The Locker Room Podcast - from DSS Coaching

🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series

🎧 Episode Title: From Performance Practitioner to Coach – What Changes?

Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

Ross Bennett has spent much of his career working in high-performance environments, supporting coaches and players from the performance side. But what changes when you step across into coaching and management yourself?

In this episode, Ross reflects on his own transition into coaching — how he's found it, what's challenged him, how his view of coaches has changed, and what he's learning about himself along the way.

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series

🎧 Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

Guest: Ross Bennett (Head of Integrated Performance at QPR FC)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett to discuss the first steps a new manager or head coach should take when coming into a team.

From understanding your players and establishing your playing identity, through to building your backroom team and planning the first few weeks, Ciaran and Ross discuss the key priorities for making a positive early impact.

📌 Topics include:

👥 Getting to know your players and environment

⚽ Establishing your identity and principles

🤝 Building your coaching and support team

📅 Planning and periodising the first few weeks

🎯 Making an early impact while thinking long-term

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Performance Series

Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett to discuss how coaches and players can maximise performance on match day.

From the final training session through to kick-off, Ross shares practical insights into balancing physical freshness, tactical preparation, psychological readiness, and game-day routines to help players perform when it matters most.

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🎙️Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett for an exclusive look inside the modern academy performance structure and the multidisciplinary team responsible for developing young players both on and off the pitch.

From the Physical Performance Coach and Sport Scientist through to the Performance Analyst, Nutritionist, and Sports Psychologist, Ross explains how today’s academies bring together a range of specialist practitioners to maximise player development and prepare athletes for the demands of elite football.

The discussion also explores the wider academy structure, how these departments collaborate with coaching staff, and what lessons can be applied across other sports, including Gaelic Games.

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series

🎧 Episode Title: Talent ID in the Youth Development Phase (YDP)

Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett for a practical discussion around Talent Identification in the Youth Development Phase (YDP) and what really goes into identifying, assessing, and developing young players within academy environments.

Drawing on experiences from both the boys’ and girls’ pathways, the conversation explores how coaches assess not just performance now — but long-term potential.

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Performance Series

🎧 Episode Title: Planning the Pre-Season Training Programme

Host: Ross Bennett (Head of Integrated Performance at QPR FC)

In this Coaching Insights Series episode, Ross Bennett delivers a short, practical breakdown of how coaches can effectively plan and structure their pre-season training programme.

Ross simplifies the process into three key phases, giving coaches a clear framework to follow when preparing their teams for the season ahead.

📌 Topics include:

• 🗂️ Planning and organising your pre-season structure

• 🔄 Managing the initial return from the off-season

• 📈 Progressing the training programme over time

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series

🎧 Episode Title: 'Video Analysis for Coaches – From Match Prep to Player Development'

Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

Guest: Ross Bennett (Head of Integrated Performance at QPR FC)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett for a practical conversation on how coaches can use video analysis effectively across the full coaching process — from youth level right through to senior and inter-county environments.

📌 Topics include:

• ⁠ 🎯 Using video for match preparation and opposition analysis

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• Online Certificate in Sports Performance Coaching

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Series

🎧 Episode Title: 'How to be a Great Assistant Coach!'

Host: Ciaran Deely (DSS Coaching)

Guest: Ross Bennett (Head of Integrated Performance at QPR FC)

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett for a practical conversation on the role of the assistant coach and how they can best support a head coach in a team environment.

📌 Topics include:

• 🤝 Building a strong working relationship with the head coach

• 🏃 The assistant coach’s role in training sessions

• 🎮 Matchday responsibilities and game observation

• 👥 Supporting player development and communication with players

• 📊 Contributing through analysis, operations, and organisational support

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• CPD webinars, eBooklets & blogs

• Online Certificate in Sports Performance Coaching

• Private coaching forums & member discounts

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🎙️ The Locker Room Podcast – Coaching Insights Series

Hosted by: Ross Bennett (DSS Coaching)

🎧 Episode Title: What should a new Manager & Head Coach focus on? - with Ross Bennett MSc

In this short 10 minute episode of The Locker Room Podcast, Ross breaks down the 6 priorities that a new Manager or Head Coach should focus on when joining a new team or for a new season.

This is the first in the new Coaching Insights Series from DSS Coaching, in which we use short-format podcast episodes and videos.

Enjoy and we would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on it!

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🎧 Episode: Coaching the Child & Youth Player at Foundation Phase (FP) & Youth Development Phase (YDP): How We Actually Develop Players

In this episode, Ciaran is joined by Ross Bennett for a practical conversation on what long-term player development really looks like — from U9s to senior level.

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