

Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast
MyFootballCoach
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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Apr 26, 2024 • 41min
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 talks about his work at his previous clubs including West Ham and QPR.

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Apr 2, 2024 • 40min
105 Danny Buck Arsenal Academy Coach Pt 2
Arsenal Academy Skills Specialist Danny Buck discusses technical coaching, Ball Mastery, and 1v1 duels at Arsenal's Hale End. He focuses on individual player development, small group challenges, and structured technical work for the 15/16s. The podcast explores personalized training methods, creating game-like environments, and the individual approach to player development at the Academy.

Mar 21, 2024 • 38min
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.

Feb 23, 2024 • 38min
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.

Feb 13, 2024 • 38min
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/coaching process?

Jan 31, 2024 • 49min
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 10 years as a Scout at Chelsea FC's Academy. He describes what goes on behind the scenes and how they have dominated Academy football in England for the last generation. He now runs thescoutinggame.co.uk ... a service for players and parents who want to get scouting reports for Premier League scouts.

Jan 26, 2024 • 59min
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.
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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 years. Along the way he's worked full time at Chelsea in the recruitment department and was Head of Emerging Talent at Arsenal. Yousuf talks about the changing nature of recruitment at the highest level and what it looks like at two of the biggest academies in England.

Dec 12, 2023 • 43min
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.

Dec 4, 2023 • 55min
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.
Diogo shares his work and his insight to individual player development and why Porto continues to produce such technical and creative footballers.

Oct 2, 2023 • 39min
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?