David Garcia is the founder of "It's Just a Sport".

One's coaching journey will pull and drag you a thousand different ways. In many a different direction and amid a war of attention what football stands out most to you? Furthermore how do you create a methodology and bring this to life? After a while searching down the path less trodden David Garcia has alchemised plenty of lessons inspiring thousands of coaches. In his current work as an "experience architect" David is passionate about how we as coaches can gather tools to be our best selves in front of players.

Via a period of studying positional play in Spain and a few other adventures in between we learn here about the moment where it all clicked for David along his coaching journey. Furthermore we unpack as how David came to be so passionate about coach development, the broader tangible impact a game model has, how technology and youth development can work hand in hand and so much more.

Listen to find out more including;

- Why he created "It's just a sport"?  

- Authenticity of self in light of the growing "homogenisation" of football.

- Why the new wave of rule breaking coaches will emerge from those who delve deeper into enhancing connections between players and game model?

- Play as a form of transcending oneself.

- Coach burnout and how to stave off it's threat?

- Integrating technology which enhances the game experience of young players.

Timestamps;

00:00 - 03:18 - Intro

03:19 - 06:23 - Coaching

06:24 - 10:38 - Community & Curiosity

10:39 - 17:36 - Positional Play

17:37 - 25:47 - Game Model

25:48 - 30:50 - Authenticity

30:51 - 37:07 - Character Development

37:08 - 43:07 - Coach Wellbeing

43:08 - 51:57 - Evolution

51:58 - 54:53 - Advice

David's LinkedIn; https://twitter.com/IJaSport?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

It's Just a Sport; https://www.itsjustasport.com/

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