Through The Thirds

Our guest this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast is Liam Mason, Senior athletic performance coach for Blackburn Rovers FC who play in the EFL championship. 

Liam discusses how important it is to keep the principles the same when planning a training week. We also touch on Tactical perdiodization, differences between European methods of training football fitness and he gives us some great book reccomendations which are below...

Recommended reads from Liam: 

Pedro Mendoca- Tactical periodization, A practical application. https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Periodization-Practical-Application-2011-2013-ebook/dp/B00MPDPGRM 

Carlos Carvalhal - Soccer developing know how https://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Developing-Know-How-Carlos-Carvalhal-ebook/dp/B00PUWRW4A

Raymond Verheijen- Football Periodisation https://www.fcevolution.com/shop/

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Our guests this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast are Andy Maciel, Paul Jones & Jon Lewis from Go4Goal, we had them on previously as I wanted to do a double episode, simply because of the wealth of knowledge they all have! You can tell they are all extremely passionate in what they are doing. They explore more about their links with Spain, how that came about and how eye opening their Football tours have been for their club and players. We do have a good laugh, be warned for some cheeky jokes!

Hope you enjoy the pod!

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Andy @Go4GoalAndy

Paul @Go4GoalPaul

Jon @Go4GoalJon

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This episode was recorded remotely, via Zoom which is a great platform for meetings/individual chats/recordings!

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Our guests this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast are Andy Maciel, Paul Jones & Jon Lewis from Go4Goal. Go4Goal is a football coaching company based in Tolworth, Surrey, as well as Leatherhead, working in the football club there. They  tell us more about who Go4Goal are, what they do and what they offer. We discuss the following topics; Futsal, integrating GKs into Futsal. Look out for Part2 where we will talk more about their methodology and links with Spain! 

You can follow them all here on twitter! @Go4Goal_

Andy @Go4GoalAndy

Paul @Go4GoalPaul

Jon @Go4GoalJon

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This episode was recorded remotely, via Zoom which is a great platform for meetings/individual chats/recordings!

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Our guest this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast is Jordan Ferrell, Head Coach of Oakland Roots SC in the Bay Area. 

Jordan takes us on a journey from the USA to Germany and back, stating where he adopted his playing style from, how his degree in Sociology has related to coaching & shaped his values, the importance finding out about the 'person' is before the player. You can follow Jordan on Twitter at @ferrell_jz if you wanted to know more.

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This episode was recorded remotely, via Zoom which is a great platform for meetings/individual chats/recordings!

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If you have any questions, thoughts, suggestions or just want a footy chat, you can contact me on social media @AFcoachsocccer

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Our guest this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast is Matt Brewer, from Seattle United/Seattle sounders and works as their Pre-Academy Director. 

Matt tells us about what is important in youth development, regarding the culture in Seattle. He also goes into depth about scouting and what he looks for in players and how they are brought into/through the academy system within the Pacific North-West. 

You can follow Matt on Twitter at @MattBrewerCoach if you want to know more.

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This episode was recorded remotely, via Zoom which is a great platform for meetings/individual chats/recordings!

Thanks to @TacticalPad for sponsoring ThroughTheThirds Podcast.

If you have any questions, thoughts, suggestions or just want a footy chat, you can contact me on social media @AFcoachsocccer

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Our guest this week on ThroughTheThirds Podcast is Paul Medeiros,  from Star Academy FC, based just outside of San Francisco. You can find Pauls profile here. 

Paul tells us more in depth knowledge about the Constraint led approach (CLA), where he discovered this coaching methodology and also how he implements it into his training sessions. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @PaulMedeiros4 if you wanted to know more. 

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This episode was recorded remotely, via Zoom which is a great platform for meetings/individual chats/recordings!

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Wes currently coaches at United Soccer Coaching inc, within San Carlos United, based on the Peninsula. He has raised some very good points on how platforms within youth soccer are used, why they are important, and what he thinks is needed to progress to the top as a young player. We discuss the differences between Europe/USA and how the US can use Europe as a great example going forward. 

Wes also talks about what he has been doing within the company he works in/club within this current period we are having with COVID-19. 

I hope you enjoy my very first podcast, very happy to be starting this new adventure, plenty more to come!

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