episode of series two, Pez and Geoff answer more questions from parents to do with youth football. The following seven questions were used to trigger many different discussion points and is a must listen for all parents and coaches! There's lots of great advice for parents & coaches to help children fulfil their potential. Please subscribe, share and rate the podcast to help us grow and reach more like minded parents around the world. My son has suddenly decided that he wants t...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 53
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 off practicing his strengths or his weaknesses…? In a previous episode you talked about the power of v...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 52
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, including my son, to attend a training session. The two others are going but we (his parents) are wo...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 51
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 ball. Should I be encouraging her not to do it? What is spotlight profiling? The manager of my son’...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 50
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 family life? Were you always dedicated to football? Who has been the biggest star you’ve met? What’s the ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 49
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 holding trials...? My son is 7 years old and I’m weary of taking him to club trials as it sounds qu...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 48
