Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast
Host Saul Isaksson-Hurst, a technical football coach with 10 years of experience at Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC, interviews leading figures in youth soccer development. The podcast covers topics relevant to soccer players, coaches, and parents interested in the beautiful game. Episodes focus on coaching methods, player development, and insights from experts in the field.
Episodes
153 Coaching Family: Which Academy is best for your child with Alex Nichols Ex Arsenal
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Which academy is best for your child?
For parents lucky enough to have a choice, it's the million-dollar question. Which academy should they join? Which one will help them fulfil their potential? And how do you even begin to compare them?
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152 Coaching Family Alex Nichols Are English players as good as the French and Spanish?
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Are English players as good as the French and Spanish?
For years, France and Spain have been held up as the gold standard of player development. Technically sharper, tactically smarter, better prepared for the top level. But has England caught up?
Alex Nichols, formerly of Arsenal's
151 David Toxopeus Feyenoord U21 Coach
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What really goes on behind the scenes at one of the best academies in European football?
Feyenoord U21 coach David Toxopeus joins Saul to take you inside. Feyenoord has a long history of developing players who go on to play in Europe's top five leagues, and David has worked throu
150 Special Episode Michael Beale Planning
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Episode 150. And who better to celebrate it with than Michael Beale.
Michael returns to the show to talk about his new role as Head Coach of Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League, and about the topic every coach wrestles with: planning.
Whether you're working in a first-team environment or at
149 Keith Boanas FA Coach Developer Coaching Family Special Planning Sessions
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That's the reality for most coaches. One session. Sixty minutes. And every one of those minutes has to count.
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148 Rhys Carr 1st Team Individual Coach Ex Coventry, Sheffield United and Wolves
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Rhys Carr has had an illustrious career in the game already. Working his way up from academy football all the way to first team individual specialist at some
147 Simon Clark AFC Wimbledon u18 Head Coach
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This week I sat down with Simon Clark — Under 18s Coach at AFC Wimbledon.
Simon’s journey is one of the most inspiring I’ve come across in football. Making i
146 Luka Lalić TD Lion City Sailors Ex Feyenoord Academy
Luka Lalić got his big break in academy football with an internship at the world-famous Feyenoord Academy, which turned into a full-time role. He progressed to Head of Methodology and International Development before returning to Southeast Asia, where he'd worked previously, to take up an exciting new role with Lion City Sailors in Singapore — where he is now Technical Director. Lion City Sailors
145 Richard Walker Wolves U18 Head Coach
Saul is joined by Richard Walker — Under 18s Head Coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Richard has had a fascinating journey in football. Coming off a successful playing career, he began his coaching life at Stoke City within the foundation phase — learning his trade from the ground up before working his way through the academy structure.
He then joined Wolverhampton Wanderers where he’s risen to bec
144 Developing The Game Changer David Webb Georgian FA
David Webb was until very recently Assistant Coach at Georgia national team and has worked with some of the most talented players in world football — including Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the PSG sensation taking European football by storm.
In this episode David talks about one of the most important and challenging questions in elite coaching — how do you challenge the very best players in the world w
143 Ed Graper Dutch Football Association
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Ed Graper returns to the show to discuss his new role with the KNVB where he's supporting the big 6 clubs in developing their world renowned football development programme. Saul and Ed discuss the youth development landscape in Holland and imp
142 Nathan Cantrill Foundation Phase Lead Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Foundation Phase Lead Nathan Cantrill joins Glen and Saul to discuss the clubs individual based programme focusing on out playing and making the players as good on the ball as possible.
141 Michel Hordijk Ex Skills Coach Ajax
Michel Hordijk spent 6 years at Ajax's famous Academy as a skills coach working under the guidance of Johan Cruyff. Michel discusses his work at the club, and how working under Johan Cruyff one of the greatest minds in world football, help mould a club methodology to develop some of the best players in world football.
140 Training 1.2.1 Owners Morgan Biggs & Gary Daly
Morgan Biggs & Gary Daly specialise in individual and supplementary training. In a short time they have built their Irish business up with a massive social media following and now coaching players including Pros from all around the world.
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139 Kylrn Brooks-Lynch Head of Methodology Academia Alemana de Fútbol Popayán
Kylrn Brooks-Lynch previously coached at Brighton and MK Dons before taking the big step to move to Colombia as Head of Methodology at Academia Alemana de Fútbol Popayán. Kylrn talks about his journey in Academy Football and what its been like moving to South America and building a new life.
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138 Dan Holman Striker Coach
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Chris Ramsey Game Changers
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Chris Ramsey is widely seen as one of the best youth developers in the country. He was previously Assistant Academy manager at Spurs, Head of Academy at QPR and he now w
136 Bradley Allen Tottenham Hotspur Academy
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Bradley Allen comes from one of the most famous football families in English football. Both his dad and brother played upfront for Spurs. Bradley also had a successful career as a striker at the
135 Eduardo Oliviera Brazilian Football Confederation
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Eduardo Oliviera returns to the show to discuss his new role at the Brazilian Football Confederation. Saul and Eduardo discuss the Brazilian coach education programme, how Brazilian coaches are d
134 Jackson Moody Foundation Phase Lead Aston Villa
Jackson Moody has been the Foundation Phase Lead Coach at Aston Villa for 8 years. Jackson discusses his role at one of the biggest clubs and most successful academies in the country.
133 Paul McGuinnes Ex Man Utd Working with Strikers Coaching Family
Paul McGuinness Ex Man Utd and The FA returns to the show to discuss how to effectively coach strikers. Players who score goals are the greatest commodity in the game yet there's very little detail available to coaches about the best way to support players with this. Paul, Glen and Saul talk about the best way coach players to score goals, from fundamental
techniques to the subtleties of the best
132 Edu Rubio Ex West Ham & Wolves 1st Team and Chelsea Academy
Edu Rubio was 1st team coach at Wolves and West Ham under Julen Lopetegui. He also has experience at the Academies of Valencia, Chelsea, Palace and MK Dons. Edu joins Saul to discuss his incredible journey, what the Spanish coaching education system os really like and the contrast between the two countries.
131 Jan Van Loon Ex Arsenal and Dutch FA
Jan Van Loon has over 30 years experience coaching including at Arsenal, the Dutch FA and Utrecht. Jan joins Glen and Saul to talk about his journey and his experiences coaching in England, Holland and India
130 Carsten Dohm Head Of Coaching San Diego Fc & Right To Dream Project
Carsten Dohm joins Glen and Saul to talk about his role at San Diego and The Right to Dream. The Right to Dream is one of the most exciting player development projects in world football right now. Graduates include Mohammed Kudus from West Ham.
Carsten talks about the the project which has academies in West Africa, Egypt, Denmark and now San Diego and how they develop technically excellent decisi
129 Joop Oosterveld Ex PSV, Interim Head Coach and Transition Coach BK Häcken
Joop Oosterveld joins Glen and Saul to talk about his move from PSV to BK Häcken in Sweden and how he quickly became interim Head Coach of the 1st team. Now back in his role as 1st Team transition coach Joop discusses his life and work in Sweden and how BK Häcken plan to be the best development club in Scandinavia.
127 Coaching Family Alex Nichols Ex Arsenal : Small group sessions
Alex Nichols fills in for Glen in this Coaching Family special talking about small group sessions and how to best design and deliver when working with a small group of players.
126 Neil Harris Ex Man United Academy Coach
Neil Harris spent over two decades coaching at Man United's famous Academy. Neil discusses his journey with Saul and tells us what makes United's Academy one of the best in world football.
125 Gary White Taiwanese National Team Manager
Gary White has had an incredible career, coaching all over the world. He is currently National Team Manager of Taiwan. Gary has left every national team he has coached at a higher FIFA ranking than when he arrived. He has also been Head Coach in the Chinese Super League and the Japanese League.
Gary tells his inspiring story of starting his career as a 22 year old and packing his bags and travelli
124 Steve Gale Ex Chelsea and Fulham Academy
Steve Gale joins Saul to talk about his journey from Estate footballer to non league player to Chelsea and Fulham's Academy and how his playing background effected his coaching and recruitment philosophy at two of the best academies in English football.
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123 Ricky Clarke Ex Houston Dash Head Coach
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122 Beto Lima Next Gen Coaches Individual Coaching Specialist
Beto Lima is one of the most exciting young coaches in world football right now. Brazilian born he now works in America. An individual skill specialist he supports players individually both in Academy and Grasssroots football. Beto specialises in supporting players to produce game changing moments linking them to game analysis from professional football at the highest level.
121 John Lawson Rangers U12 Coach
John Lawson joins Glen and Saul to discuss the foundation phase programme at Glasgow Rangers.
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120 Michael Beale Returns. Development from Pre Academy to 1st Team. Coaching Family
Michael Beale is one of the best young English Coaches in the country. His incredible career has seen him work at all academy age groups at Chelsea and Liverpool. He has been 1st team assitant coach in Brazil, in the Premier League at Aston Villa and at Rangers. He also been Head Coach at QPR, Rangers and Sunderland. Micahel joins the boys to discuss development from the very youngest all the way
119 Next Gen Coaches Eddie Johnson Coaching Family Special
Eddie Johnson has a successful playing career in America and England, he's now one of the most exciting young coaches in the USA. Eddie has been fighting against the conventional coaching system in the USA, his technical coaching philosophy has come under attack by many but the results speak for themselves. Now the doubters have become fans!
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118 Coaching Family Tom Byer Early Years Development Specialist
Tom Byer returns to the show to chat with Glen and Saul about his ground breaking work with early years skill development. Tom argues that the real key to developing top players is engagement between 2 and 6 years old. Tom consults with some of the biggest clubs in the world and with Federations.
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117 Dribbling or Passing, What's more important?
Alex Nichols, ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Saul and Glen to discuss, what's more important, dribbling or passing?
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116 Next Generation Coaches Kai Parkinson
In the latest 'Next Generation' series, Kai Parkinson joins Saul to talk about his coaching and player journey. Kai was a young Academy player at clubs including Chelsea. He's now one of the most exciting young coaches in the UK.
115 Anton Blackwood Spurs Women's Coach ex Spurs Academy
Anton joins Glen and Saul to discuss his role with Tottenham Hotpsur Women's Team where he works with the 1st team and as a transition coach for players coning through the Academy. Anton, also discusses his journey as a young pro and then an Academy Coach at Spurs.
114 David Webb Georgia 1st Team Coach 'Euros Reflection'
David Webb returns to the show to discuss his current role as 1st team coach of Georgia's national team. Saul and David discuss their remarkable Euros campaign. How the got there and what was the day to day workings to make football history for this relatively small nation.
113 Juan Carlos Amorós NY/NJGotham FC Head Coach
Juan Carlos Amorós is Head Coach NY/NJGotham FC Head Coach where he has cemented his position as one of the leading coaches in the Women's Pro game. This follows successful spells at Tottenham Women's, Real Betis and Houston Dash. Juan joins Glen and Saul to talk about his rise from grass roots football to the top of the Women's game.
112 Coaching Family Next Generation Coaches Matteo Esposito
In this new series Saul invites some of the best young coaches emerging onto the show. Matteo Esposito has a huge Instagram following and also coaches at Arsenal in the Pre Academy. Matteo talks about his journey and how he's developed his methodology and his very successful coaching business.
111 Coaching Family Euros and Southgate Reflection. Next Gen Players
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Glen and Saul are back reflecting on the Euros and Southgate's influence on English football.
110 JordI Condom Auli Barcelona Academy Coach
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JordI Condom Auli joins Saul to discuss what goes on behind the scenes at Barcelona's Academy and what makes it one of the most successful talent development centres in world football
109 João Tralhão Developing Champions League Players Coaching Family Special
João Tralhão Ex Benfica Academy and Monaco 1st Team Coach joins Glen and Saul to discuss the best way of Developing Champions League Players.
How can we stress and challenge players to prepare them for the game at the very highest level?
108 Coaching Family Special Developing Defenders
Tim Bradbury, US Soccer Coach Educator joins Glen and Saul to discuss how to develop defenders. What is the best way to coach this and why does there seem to be such a shortage of quality defenders any the highest level?
107 Steve Sallis Mindset Consultant English FA
Steve Sallis is one of the world leaders in mindset development. He Joins Saul and Glen to discuss how we can maximise mindset development not only in our players but in us as coaches also.
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106 Lee Hayes Yokohama FC Academy Ex West Ham and QPR
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Lee Hayes joins Saul to discuss his role at Yokohama FC and what life and football culture is like in Japan. Lee also t
105 Danny Buck Arsenal Academy Coach Pt 2
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Arsenal Academy Skills Specialist Danny Buck returns to join Saul to discuss his work at the world famous Hale End, home to Arsenal's Academy. Saul takes a deep dive into Danny's work with the 15/1
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 topics including the Game Based approach.
103 Coaching Family is there too much dribbling in Youth Football?
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Alex Nichols, Ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Glenn and Saul to discuss whether there's too much dribbling in youth football.
102 Where have all the #10s Gone? Coaching Family Special
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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 be the mainstay of teams through out the world. Why is this and is it a reflection of our recruitment/coach
101 Chris Robinson Ex Scout Chelsea FC's Academy
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Chris Robinson spent over 10 years as a Scout at Chelsea FC's Academy. He describes what goes on behi
100 Yousuf Sajadd Ex Arsenal Head of Emerging Talent Current TD FC Den Bosch
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Yousuf Sajjadd has gone from volunteer scout at Brentford to Technical Director of FC Den Bosch in Holland in just over 10 y
99 Colin Bergmans Skills Coach PSV Eindhoven
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Colin Bergmans is a Skills Coach at PSV Eindhoven. Colin outlines how his ‘Skill Box’ works and the individual focus that sets PSV apart from most Academies.
98 Diogo Pavia Head of Individual Development FC Porto
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Diogo Pavia joins Saul to discuss his role as Head of Individual Development at FC Porto. This famous Portuguese club has a long and successful track record of player development. Pepijn Lijnders previously held this role within the club.
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?
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?
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 stint in Saudi Arabia then India. He's now Head of talent ID in Singapore.
Kenneth shares his journey and lesson learnt from different footballing cultures.
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 it key and how do you train it?
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 the Purple Talents programme which is Anderlecht's school programme for 'their better players'.
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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 and prosper in this area of the pitch and how does that effect our session design?
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.
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 and developing some of the best young talent in world football.
Ivan Kepcija Ex Dinamo Zagreb Academy Manager and Hajduk Split TD
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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 Manager then Academy Manger of Dinamo Zagreb. He then moved in to be a Technical Director at Legia Warszawa and then at Hajduk Split.
Ivan d
Dan Micciche Ex England, Arsenal and Spurs
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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 to work under Chris Ramsey and John McDermott at Spurs. He then moved on to work
87 Chris Docherty Sporting Director Budapest Honved
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Chris Docherty has had an amazing career in the game already. Starting his career in Academy football in Scotland as a coach and then moving to work with the Scottish FA in their performance programme.
86 Round Table Special Doug Lemov 'Teaching and Learning in Football'
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Doug Lemov is one of the world leaders in teaching and learning in sports coaching and football. H
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 and Feyenoord. He has also has stints in management in England and Europe.
Ricardo, a disciple of Wiel Coerver took his work to the next level and has helped inspire coaches from
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 discuss how and why Genk have become one of the best player development environments in world football and how much of an impact technical coaching can have on
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 about his current role as Head Coach of Swansea City and how he's continued to try and develop a team that can dominate the ball from start to finish.
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82 Oliver Schoepp Borussia Mönchengladbach Academy Coach
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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.
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 Brentford, Watford and AFC Wimbledon. Saul and Andy discuss the rise of specialist coaches in football and how important they've become to players and teams at the
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 roles at Fulham and Barnet's Academy. This one is not to be missed.
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 what went on day to day on and off the grass.
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 Director of Fiji. Timo shares his journey and experiences supporting player development in this unique environments.
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 producing such technically excellent players and what are the differences in approaches by the country's biggest clubs.
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 started her career in the UK working for the FA and the Reading girls programme. She then moved to the USA to work in grass roots but was quickly given the opportunity of a life time to c
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 something new to the Academy.
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 1v1 and creating masters of the ball. Zeb goes into detail about what he believes is the best way to develop top pros and the challenges of implementing a new phi
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