“What is football?”

Marcel Lucassen is the technical director of the UAE FA. Marcel is a firm advocate that better players need better coaches and it is within this lens Marcel views the game. In this episode we speak about coaching and how it has evolved through the lens of his experience in the game. Marcel's evolution as a coach has coincided with him taking top leadership positions at the likes of the DFB, KNVB and Arsenal. Here he takes us through how he has successfully managed to instigate change and ignite new processes within a host of different cultures.

Listen to find out more including;

- How early moments of intrigue led him down the coaching path?

- Innovating and achieving buyin amongst staff.

- Coaching the individual player within the team context.

- What is football?

- Why do football coaches need constant evolvement.

- Leading change at the DFB and raising awareness at Arsenal.

Timestamps;

00:00 - 09:24 - Intro

09:25 - 19:00 - Evolving

19:01 - 28:07 - What is Football?

28:08 - 42:30 - German Football

42:31 - 52:14 - Leadership

52:15 - 1:12:48 - The next evolution