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Modern Soccer Coach Podcast

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Apr 17, 2019 • 55min

Fergus Connolly - Building & Sustaining an Elite Environment

Gary is joined by Fergus Connolly, one of the world’s leading performance experts. He is the only coach to have full times roles in every major sport, including soccer (Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers), professional and college football (San Francisco 49s and University of Michigan) and rugby (Welsh national team). Fergus discusses the following: - The price of success - Inflicting suffering versus enduring it - Signs of complacency in teams and coaches - The difference between information and noise - Why increasing staff could be counter productive And much more... This podcast is brought to you by Total Football Analysis Magazine Issue #7 is out now! As ever, we promise you well over 100 pages of pure tactical analysis and coaching in this month’s edition. They received this recommendation just the other day from a senior analyst in the Bundesliga. “Very interesting articles and good analysis” Mario Baric, Head of Analysis at SV Werder Bremen You know what they say, if it is good enough for Mario… What’s in April’s magazine? 📈 RB Leipzig: The keys to their defensive solidity 📈 Edinson Cavani: What can young players learn from his intelligent movements? 📈 Ruben Dias: The next Portuguese powerhouse centre-back ⚽️ Coaching: Pressing from a low block 4-4-2 To get 10% off all annual subscriptions head to totalfootballanalysis.com, click on the magazine advert and add the discount code PODCAST at checkout. ——
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Apr 11, 2019 • 51min

David Tenney - From Soccer To The NBA

Gary is joined by David Tenney, High Performance Director for the Orlando Magic in the NBA. A UEFA “A” license holder from the Czech Republic, David worked with the Seattle Sounders in MLS for nine seasons. He has one of Major League Soccer’s most respected and progressive minds in sports science and also founded the Sounders FC Sports Science Weekend in 2011, an annual event in Seattle that has attracted some of the top sports science minds from around the world. David talks about: - The Subjective vs Objective debate - Is injury prevention misinterpreted? - How to communicate with S&C Coaches - MLS Combine Fitness Testing - What soccer can learn from NBA And much more! This podcast is brought to you by Techne Futbol. Want to have the best, most fun and efficient training tool available at your fingertips? Now you can train on your own - or motivate your players to - with the Techne Futbol app. Created by Yael Averbuch, a professional and experienced national team player, Techne Futbol is used throughout the U.S. and in over 45 countries. Players are guided through individual technical sessions with video and written instruction. They can track their progress and compete with others on leaderboards, while coaches can monitor their players. Download the Techne Futbol app for a free trial or go to technefutbol.com where podcast listeners can get 10% off using the promo code MSC2019
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Apr 4, 2019 • 38min

Jermaine Jones: Klinsmann, Pressure, and Social Media

Gary is joined by former Eintracht Frankfurt, Blackburn Rovers, Schalke 04, LA Galaxy, and US national team player Jermaine Jones. He talks about the following: - His experience growing up in Germany and what made that environment different from a US Academy. - Playing under Jurgen Klinsmann and how he made such an impact - Managing social media and distractions in today's game - His coach education experience with Irish Football Association - Jermaine's new venture after soccer This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.
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Mar 28, 2019 • 53min

Simon Clifford - The Man Who Brought The Brazilian Game to England

Gary is joined by Simon Clifford, an English coach who, over twenty years ago, challenged the concept that Brazilians possessed a natural talent and instead opened Brazilian soccer schools around the world, as well as working alongside senior players at Garforth Town and Southampton. Simon talks about the inspiration behind his journey, his friendship with Brazilian player Juninho, changing mindsets in the 1990s, bringing Socrates over for a non-league game, and the experience he had when he took his ideas to the Premier League with Southampton. This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.
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Mar 20, 2019 • 45min

John Wall: Marcelo Bielsa (Rotations and Interchanges)

Gary is joined by John Wall, a coach and analyst born in Sweden and CEO of GameInsight Soccer. They discuss John's book that he has co-written with Hans Backe and was inspired by Marcelo Bielsa. John discusses the need to learn from Bielsa but not copy him, the importance of creativity for coaches, allowing players time and space to solve their own problems, creating a style of play that can inspire people to enjoy the game ... and much more. This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.
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Mar 12, 2019 • 37min

Ábel Lőrincz: Pressing

Gary is joined by Ábel Lőrincz, First Team Analyst for Hungarian professional team Budapest Honvéd. Ábel discusses the defensive side of the game including: - Are fitness and speed really the most important requirements for pressing? - How should sessions be designed? - How should a coach act on game day? - How should we judge the success of pressing? - Which teams do you recommend watching? - How can we coach teams to be defensively flexible? - How can opposition analysis help when preparing a team to press? This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.
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Mar 5, 2019 • 36min

Graham Mills: Maximizing a Coach-Study Visit

Gary is joined by Solent University lecturer, FA Tutor, and formerAFC Bournemouth Lead Youth Development Phase Coach, Graham Mills. He discusses the best ways to prepare and choose a study visit, including research and building the relationship with the coaches. He then details how he approaches the visit itself and what he does with all his notes and reflections. This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.
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Feb 26, 2019 • 32min

Michael Loftman: Cognitive Bias and Coaching

Gary is joined by Orlando Pirates first team analyst and U23 head coach, Michael Loftman, to discuss cognitive bias and outcome forecasting. Can framing certain scenarios and players in a biased way negatively impact our ability to coach and develop individuals? Michael shares his views on this and also his experiences in South Africa where players who have not been exposed to any coaching until late in their development, have somehow become some of his most 'coachable' players. This episode is brought to you by PlayPositionally.com. If you want to learn about positional play, not only the theory but how to implement it with your own team; then the online course at playPositionally.com is for you. The course covers all concepts, the training methodology and it also has all the drills/exercises you will need to work with your team. You can sign up at www.playpositionally.com.
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Feb 17, 2019 • 37min

Doug Lemov - Making Your Training Sessions Better

Gary talks with teaching specialist and author(Teach Like a Champion, Reading Reconsidered, Practice Perfect) Doug Lemov about how coaches can maximize their training time with their players. Doug shares a unique insight into how teaching, organization, and communication can be improved with your players and challenges coaches to consider a number of different aspects when planning, executing, and reviewing the session. This podcast is again sponsored by Total Football Analysis Magazine is the digital magazine for all soccer fans, coaches, managers and analysts. February’s Total Football Analysis Magazine has just gone on sale and you can pick up 135 pages of pure football tactical analysis. You can buy each magazine individually or take out a monthly or annual subscription which come with some added extras. We are excited to offer all listeners 10% off all annual subscriptions by entering the discount code MODERNSOCCERCOACH at checkout. Head over to totalfootballanalysis.com/magazine to get yours today!
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Feb 11, 2019 • 1h 1min

Todd Beane - You Get What You Train

Gary is joined by TOVO Academy founder, Todd Beane, along with Dan Abrahams on the Modern Soccer Coach Roadshow event in First Draft Bar in Chicago last month. Todd talks about producing decision makers from a young age, how boring practices are doing more harm than good, how Johan Cruyff saw the game, and what we can do at every level to change, challenge, and improve. This podcast is brought to you by SportsLab360, a new and innovative online program focused on youth player development from a tactical and soccer IQ perspective. If you haven't come across their program yet, I'd highly recommend checking it out. Perfect for any coaches looking to go the extra mile to enhance the developmental experience for their players.

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