The Soccer Coaching Podcast

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss an U8 training session. We look at where the session fits into the season, the practices delivered, how they could have been adjusted or improved and even have some player feedback! Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode! Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastWeb – www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail – info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss the important role mentoring can play in coach development with the wonderful Robbie Blood (@robbie_blood). We look at what mentoring is and isn’t and the benefits of both being a mentor and a mentee. Robbie shares his thoughts and experiences as a coach and FA Coach Mentor.Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode!www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.cominfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com@SoccerCoachCast

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss the role that parents play and the importance of working effectively with parents if you want to create a positive training and match day environment. We reflect on our own parenting as well as our experiences with parents and then look at some of the initiatives that could help to ensure coaches and parents are working together to best support the players.Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy this episode.Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastWWW – thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail – info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss how Tristan went from analysing football into coaching and how this helped with having a deeper understanding of the game. We also look at how we can use this understanding to help focus our coaching at the foundation phase.A massive thank you to the superb Tristan (@flyingwingback) for kindly giving up his time and we hope you enjoy this episode.Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastWeb - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss rotation and its importance at the foundation and youth development phases. We discuss how teams can rotate players and the benefits of doing so, as well as why not all coaches seem to value player rotation. We hope you enjoy this episode and please do share your thoughts and leave a review.  Twitter - @SoccerCoachCast Email - @Thesoccercoachingpodcast.com Web - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss taking a `game based approach` for our coaching sessions. We look at the benefits and challenges of having this approach and also discuss how we use constraints to help focus the practices around key themes. We hope you enjoy this episode! Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastEmail - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comWebsite - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss the hurdles that can come in to play when coaching at the foundation and youth development phases. We highlight the four that we believe have the greatest consequences and look at the symptoms of each and how these can playout in practice.The hope is that by shining a light on these four hurdles it might help us recognise our own challenges and/or help us better identify and support others.Please let us know what you think about our choices or if you feel there are others that should also be included?Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode!Web - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comTwitter - @SoccerCoachCast

Send us a textIn this episode we are delighted to be joined by the wonderful Luis Melville who shares his background in the game of Futsal and helps us get a better understanding of the rules and benefits of this awesome game. We take a look at the game in more detail and discuss its appeal as a sport in its own right and how it can also be used to support the development of grassroots football players.We hope you get as much out of this episode as we did!Luis can be found on twitter @LuisMelvilleThe book Luis mentions is – Futsal – training, technique and tactics by Peter SturgessTwitter - @SoccerCoachCastWeb - www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we review an Arsenal U10 training session and talk to the awesome coach Paul Barry who delivered it. Paul is lead coach for the U10's at Arsenal and was kind enough to allow us to observe one of his fantastic sessions and then gave up his time to share his coaching journey and talk us through the session. We hope you enjoy the episode! Email - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comTwitter - @SoccerCoachCastWeb – www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we talk with the wonderful Phil Beadle about how to manage behaviour and how to create a positive learning environment. Phil explains about the different types of anger and some of the strategies to manage situations when they happen and how to try to prevent them from occurring in the first place. You can also read our blog on the topic http://thesoccercoachingpodcast.com/podcasts-blog/We hope you enjoy this episode!@SoccerCoachCastwww.thesoccercoachingpodcast.cominfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com