Send us a text Episode 113, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 113 - Formations and Playing Positions, a conversation with Ray Power Football formations mystify many coaches – are they essential blueprints or merely starting points for something more fluid? Ray Power, Head of Football at Bangladesh's National Academy (BKSP), masterfully deconstructs this question through the lens of both elite and grassroots football development. Powe...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 113
Send us a text Episode 112, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 112 - A Look At Grassroots Football, with Jason Carney, Director of Coaching at FC Portland and Author In this episode we speak again with the wonderful Jason Carney, who is the Director of Coaching at FC Portland. We discuss his coaching background and updates since we previously spoke back in 2022. We discuss grassroots football, the obstacles to player development and s...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 112
Send us a text Episode 111, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 111 - A Look At Scouting In Grassroots Youth Football, a conversation with Chris Robinson, Director at The Scouting Game and Head of Academy Recruitment at Southampton FC In this episode we speak with the awesome Chris Robinson about the world of scouting. We look behind the curtain of grassroots youth football scouting and Chris helps us demystify the scouting process. We...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 111
Send us a text Episode 110, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 110 – Giving The Game Back To The Kids, a conversation with Chris Fraser In this episode we speak to Chris Fraser about grassroots football and discuss if adults are taking the game away from the kids We talk about the experiences Chris has seen this seen and how youth grassroots football has changes over the past few years. Chris suggests some possible options for us to c...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 110
Send us a text Episode 109, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 109 – What’s too far? A conversation about behaviour in youth grassroots football In this episode we speak with James Brooks and discuss behaviour in grassroots football. We look at coach matchday behaviour and what’s changes over the past 5-10 years and discuss some of the reasons. We also look at spectators and players and the role the FA and leagues could and possibly s...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 109
Send us a text Episode 108, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 108 – How To Deliver An Effective Training Session, a conversation with Mark Rivers, Arsenal Pre-Academy Manager and FA Tutor In this episode we speak with the awesome Mark Rivers who is the current Pre-Academy Manager at Arsenal and an FA Tutor. Mark talks us through his own coaching journey and how that influences his delivery as well as what he believes helps make an ef...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 108
Send us a text Episode 107, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 107 – Maximising Coach Delivery, a conversation with Temisan Williams former academy UEFA A coach and founder of Excellence Academy In this episode we speak with the awesome Temisan Williams (Temi) about his top tips for coaches to maximise their coaching delivery. Temi talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about how his own views on coaching h...
Feb 05, 2024•59 min•Season 6Ep. 107
Send us a text 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 training practices. We also discuss what coaches could consider as many of us move into winter training. Macca...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 106
Send us a text 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 the players develop Dan talks us through his own coaching journey and his passion for sports psychology. ...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 105
Send us a text 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 since we last spoke and the adaptations he has made so as to effectively coach abroad. Billy tells us about h...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 104
Send us a text 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 better understand the game. David talks us through his own coaching journey and how the Spanish and South Amer...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 103
Send us a text 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 of young athletes. Lindsey talks us through her own journey as an elite basketball player and the role t...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 102
Send us a text 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 Brentford FC CST and Ascot United 1st Team Manager. Jamie helps us look at what we might be able to take fr...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 101
Send us a text 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 crafting his understanding and skills to help others get the best of themselves. We talk about how coaches c...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 100
Send us a text 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 gives us a bit of background to the team and what was in place up to the send of U13’s. We discuss the ambitio...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 99
Send us a text 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 reflection he wasn’t as informed as he could and should have been to fully understand and support the players. ...
May 24, 2023•36 min•Season 5Ep. 98
Send us a text 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 Deliberate Soccer Practices series of books. Ray tells us what he believes are some of the key topics youth fo...
Feb 27, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 97
Send us a text 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, Ability and Application), what is included in each one and how they are used in practice. He also explains ho...
Feb 13, 2023•38 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Send us a text 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 Recreational Therapist Faith tells us about her playing and coaching journey and how she started coaching at 14 year...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 95
Send us a text 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 `best` ;) The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCast The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thes...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 94
Send us a text 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 journey and explains how his own experiences influence his approach to coaching now. We discuss what a coachi...
Dec 12, 2022•59 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Send us a text 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 to coaching, what her successes have been so far and what have been some of the challenges on the journey....
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 92
Send us a text 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 areas that impact on culture developing. These included What is Transformational Leadership and how can co...
Nov 21, 2022•52 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Send us a text 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 coach. We discuss what great coaching may look like by reviewing the coach, the environment, the challenges, ...
Oct 25, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 90
Send us a text 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 #75) and we briefly revisit his first book before taking a closer look at the new book. Ben explains the b...
Oct 11, 2022•58 min•Season 5Ep. 89
Send us a text 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 foundation phase lead coach at Luton FC and his approach to coaching. We discuss how academies approach player dev...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 88
Send us a text 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 development over the long-term. Carl shares his thoughts on what player development means to him and some of t...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 87
Send us a text 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 aside, how they managed player recruitment, playing time, formations and the overall philosophy. We als...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Send us a text 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 in academy football and his role at the FA. We discuss what the foundation phase is and why it’s so impor...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 85
Send us a text 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 football, as well as the evolution of the Football Fun Factory (FFF) since its inception in 2019. We discuss ...
Jul 04, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 84
