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Episode 112, 

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Episode 112 - A Look At Grassroots Football, with Jason Carney, Director of Coaching at FC Portland and Author

In this episode we speak again with the wonderful Jason Carney, who is the Director of Coaching at FC Portland. We discuss his coaching background and updates since we previously spoke back in 2022. We discuss grassroots football, the obstacles to player development and some of the solutions. We also look at his latest book “US Grassroots Soccer, Great on Paper, S**T on Grass”

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US Grassroots Soccer, Great on Paper, S**T on Grass - https://www.amazon.co.uk/US-Grassroots-Soccer-Great-Paper/dp/1966442378 

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Episode 111, 

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Episode 111 - A Look At Scouting In Grassroots Youth Football, a conversation with Chris Robinson, Director at The Scouting Game and Head of Academy Recruitment at Southampton FC

In this episode we speak with the awesome Chris Robinson about the world of scouting. We look behind the curtain of grassroots youth football scouting and Chris helps us demystify the scouting process. We talk about some of the challenges for scouts, clubs, coaches and players and ask if the process of scouting young players could be improved.

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Episode 110, 

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Episode 110 – Giving The Game Back To The Kids, a conversation with Chris Fraser 

In this episode we speak to Chris Fraser about grassroots football and discuss if adults are taking the game away from the kids 

We talk about the experiences Chris has seen this seen and how youth grassroots football has changes over the past few years. Chris suggests some possible options for us to consider and how by making a few changes to how we go about things as adults, the young players could benefit. 

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Episode 109, 

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Episode 109 – What’s too far? A conversation about behaviour in youth grassroots football

In this episode we speak with James Brooks and discuss behaviour in grassroots football.

We look at coach matchday behaviour and what’s changes over the past 5-10 years and discuss some of the reasons. We also look at spectators and players and the role the FA and leagues could and possibly should play in supporting a positive training and playing environment.

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Episode 108, 

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Episode 108 – How To Deliver An Effective Training Session, a conversation with Mark Rivers, Arsenal Pre-Academy Manager and FA Tutor

In this episode we speak with the awesome Mark Rivers who is the current Pre-Academy Manager at Arsenal and an FA Tutor.

Mark talks us through his own coaching journey and how that influences his delivery as well as what he believes helps make an effective coaching session. We discuss the importance of plan, do , review as well as  what to consider to get the most of your training sessions for your players.

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Episode 107, 

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Episode 107 – Maximising Coach Delivery, a conversation with Temisan Williams former academy UEFA A coach and founder of Excellence Academy

In this episode we speak with the awesome Temisan Williams (Temi) about his top tips for coaches to maximise their coaching delivery.

Temi talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about how his own views on coaching has changed over the past 13 years, how formal coach qualifications can support and what coaches might want to think about when planning and delivering their sessions as well as wider curriculum planning.

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Episode 106, 

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Episode 106 - Designing effective training practices and adapting for winter training, a conversation with Macauley Musgrave coach and owner of The Coaches Zone

In this episode we speak with the awesome Macauley Musgrave (Macca) about how he goes about designing effective training practices. We also discuss what coaches could consider as many of us move into winter training.

Macca talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about what he means by ‘effective’, what coaches might want to consider before they plan the individual sessions, and his work with The Coaches Zone.

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Episode 105, 

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Episode 105 - A Look At How Coaching Player Behaviours Can Support Player Development, 

A conversation with Dan Abrahams, sports psychologist, podcast host and author

In this episode we speak with the awesome Dan Abrahams about how coaches can focus on player behaviours to help the players develop

Dan talks us through his own coaching journey and his passion for sports psychology. We discuss how import behaviours can be in player development, what specific behaviours coaches may focus on, some of the ways these can be embedded and some of the things to be conscious of when it comes to the psychological part of player development.

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Podcast – The Sport Psych Show

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Episode 104, 

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How Coaching Abroad Has Helped Me Develop, a conversation with Billy Ready,

UEFA B coach at PASS Abu Dhabi

In this episode we speak with Billy Ready about how coaching abroad has helped him develop as a coach.

Billy talks us through how his approach to coaching has evolved since we last spoke and the adaptations he has made so as to effectively coach abroad. Billy tells us about his role and gives us some detail around the coaching set-up. We also discuss what a session looks like and how that integrates into a season long syllabus.

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Episode 103, 

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 Episode 103 - Using Positional Play To Better Understand The Game, a conversation with David Garcia, UEFA Coach, Coach Developer and founder of `It's Just A Sport`

In this episode we talk to the awesome David Garcia about how we can use the concept of `positional play` to better understand the game.

David talks us through his own coaching journey and how the Spanish and South American influence has impacted his coaching methodology and philosophy.

We discuss what positional play is, how it can benefit coaches and players, and ways in which it can be embed into training.

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