Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast

By MyFootballCoach

What's Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast about?

Join Saul Isaksson-Hurst, 10 years experience as a Technical Football Coach in the Premier League with Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC, as he chats to some of the worlds leaders in Youth Soccer Development. A podcast aimed at Soccer Players, Coaches and parents interested in the beautiful game and youth soccer player development.

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Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast episodes:

04.02.2024
105 Danny Buck Arsenal Academy Coach Pt 2
To find out more about technical coaching, Ball Mastery and 1v1 Duels checkout the MyPersonalFootballCoach Online Coaching Courses https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/level-1-level-2-e-leaning-courses/ Arsenal Academy Skills Specialist Danny Buck returns to join Saul to discuss his work at the world famous Hale End, home to Arsenal's...
03.21.2024
104 Paul Holder FA Coach Educator
Paul Holder is a legend in the English Coaching fraternity. His long career has seen him coach at Academy and 1st Team Level. He has also been a coach Educator at the English Football Association. Paul and Saul discuss coaching...
02.23.2024
103 Coaching Family is there too much dribbling in Youth Football?
MyPersonalFootballCoach Coaching Courses and Virtual Conference are now on sale! mypersonalfootballcoach.com/iamacoach/ Alex Nichols, Ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Glenn and Saul to discuss whether there's too much dribbling in youth football.
02.13.2024
102 Where have all the #10s Gone? Coaching Family Special
MyPersonalFootballCoach Coaching Courses and Virtual Conference are now on sale! https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/iamacoach/ Glenn joins Saul again for the Coaching Family Special asking where are all the #10s gone? Pro and Academy football seem to be missing the mavericks which used to...
01.31.2024
101 Chris Robinson Ex Scout Chelsea FC's Academy
The Virtual Academy Club Next Gen goes live February 1st. Get the complete player development programme. Technical, Tactical, Mindset, Physical and tips how to get scouted. Sign up on the MyPersonalFootballCoach app or follow this link https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Chris Robinson spent over...
01.26.2024
100 Yousuf Sajadd Ex Arsenal Head of Emerging Talent Current TD FC Den Bosch
The MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Academy Next Gen Club is going live February 1st. Technical, Tactical, Physical, Mindset and tips how to get scouted from some of the best talent developers in world football. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Yousuf Sajjadd has gone from volunteer scout at...
12.12.2023
99 Colin Bergmans Skills Coach PSV Eindhoven
Check out Saul's new Coach Mentoring. Take your coaching and/or Soccer coaching career/business to the next level... https://pdafootball.co.uk/coach-mentoring/ Colin Bergmans is a Skills Coach at PSV Eindhoven. Colin outlines how his ‘Skill Box’ works and the individual focus that sets PSV apart...
12.04.2023
98 Diogo Pavia Head of Individual Development FC Porto
Check out Saul's new Coach Mentoring. Take your coaching and/or Soccer coaching career/business to the next level... https://pdafootball.co.uk/coach-mentoring/ Diogo Pavia joins Saul to discuss his role as Head of Individual Development at FC Porto. This famous Portuguese club has a long and...
10.02.2023
97 Coaching Family Special: Technical Players how do we Coach/Develop them?
Alex Nichols, former Technical Coach at Arsenal FC joins Saul and Glen to talk about Technical Players. What do they look like and how do we coach/develop them?
09.26.2023
96 Coaching Family Special Ball Striking
Saul and Glen are back in the Coaching Family special to discuss Ball Striking. Is it important and when, where and how is the most effective way to coach and improve it?
09.12.2023
95 Kenneth Santa Head of Talent ID Singapore, ex Brondby and Aspire Academy
Kenneth Santa has had an extraordinary career already taking him around the world as a talent ID Specialist. Starting his career in Denmark at clubs including Brondby, before moving to Aspire in Qatar, working as European Scout for Wolves, a...
09.04.2023
94 Does Possession Matter? Coaching Family Special
Glen joins Saul for another Coaching Family to discuss 'does possession matter?'. Guardiola has changed the game in the UK and in World Football...but is it important for your team to dominate the ball? In terms of youth development, is...
08.28.2023
93 Jeroen Chantrain Anderlecht Academy Coach
Jeroen Chantrain joins Saul to talk about is work at Anderlecht's famous academy. He has spent 6 years at the club working firstly with this youngest age groups in the foundation phase and now with the 13/14s. He also coaches in...
08.21.2023
92 Coaching Family Special 'Developing midfielders'
Glen Hicks joins Saul for this Coaching Family special discussing how to develop midfielders. Looking at the current trend of central midfielders going for big money in the Premier League and La Liga...what are the key attributes needed to play...
04.17.2023
91 Special with Paul McGuinness ex Man United and Glen Hicks
Paul McGuinness ex Man Utd Coach for 20 years and Glen Hicks ex Premier League Academy coach join Saul for this round table special discussing Paul's notion of 'Flow', how to identify and how to coach it in football.
04.04.2023
90 Special Episode. Saul is interviewed by The Coaches Room
MPFC Podcast host Saul Isaksson-Hurst is interviewed by Inside the Coaches Room in this special episode. Saul talks about his 20 year career, coaching at the Academies of Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal and his work as an individual coach working with...
12.29.2022
Ivan Kepcija Ex Dinamo Zagreb Academy Manager and Hajduk Split TD
GET 20% OFF THE MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference with the code 'podcastvc' Ivan Kepcija joins Saul to talk about his career which has seen him be instrumental in the rise of Croatian football to the top of World Football. Ivan was assitant Academy...
12.16.2022
Dan Micciche Ex England, Arsenal and Spurs
Get 20% off the MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference with code 'podcastvc' https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Dan Micciche is regarded as one of the best coaches in the country and has had an extraordinary career already. Starting coaching a Crystal Palace he soon moved across London...
12.10.2022
87 Chris Docherty Sporting Director Budapest Honved
Check out the MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference. 14 of the worlds best talent developers. Get 20% off with the code 'podcastvc' https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Chris Docherty has had an amazing career in the game already. Starting his career in Academy football in Scotland as a...
11.28.2022
86 Round Table Special Doug Lemov 'Teaching and Learning in Football'
The MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference is now live! 14 of the best player developers in world football present their ideas, methodology, hints and tips from elite level coaching. Download now and keep. GET 20% WITH 'PODCASTVC' CODE https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Doug Lemov is one of...
08.29.2022
85 Ricardo Moniz Skills Coach Spurs, Red Bull, Hamburg, Feyenoord
Ricardo Moniz is regarded as the world's leading skills coach. His time at Spurs as first team skills coach left a legacy on the whole club but particularly the Academy. He has also worked at the Red Bull Clubs, Hamburg...
08.09.2022
84 Michel Ribeiro 1st Team Individual Coach Genk
Michel Ribeiro is the 1st Team Individual Coach Genk, he was also previously the Individual Coach in the Academy of the same club. Michel talks about his career and one of the worlds leading individual coaching specialists. Saul and Michel...
07.25.2022
83 Russell Martin Swansea City Head Coach
Russell Martin joins Saul to talk about his footballing philosophy and how he made firstly MK Dons in League 1 one of the best possession football teams in Europe with stats only behind Man City and Barcelona. He also talks...
07.16.2022
82 Oliver Schoepp Borussia Mönchengladbach Academy Coach
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05.30.2022
81 Alex Nichols Technical Coach Arsenal FC's Academy
Alex Nichols is a Technical Coach at Arsenal FC's Academy. Alex discusses what goes on on the grass at Hale End to make it one of best Academies in world football right now.
05.24.2022
80 Andy Parslow Set-Piece Coach AFC Wimbledon 1st Team
Andy Parslow is a specialist coach with AFC Wimbledon's 1st team. As set-piece coach he's managed to make Wimbledon's set-piece stats some of the best in the country. He's also had a long and distinguished career in Academy Football at...
05.16.2022
79 Joe Antonelli Crystal Palace u14/u15 Lead
Joe Antonelli is Lead u14 and u15 Lead Coach at Crystal Palace's Academy. Joe talks about the great work going on at the South London club and their transition to a Cat 1 Academy. Joe also talks about his previous...
05.09.2022
78 Hasney Aljofree Ex Man United's Academy
Hasney Aljofree spent 10 years coaching at Manchester United's famous Academy. Working across the age groups from 12 to the 23s Hasney gives us the behind the scenes low down on one of the best Academies in world football and...
05.02.2022
77 Timo Jankowski TD Fiji ex Grass Hopper Zurich and German FA
Timo Jankowski has had an incredible career starting working for the German FA and progressing to Grass Hopper Zurich where he held several positions including First Team Coach, Head of Performance and Head of Player Development. He is now Technical...
04.27.2022
76 Thiago Macedo Club Athletico Paranaense, ex Santos & Fluminense
Thiago Macedo has coached at 3 of the biggest clubs in Brazil. He joins Saul to discuss his career and give us the insight into one of the greatest football cultures in world football. Why and how do Brazil keep...
04.09.2022
75 Angel City FC Head Coach Freya Coombe
Angel City FC is the new Womens Soccer Team Franchise in LA. Freya Coombe is Head Coach and joins Saul to discuss her inspirational story which has led to hear securing one of the top jobs in Womens Soccer. Freya...
03.28.2022
74 Thomas Ruesink PSV Skills Coach
Thomas Ruesink has been a skills coach at PSV for over 3 years. Working predominantly with the 10-13s age groups. Thomas gives us insight to one of the best Academies in Holland and how his unique 'chaos games' philosophy added...
03.21.2022
73 Zeb Jacobs Glasgow Rangers Head Of Coaching
Zeb Jacobs has recently begun a new role as Head of Coaching at Rangers Football Club. Zeb talks about his coaching methodology that he moulded in his time at Royal Antwerp. Built around developing players ability to outplay opponents in...
03.14.2022
72 Paul Gray Fouundation Phase Lead Blackburn Rovers
Paul Gray is the Senior Foundation Phase Coach at Blackburn Rovers. He's a Foundation Phase specialist with experience working at Accrington Stanley, Blackpool, Preston North End, Bodo Glimt in Norway until he's current position at Blackburn Rovers.
03.05.2022
71 David Webb Head Of Recruitment and Technical Director
David Webb has had an extraordinary career already, starting coaching in Academy football at Crystal Palace. He quickly got involved in recruitment and was the scout who spotted Zaha. He's gone on to work in recruitment at Southampton and Spurs...
02.14.2022
70 Andy Martino Southampton Academy Coach
Andy Martino has spent over 20 years coaching at Southampton's Academy. Andy shares his experiences working at one of the best Academies in the country as a Foundation Phase specialist and gives us an insight into how and why Southampton...
02.07.2022
69 Manisha Taylor MBE Assistant Head Of Coaching QPR
Saul is joined by Manisha Taylor MBE who discusses her role at QPR and working under the wing of Chris Ramsey. QPR have one of the best technical programmes in the country. Manisha talks about her quick rise through the...
07.15.2021
68 Jake Henry Nottingham Forest Foundation Phase Lead
Nottingham Forest's Foundation Phase Lead Jake Henry joins Saul to talk about what goes on behind the scenes at the Academy and their recent transition to Category 1 Academy. Jake discusses his journey from part time coach including his time coaching...
07.05.2021
67 Mike Dodds Birmingham City Academy Manager
Mike Dodds is Birmingham City's Academy Manager. He discusses he time at Birmingham working his way up from part time coach in the pre academy to the Foundation Phase, Youth Development Phase, Professional Development phase and now as Academy Manger....
06.03.2021
66 Eduardo Oliveira U20 Coach Fluminense
Eduardo Oliveria joins Saul to discuss his role at Brazilian giant Fluminense as first Head Of Methodology and now U20 Head Coach. Fluminense has a long proud history and culture of developing players for their first team and the Brazilian national...
05.21.2021
65 Wes Hughes Lead Coach 15/16s Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wes Hughes Lead Coach 15/16s at Wolves joins Saul to discuss his journey which includes two stints at Wolverhampton Wanderers and also many years spent at Birmingham City's Academy working across the age groups and also with Jude Bellingham in...
05.05.2021
64 Lewis Craig Man Utd Women's 21's Assitant Coach
Lewis Craig joins Saul to talk about his role as Man Utd Womens 21's Coach and his coaching career which has seen him be Foundation Phase Lead at Burnley, Assitant Academy Manager at Salford City and also Head of YDP...
02.26.2021
63 Paul McGuinness Ex Man Utd Academy Current FA Coach Educator
Paul McGuinness joins Saul to discuss his journey of over 20 years at Manchester United as a player and Academy Coach and his current role for the English Football Association as a Coach Educator. Paul discusses what went on behind the...
02.17.2021
62 Lewis Goater Arsenal FC's Foundation Phase Lead
Lewis Goater, Foundation Phase Lead at Arsenal's Academy joins Saul to talk about his journey and what goes on behind the scenes at one of the best Academies in world football. Arsenal have an unbelievable track record of developing players...
02.03.2021
61 Simon Clifford Brazilian Football Specialist & Ex Southampton
Simon Clifford outlines his extraordinary journey that took him from school teacher in England to Brazil and back to England to introduce the Brazilian coaching method to England. A true innovator Simon helped change the coaching game in the UK...
01.07.2021
60 Paolo Migliavacca Head of 12-14's Inter Milan
Paolo joins Saul to discuss the work that goes on in the Academy of one of the biggest clubs in the world. He discusses the methodology and structure of the Academy. He also discusses how they are trying to challenge...
12.14.2020
59 Ian Buckman Head Of Coaching Brighton Hove & Albion
Brighton Hove & Albion's Head Of Coaching Ian Buckman joins Saul to talk about his role at the Cat 1 Academy and what goes on behind the scenes. Ian shares his journey which has included several roles at Brighton and...
12.01.2020
58 Marik Reedijk Ajax Academy
Saul is joined by Marik Reedijk to discuss what goes on behind the scenes at Ajax, one of the best Academies in world soccer. Mairk discusses his journey which took him from the Dutch Football Association to the Dutch giants...
11.22.2020
57 Mike Marsh Swansea Assistant Manager ex Liverpool & FA
Swansea City Assistant Manager Mike Marsh joins Saul to talk about his journey which started as a player a Liverpool and then also as a coach there firstly in the Academy and then in the 1st Team under Brendan Rodgers....
11.17.2020
MPFC Youth Soccer Development Podcast 56 Martin Ho
Martin Ho is Man Utd Women's Team Assitant Coach. He shares his journey that started at Everton's Academy coaching in the boys programme before he progressed in to the Women's Professional 1st Team at the Club. Martin also worked at Liverpool...

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Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast episodes:

105 Danny Buck Arsenal Academy Coach Pt 2

104 Paul Holder FA Coach Educator

103 Coaching Family is there too much dribbling in Youth Football?

102 Where have all the #10s Gone? Coaching Family Special

101 Chris Robinson Ex Scout Chelsea FC's Academy

100 Yousuf Sajadd Ex Arsenal Head of Emerging Talent Current TD FC Den Bosch

99 Colin Bergmans Skills Coach PSV Eindhoven

98 Diogo Pavia Head of Individual Development FC Porto

97 Coaching Family Special: Technical Players how do we Coach/Develop them?

96 Coaching Family Special Ball Striking

95 Kenneth Santa Head of Talent ID Singapore, ex Brondby and Aspire Academy

94 Does Possession Matter? Coaching Family Special

93 Jeroen Chantrain Anderlecht Academy Coach

92 Coaching Family Special 'Developing midfielders'

91 Special with Paul McGuinness ex Man United and Glen Hicks

90 Special Episode. Saul is interviewed by The Coaches Room

Ivan Kepcija Ex Dinamo Zagreb Academy Manager and Hajduk Split TD

Dan Micciche Ex England, Arsenal and Spurs

87 Chris Docherty Sporting Director Budapest Honved

86 Round Table Special Doug Lemov 'Teaching and Learning in Football'

85 Ricardo Moniz Skills Coach Spurs, Red Bull, Hamburg, Feyenoord

84 Michel Ribeiro 1st Team Individual Coach Genk

83 Russell Martin Swansea City Head Coach

82 Oliver Schoepp Borussia Mönchengladbach Academy Coach

81 Alex Nichols Technical Coach Arsenal FC's Academy

80 Andy Parslow Set-Piece Coach AFC Wimbledon 1st Team

79 Joe Antonelli Crystal Palace u14/u15 Lead

78 Hasney Aljofree Ex Man United's Academy

77 Timo Jankowski TD Fiji ex Grass Hopper Zurich and German FA

76 Thiago Macedo Club Athletico Paranaense, ex Santos & Fluminense

75 Angel City FC Head Coach Freya Coombe

74 Thomas Ruesink PSV Skills Coach

73 Zeb Jacobs Glasgow Rangers Head Of Coaching

72 Paul Gray Fouundation Phase Lead Blackburn Rovers

71 David Webb Head Of Recruitment and Technical Director

70 Andy Martino Southampton Academy Coach

69 Manisha Taylor MBE Assistant Head Of Coaching QPR

68 Jake Henry Nottingham Forest Foundation Phase Lead

67 Mike Dodds Birmingham City Academy Manager

66 Eduardo Oliveira U20 Coach Fluminense

65 Wes Hughes Lead Coach 15/16s Wolverhampton Wanderers

64 Lewis Craig Man Utd Women's 21's Assitant Coach

63 Paul McGuinness Ex Man Utd Academy Current FA Coach Educator

62 Lewis Goater Arsenal FC's Foundation Phase Lead

61 Simon Clifford Brazilian Football Specialist & Ex Southampton

60 Paolo Migliavacca Head of 12-14's Inter Milan

59 Ian Buckman Head Of Coaching Brighton Hove & Albion

58 Marik Reedijk Ajax Academy

57 Mike Marsh Swansea Assistant Manager ex Liverpool & FA

MPFC Youth Soccer Development Podcast 56 Martin Ho