The Soccer Coaching Podcast

Osku Partonen, a UEFA Pro Licensed Coach and Technical Director at Järvenpään Palloseura, shares his vast coaching experience. He dives into his nine key coaching principles crucial for player development and match focus. Osku highlights the importance of trust between coaches and players, illustrating how structured guidelines alongside creative freedom can elevate team dynamics. He also discusses the vital connection between training sessions and game performance, emphasizing adaptability and understanding player behavior for effective coaching.

In this discussion, Ray Power, a coach educator and Head of Football at Bangladesh’s National Academy, shares his insights on effective coach development. He emphasizes the necessity of creating thinking coaches over merely meeting qualifications. Ray discusses the importance of context, mentorship, and crafting safe spaces for experimentation. He critiques conventional coach education, advocating for a focus on real-world application and adaptability, all while filtering the noise from modern sources like AI and social media.

Ray Power, Head of Football at Bangladesh's National Academy (BKSP), shares his expertise on football formations and their significance in coaching. He introduces the innovative concept of a 'base formation' as a team's tactical home base, offering flexibility rather than rigidity. The conversation dives into the nuances of formations versus playing styles, using examples from elite teams to highlight adaptability. Power also emphasizes the importance of clear communication and understanding player strengths to foster effective team dynamics in youth coaching.

Send us a textEpisode 112, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 112 - A Look At Grassroots Football, with Jason Carney, Director of Coaching at FC Portland and AuthorIn this episode we speak again with the wonderful Jason Carney, who is the Director of Coaching at FC Portland. We discuss his coaching background and updates since we previously spoke back in 2022. We discuss grassroots football, the obstacles to player development and some of the solutions. We also look at his latest book “US Grassroots Soccer, Great on Paper, S**T on Grass”Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!Jason Carney – https://www.fcportland.org/our-staffUS Grassroots Soccer, Great on Paper, S**T on Grass - https://www.amazon.co.uk/US-Grassroots-Soccer-Great-Paper/dp/1966442378 The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!

Send us a textEpisode 111, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 111 - A Look At Scouting In Grassroots Youth Football, a conversation with Chris Robinson, Director at The Scouting Game and Head of Academy Recruitment at Southampton FCIn this episode we speak with the awesome Chris Robinson about the world of scouting. We look behind the curtain of grassroots youth football scouting and Chris helps us demystify the scouting process. We talk about some of the challenges for scouts, clubs, coaches and players and ask if the process of scouting young players could be improved.Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!Chris Robinson – The Scouting Game - https://thescoutinggame.co.uk/ The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!

Send us a textEpisode 110, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)  Episode 110 – Giving The Game Back To The Kids, a conversation with Chris Fraser In this episode we speak to Chris Fraser about grassroots football and discuss if adults are taking the game away from the kids We talk about the experiences Chris has seen this seen and how youth grassroots football has changes over the past few years. Chris suggests some possible options for us to consider and how by making a few changes to how we go about things as adults, the young players could benefit. Please do leave a review, like and share the episode! The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCast The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly. Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode! 

Send us a textEpisode 109, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 109 – What’s too far? A conversation about behaviour in youth grassroots football In this episode we speak with James Brooks and discuss behaviour in grassroots football.We look at coach matchday behaviour and what’s changes over the past 5-10 years and discuss some of the reasons. We also look at spectators and players and the role the FA and leagues could and possibly should play in supporting a positive training and playing environment. Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!

Send us a textEpisode 108, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 108 – How To Deliver An Effective Training Session, a conversation with Mark Rivers, Arsenal Pre-Academy Manager and FA Tutor In this episode we speak with the awesome Mark Rivers who is the current Pre-Academy Manager at Arsenal and an FA Tutor.Mark talks us through his own coaching journey and how that influences his delivery as well as what he believes helps make an effective coaching session. We discuss the importance of plan, do , review as well as  what to consider to get the most of your training sessions for your players. Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!Marks Podcast - The Grassroots Football Coach PodcastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!

Send us a textEpisode 107, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 107 – Maximising Coach Delivery, a conversation with Temisan Williams former academy UEFA A coach and founder of Excellence Academy In this episode we speak with the awesome Temisan Williams (Temi) about his top tips for coaches to maximise their coaching delivery.Temi talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about how his own views on coaching has changed over the past 13 years, how formal coach qualifications can support and what coaches might want to think about when planning and delivering their sessions as well as wider curriculum planning.Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!Temisan Williams – X (formerly Twitter) - @become_excelWebsite - https://www.excellence-acaddemy.co.uk/ The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!

Send us a textEpisode 106, Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek) Episode 106 - Designing effective training practices and adapting for winter training, a conversation with Macauley Musgrave coach and owner of The Coaches Zone In this episode we speak with the awesome Macauley Musgrave (Macca) about how he goes about designing effective training practices. We also discuss what coaches could consider as many of us move into winter training.Macca talks us through his own coaching journey and experiences. We talk about what he means by ‘effective’, what coaches might want to consider before they plan the individual sessions, and his work with The Coaches Zone.Please do leave a review, like and share the episode!Macca – X (formerly Twitter) - @MaccaCoachingThe Coaches Zone - X (formerly Twitter) - @TheCoachesZoneWebsite - https://www.thecoacheszone.com/ The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastThe Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - thesoccercoachingpodcast@gmail.com This episode was brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly.Established since 2006, Soccer Coach Weekly is a leading source of inspiration and advice for all grassroots coaches. Join thousands of youth soccer coaches, just like you, saving time and effort in their goal of having the most effective, enjoyable and successful coaching journey for them and their players. – https://www.soccercoachweekly.net/ Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoyed the episode!