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July 08, 2020 Episode 45 - A Conversation with the superb Luke Chadwick
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In this episode we are joined by ex-professional footballer Luke Chadwick (@Luke_FFF). Luke began his career at Manchester United and also played for West Ham, Stoke, Norwich, Milton Keynes Dons and Cambridge United as well as in Belgium for Royal Antwerp. Luke discusses his youth soccer journey, grassroots and academy football today and we find out more about his role and the work going on at The Football Fun Factory (www.thefootballfunfactory.co.uk).
Thank you to Luke for giving us his time and we hope you enjoy this episode!
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57 min
June 19, 2020 Episode 44 - A look at Core Values & Philosophy, Game Model, Training & Matches and the importance of having them all aligned
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In this episode we take a look at Core Values & Philosophy, Game Model, Training & Matches and the importance of having them all aligned. Scott discusses the work he’s done on putting this together and the benefits and challenges of going through the process.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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1 hr 39 min
June 06, 2020 Episode 43 - Coaching and complying with social distancing, a conversation with the awesome Aaron Tyler
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In this episode Scott discusses ideas for delivering coaching sessions that comply with the social distancing requirements with the awesome Aaron Tyler (@7pro_soccer). We look at what coaches should be considering when planning their sessions and discuss some of the ways sessions can still be fun, engaging and realistic even without contact. We also discuss Aarons coaching philosophy and views on effective player development.
We hope you enjoy this episode!
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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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50 min
May 26, 2020 Episode 42 - Learning Environments and Games Based Coaching, a conversation with Jack Rolfe founder of The Coaching Lab
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In this episode Scott discusses Learning Environments and Games Based Coaching with the superb Jack Rolfe (@JPR_25), founder of The Coaching Lab (@The_CoachingLab).

We look at why coaching environments are so important and how they can be influenced. We also discuss how `games based coaching` can be used to increase the effectiveness of a session.
Jack is the founder of The Coaching Lab and believes “Coaching should be an adventure which is shared, explored and experimented with others.” You can find the resources from The Coaching Lab at www.thecoachinglab.org
We hope you enjoy this episode!
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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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56 min
May 18, 2020 Episode 41 - A look at coaching grassroots football at the adult phase with Jack and James from `Edge of Play`.
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In this episode Scott talks with Jack Norbury and James Stokes from the Edge of Play @EdgeOfPlay. We discuss what it’s like coaching adults in the `open age` phase and some of the challenges, as well as the great work they are doing with the Edge of Play website https://www.edgeofplay.com/about. The website is an online coaching resource, providing football coaches with hundreds of football coaching videos from the grassroots and professional game.
Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode!
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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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1 hr 1 min
May 14, 2020 Episode 40 - Coaching at the Foundation Phase, a conversation with the superb Dave Francis
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In this episode Mark talks to Dave Francis from the foundationagecoaching.com about his coaching experiences. Covering some of the differences between coaching the different genders as well as across the age groups in the foundation phase.

Dave can be reached via his twitter account @FAgeCoaching
We hope you enjoy this episode!
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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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1 hr 6 min
May 10, 2020 Episode 39 - Game Models, a conversation with the awesome Paddy King (author and technical director @ CUSA Soccer Club)
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In this episode Scott discusses the concept of `Game Models` with the awesome Paddy King (KingKnightEd). We look at what a game model is, how you could start to plan yours and their relevance in the foundation and youth development phases.
We also look at the relationship between game models and positional play, and chat a bit about rondos and constraints based learning.
Paddy is the author of `A Game Model and Accompanying Session Plans` which is a superb book that practically covers the topic of game models.
Paddy can be reached via his twitter account @KingKnightEd.
We hope you enjoy this episode!
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This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

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1 hr 11 min
May 07, 2020 Episode 38 - Ray Power discusses his new Football Coaching Programme
In this episode Scott talks to Ray Power (@power_ray) about his new football coaching programme. Ray explains why he’s put the programme together, what it will cover and how the course will run over 7 consecutive Saturday afternoons.
33 min
April 29, 2020 Episode 37 - Lockdown catch up and a look at transitioning from 5 to 7 aside
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In this episode we look back on the first three weeks of lockdown and how we’ve been maintaining interaction with the players.

We then have a discussion about transitioning from 5 to 7 aside and look at what should be considered as well as formations.

Keep safe and well!
We hope you enjoy this episode!

T - @SoccerCoachCast
E - [email protected]
W - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.com
This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.
Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/

Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!
57 min
April 29, 2020 Episode 37 - Lockdown catch up and a look at transitioning from 5 to 7 aside
In this episode we look back on the first three weeks of lockdown and how we’ve been maintaining interaction with the players. We then have a discussion about transitioning from 5 to 7 aside and look at what should be considered as well as formations.
57 min