Episode 57

 Care, Compassion, and coaching outside of your comfort zone. 

 Football coaching is a competitive business, especially for those who aren't former, or current footballers. For many prospective coaches, the first few years are awash with late nights, early mornings, expensive qualifications, and often, making a potentially risky decision. 

For Marc Joyce, that decision came when an opportunity arose in The United States to coach full time, as part of the Lexington Soccer Academy. Marc left his home on the Wirral and a steady job, and pitched up 4000 miles away in South Carolina.

We talk to Marc about his first coaching role in grassroots football, the transition to life in America, his core beliefs for coaching, and the difference in transatlantic approaches to youth football (or Soccer).

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If you have been affected by any of the themes discussed in today's episode, we have listed some organisations below who are there if you need to talk:

Samaritans 

https://www.samaritans.org/

Papyrus UK

Papyrus Website

CALM ZONE

https://www.thecalmzone.net/help/helpline/

MIND

https://www.mind.org.uk/

The Kaleidoscope Plus Group

https://www.kaleidoscopeplus.org.uk/