This week on The Coaching Journey Podcast we continue our discussion on coaching and financial literacy. Last week our episode focused on setting the foundations for your financial success, and this week we look at "what's next."

401K...IRA...Roth IRA...SEP IRA, the word jumble can be confusing to many. We discuss your potential options when preparing for retirement, and things to look out for as you continue on your journey towards financial literacy! An important discussion that many coaches, especially younger coaches, should start to think about.

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Oftentimes coaches go on courses to learn the nuances of technical development, tactics, psycho-social development and much more. In a nontraditional job like coaching, however, what often gets ignored is financial literacy. Given the current crisis that the majority of the world finds itself in currently, I thought this would be as good a time as any to talk about my journey going from "get a new car on that salary" financially illiterate to a much better path today and how anyone can get started!

For some, it may just be common sense. It may be what you've been doing already. For others, it may be some needed information that I have found many coaches, especially those starting off in the profession, don't receive yet desperately need.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast returns after a brief coronavirus hiatus. On today's episode, I talk about how today's crisis has made me realize even more the importance of establishing routines in our daily life. With uncertain times still looming ahead, I talk about what that looks like for us as coaches and people.

As always, I want to thank everyone for listening, and those who have reached out recently asking for new episodes. We are happy to be back and hopeful that we can provide you with more content very soon!

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This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome James Wagenschutz on the show! James is a performance coach with the Colorado Rapids Academy. He has 15 years experience as a former development academy director and is a USSF and United Soccer Coaches Instructor.

On today’s episode, I talk with James about his presentations at the United Soccer Coaches Convention, focusing on integrating strength and power into a field session. James offers practical takeaways for coaches to utilize to begin improving players’ physical performance with a view towards developing healthy men and women beyond the game. He offers fundamental truths that will benefit all who listen to the episode!

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome back Ian Barker on the show! Ian is the Director of Coaching Education with United Soccer Coaches.

On today’s episode, I ask Ian what topic within coaching education has been on his mind the most recently. We discuss adapting coaching education methods to meet a constantly evolving landscape, and how United Soccer Coaches is working to help coaches at all levels despite structural impediments that may be arising in the soccer education ecosystem.

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This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Matt Danaher on the show! Matt is a youth soccer coach with Charlotte Independence Soccer Club and the founder of SoccerPulse.

Our discussion today looks at several ways in which coaches can best help their players when it comes to enhancing physical performance and preparation. Matt talks about how SoccerPulse can aid your coaching by bringing a new level of information to your fingertips which will help you adapt and serve your players every single day!

Be sure to follow Matt on Twitter: @MattDanaher and check out SoccerPulse here!

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This week The Coaching Journey is excited to welcome back Willie McNab on the show! Willie is currently the Head of Children's Programme with Celtic FC.

On today's show we talk about Willie's presentation at the United Soccer Coaches Convention focusing on receiving and releasing the ball on the move. Willie breaks down his thoughts and offers practical takeaways for any coach to implement some key concepts within their own sessions!

Be sure to follow Willie on Twitter: @WillieMcNab!

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This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Shawn Danhouser on the show! Shawn is a TOPSoccer coach in the Chicago area as well as having roles with Illinois Youth Soccer and US Youth Soccer with the goal of growing TOPSoccer programming!

Our discussion today focuses on how Shawn got involved with TOPSoccer and why he believes everyone should have the opportunity to get involved in this great program. We discuss the formative experience Shawn and his volunteers have found working with the program, as well as exploring the powerful language we use when discussing these issues. Shawn shares his tip for any coach to maximize the involvement of any and every player you have in your squad, and it is a truly powerful conversation sharing a side of the game we don't include enough of.

Be sure to follow Shawn on Twitter: @TOPSCoachShawn!

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Paddy King on the show! Paddy is the Director of Coaching at CUSA as well as the author of several books including A Game Model and Accompanying Session Plans. 

Our discussion today revolves around the concept of a game model. Paddy delves into what it is, how he went about creating one, and breaks down the idea for any coach to get a start on their own game model today. We talk about positional play activities and rondos and how several core activities can far outweigh a thousand different sessions, and Paddy discusses the difficulties in implementing a club wide style of play and how he overcame these challenges throughout his coaching journey.

Be sure to follow Paddy on Twitter: @King8Paddy and check out his most recent book here!

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This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Todd Beane back on the show! Todd is the founder of the TOVO Institute in Barcelona.

On today's episode Todd discusses his presentation at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore focusing on positional play as well as looking at why Todd believes we are underserving our youth players and need to shift our traditional development paradigm based on these fundamental concepts.

Be sure to follow Todd on Twitter: @_ToddBeane and check out TOVO at www.tovoinstitute.com

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