In this episode we speak to Matthew Mountford from England, who is currently living and working in the US and has been for some time now. He is the Chief Executive Officer at Pacesetter Soccer Soccer Club and possesses years of experience in a coaching and managerial setting. We discuss standards and beliefs that should run through an organisation and how we can implement them.

Saul Isaksson-Hurst, founder of MyPersonalFootballCoach gives us the insight to his world as an expert individual coach. We draw on his experience and knowledge around player development and discuss the role that it could or should have within more academy and player development environments

David Poncia, coach and self development enthusiast goes through his story around why personal development is so important to him and gives advice on how to develop your own development strategies.

In this episode we speak to Stephen Maxwell about the interaction between coaches and players and how we include them in the learning. Stephen possesses years of experience and knowledge from varied sports and is now a Coach Education Managers and runs the company 'No Other Games Around: NOGASPC'

An incredible insight from Colum Cronin around how we work best when combining the practical and theoretical elements of our coaching practice. Colum explains, in great length, how the theory and research can back up the practical elements and vice-versa. We discuss experiences and anecdotes from out time in coaching and talk about ideas around how we can all further develop or own practice.

In this episode we spoke to Noel Dempsey around our experiences of working within the YDP phase in previous jobs. We share stories of working with individuals and teams within this setting whilst discussing the mistakes we made, the lessons we learned and the key things that worked and which we continue to use in our coaching practice today

In this episode we spoke to Pawel Guziejko who gave us his insights into the methodology behind his coaching practice as well as his passion for developing the child as a person within a football setting. This link well to previous episodes from Jon Adamson and Daniel Delahay around the different aspects that make up an environment for participants to feel safe and to flourish

In this episode we speak to Jon Adamson around the concept of psychological safety. We discuss how we implement it into team sports as well as harness the environment for the participants to feel comfortable to express themselves and continually progress and develop

In the episode, Chris Blake shares his experiences and insights around player development through analysis. We talk around how it should be used in more productive ways to be useful to coaches and help add more value to individual learning and session planning.

In this episode we spoke to Paul Robinson who has a vast amount of experience in academy, grassroots and RTC football at all ages. He has also spent time abroad to develop his knowledge further. We discuss the pros and cons of opposed and unopposed practices and the effects they can have on individual development