Learning in Development

This weeks conversation we look at two different national football associations exploring the history influencing player development, investigating their retrospective culture & sub-cultures and each approach to educate through coach education.   This week we have Jason deVos (Canada Soccer Association), Jorg Vanderbreggen (KNVB) & Jan Verbeek (KNVB)   Guests: Mark O'Sullivan - AIK (@markstkhlm) Mike Whyatt - Halifax City Soccer Club (@whyatt) Britain Thomas - MetaSport FC (@devathletic) Jason deVos - Canada Soccer Association (@jasondevos) Jorg Vanderbreggen - KNVB (@jvanderB78) Jan Verbeek - KNVB

Guests Mark O'Sullivan, Mike Whyatt, Britain Thomas, and Tony Strudwick discuss topics such as understanding play development in football, the role of academies, readdressing the balance in coaching, the advantages and disadvantages of data analysis, the influence of language in coaching, and long term athletic development.

A isolated ramble on club culture around child and youth development focusing specifically on development vs talent identification. We discuss this focusing specifically on the Netherlands with Bastiaan Riemersma and his move from a larger professional club to a smaller club in Willem II and joining him to discuss his experience covering the contrast of youth development as a journalist for De Correspondent is Michiel de Hoog.    Guests: Mark O'Sullivan - AIK (@markstkhlm) Mike Whyatt - Halifax City Soccer Club (@whyatt) Britain Thomas - MetaSport FC (@devathletic) Bastiaan Riemersma - Willem II Youth Academy (@b_riemersma) Michiel de Hoog - De Correspondent Sport (@michieldehoog)

A isolated ramble on session design for child youth sport. Sessions for young children typically have been underpinned by a culturally dominant planning paradigm (e.g. coach determines in advance the specific theme, presents predetermined coaching points, and controls the sequence and duration for each part of the session).   Guests: Mark O'Sullivan - AIK (@markstkhlm) Mike Whyatt - Halifax City Soccer Club (@whyatt) Britain Thomas - MetaSport FC (@devathletic) Jodi Fernandez - FC Barcelona (@jordifdezlie) Isaac Guerrero - FC Barcelona (@isaacguerreroh)