Football Coaches Australia Podcast

On Thursday, 4 June 2020, Bendigo Amateur Soccer Association Technical Director Louise McColl spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic: 'Developing a Coaching Culture.'

On Thursday, 14 May 2020, Former FFA National Community Coach Development Manager Les Bee and Football New South Wales Coach Educator Chris Adams spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic: 'Managing Your Players' Behaviour at Training.'

On Tuesday, 19 May 2020, Young Socceroos Head Coach Gary Van Egmond and FFA Technical Analyst Adam Barbera spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic: ‘Young Socceroos qualifier process & challenges towards Uzbekistan 2020 (now deferred) U-19 Asian Championships.’

On Wednesday, 20 May 2020, Capital Football's Technical Director Scott O'Donell spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic: 'A Facilitated Learning Match Day Approach for Community & Junior Coaches'.

On Wednesday, 13 May 2020, Football Coaches Australia Vice President Heather Garriock was the guest presenter for FCA's monthly Women's Football Coaches Forum and spoke on the topic: 'Bridging The Gap - It's time to Reset - Preparing players and coaches for the next step from Club to Elite football.'

On Tuesday, 12 May 2020, an expert panel of mental health experts led by Nick Bracks and Lucien Okill from Mental Health Masterclass spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic 'A Conversation: Mental Health and Well-being in the High Performance World.' 

The expert panel also included:

Dr Mark Jones, Chief Medical Officer, Football Federation Australia

Dr Deidre Anderson, Well-being Manager, 2021 Olympic Softball Team; Chair - Rugby League Players Association

Dr Craig Duncan, Founder/ CEO Performance Intelligence Agency

The forum was conducted to provide football coaches, especially those working in the high-pressured world of professional football, with tools to maintain their own mental health and well-being, and also advice on how to help players and staff through mental health struggles. 

The forum was conducted on the virtual meeting platform Zoom, and has been converted to an audio file for this podcast. 

During the forum, the panel answered participant questions, some of which can be heard in this podcast.

On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, Australia's most successful ALeague Coach, Ernie Merrick, spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on the topic 'Coaching, Strategy and Survival.'

At the end of April 2020, Doctor Ron Smith - one of Australia's most respected football coaches and founder of The Football Centre, spoke to Football Coaches Australia Executive Committee Member and former Socceroo Gary Cole on the topic 'building elements of the game into practice.'

Football South Australia's Coach Education Manager Alec Wilson spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on Thursday, 30 April 2020, on the topic: “Empowering Self-Directed Learning for Junior Players."

Football Federation Australia's High Performance Coordinator and Head of Sports Science Andrew Clark spoke to Football Coaches Australia members on Tuesday, 28 April 2020, on the topic: “Sports Science in Football – Where are we at? - Simple tips to help make you a better coach.”