The Coaching Journey

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Adrian Bradbury on the show! Adrian is the current founder and director of the Football for Good Academy in Uganda. Our discussion is an excellent one focusing on Adrian's journey that has brought him to a place few would have ever expected having started in Toronto.

We discuss Adrian's work in creating and fostering a highly competitive academy in Uganda with the hopes of developing professional footballers and helping the greater community. We talk about their development as well as the idea behind natural talent and the issues that Adrian faces in a region that few are familiar with.

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This week, The Coaching Journey is excited to welcome Carrie Taylor on the show! Carrie is a coach, writer for SoccerNation, and she is also the host of Women Talking Football, a radio show!

Our discussion today focuses on women involved in the sport, as we look at the difficulties many women face in a sport that some wrongfully consider to be a "man's game." Why do we see a dearth of female coaches? Why does a man coaching a female team not raise any issues, but a woman coaching a male team raises concern? This is an important and frank discussion that everyone should listen to, because Carrie looks at the double standards that have been placed on the environment and discusses them in an open and honest manner. As we always say, together we can help shape the future of the game. Carrie offers one of our most important podcasts to date, and she provides some must listen commentary on a topic that has wide-ranging consequences.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Paul Holocher on the show! We have a fantastic discussion today looking at youth development in the United States and explore whether or not the professional youth development structure in the U.S. is maximizing its ability to develop pros. We tackle the issue of college soccer vs academy development, and explore the areas in which the youth landscape is improving, and the areas in which it needs to improve.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Tim Bradbury on the show. Tim is the current Director of Coaching with Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association, as well as an NSCAA Instructor, and the Director of Coaching Development for SUSA.

Our discussion revolves around various "dogmas" within youth development as we discuss single vs multi-sport development, the best ways to educate coaches, and we also discuss the USSF and the changes taking place currently. It's a great discussion where Tim provides some thought-provoking concepts and offers some different ways to look at various concepts we've grown accustomed to hearing delivered the same way time after time.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Luis Swisher on the show! Luis is a former professional player and Guatemalan Men's National Team player. After his playing career, he worked with DC United and the New York Red Bulls, and is currently a Director of Coaching with FC Boulder, as well as their PDL Head Coach, and a CONCACAF Instructor.

Our discussion this week focuses on Luis' story on how he got to where he is today. We talk about the player development pathway both in Luis' home country as well as the United States and the ways we can develop professionals in this country. It is a great discussion with someone who matches his experience with humility and a desire to constantly improve.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Reed Maltbie on the show! Reed is currently the Chief Content Officer and Lead Presenter at Changing the Game Project.

We delve into various "concepts" within youth development, some good, some bad, and all misunderstood. We touch on some recent topics and go over some conundrums coaches may face when creating their own philosophy. It is a fantastic discussion for any educator, coach, parent, or even player!

Be sure to follow Reed on Twitter at: @Coach_Reed and follow Changing the Game at: @CTGProjectHQ

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Frank Tschan on the show! Frank is a Coach Educator with US Soccer, but before that he was living and working in Germany as the Director of Sports and Club Manager for the International School of Dusseldorf for 15 years. Frank also served as the ODP Director of Coaching Education for Europe, the NSCAA Regional Director for Europe, and worked closely with the DFB’s coaching education department on a variety of programs and initiatives.

Our discussion focuses on US Soccer's holistic approach towards coach education and the changes being implemented throughout the country. We have a back and forth over some cliches, such as "The game being the teacher" and we have a good chat with the work being done in Germany and the possible dangers in copy and pasting those "fixes" onto the US landscape.

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Vlatko Andonovski on the show! Vlatko is the current Head Coach of FC Kansas City in the NWSL. He has been a part of an FC KC side that won the NWSL Championship in 2014 and 2015, and he was also named the NWSL Coach of the Year in 2013.

We have an excellent discussion focusing on Vlatko's experiences working with some of the best women's players in the world, as well as his coaching and development methodology, lessons he has learned, and the culture he has helped establish within FC Kansas City!

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This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to bring Mark Parsons on the show! Mark is the current Head Coach of the Portland Thorns in the NWSL, and he is also the current NWSL Coach of the Year! Mark and Portland ended their 2016 league campaign in first, and advanced to the semi-finals in the NWSL Playoffs before losing to the eventual champions, Western New York Flash.

Our discussion revolves around Mark's journey from England to the professional game in the United States. We focus on the culture that Mark has enhanced with the Portland Thorns, as well as the challenges in working with some players who are right out of college, and some players who are international stars and World Cup winners.

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We've had some fantastic guests on The Coaching Journey Podcast. Today, though, is what I consider to be the best episode we have done so far on the podcast. Today's episode features Pat McCann, professional player with the Richmond Kickers in the USL, and yet Pat's name isn't one you'll be familiar with.

This is an inspirational story that any coach, player, or fan of the game NEEDS to listen to. We discuss Pat's journey from Long Island, NY, to trials with MLS clubs, to purchasing a one way ticket to Ireland on the hopes of acquiring a professional contract. Pat's story is what the pathway looks like for most players, and we are proud we are able to bring this necessary discussion to you.

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