Send us a textIn this episode we chat to the wonderful Jamie Tompkins from Bretford FC and talk about his background and experiences. Jamie shares his thoughts on coaching and working with players in the foundation and youth development phases, as well his role as first team manager at Ascot FC.  We hope you enjoy the episode and please do let us know by leaving a review.  Thanks.  www.thesoccerchoachingpodcast.com @SoccerCoachCast

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss our experiences of coaching players 5 aside football at the foundation phase.We share our thoughts on formations, rotation, the goalkeepers role and possible constraints.Please do let us know if you have other thoughts on this format or if you've had success trying a different approach.Website: www.thesoccercoachingpodcast.comEmail: info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comTwitter: @SoccerCoachCast

Send us a textIn this episode we are joined by the wonderful and knowledgeable Kevin Green who is a UEFA A license coach who has been involved in coaching for over 20 years. Kevin currently works as an FA Regional Coach Mentor for Middlesex FA.Kevin shares his thoughts on the important considerations for coaches when it comes to practice design.We are extremely grateful to Kevin for giving up his time and hope you enjoy the episode!@SoccerCoachCastinfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comwww.thesoccercaochingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss player reviews, criteria, how they can be used and how they could link in to end of season awards.We have shared some examples that we have created and use on our twitter feed @SoccerCoachCast.We would love to hear you thoughts, so please do let us know how you use player reviews and manage end of season awards and if your happy to share your documents that would be great.Thanks for listening.

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss if going unbeaten all season is a good thing (or not). We talk about how you could measure success and the dangers of only looking at the results of matches. We also talk about how focusing on the results and `protecting` your win/lose record may impact on the development opportunities you `allow` for your players. Mark also shares his `final thought` and Scott has a couple of rants! ;)We hope you enjoy the episode and would welcome your feedback!@SoccerCoachCastinfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we chat with the wonderful Michael Hamilton (@mikehamilton_14) from AFC Wimbledon (@afcwimbledon) and discuss their approach to coaching at the Foundation and Youth Development phases. Michael shares with us his thoughts on working with coaches, the AFC Wimbledon philosophy and the importance of player ownership and working `outside` the session for both players and coaches...as well as lots more!It was a privilege to spend time with Michael and to get an insight into the wonderful work hes doing with all the academy team to support their players development.We hope you enjoy the episode and please share your thoughts.@SoccerCoachCastinfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we discuss the importance of ball mastery and technical work with the wonderful Saul Isaksson-Hurst from the My Personal Football Coach (www.mypersonalfootballcoach.com). The conversation includes thoughts on homework, SSG's, layering sessions, linking physical literacy with ball manipulation practice, making technical work fun and lots more! We also try and clarify our thoughts on if you should prioritise 1v1 or passing and why we prefer a dual approach.Thank you to Saul for giving up his time and his superb contribution to this important topic!We hope you enjoy the episode and if so please give us some feedback and share.Email - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.comTwitter - @SoccerCoachCastThanks and enjoy!

Send us a textIn this episode we are delighted to be joined by the wonderful Stuart Armstrong. Stu discusses his podcast (www.thetalentequation.co.uk/podcast) and tells us why he started it and what he's learned on the journey so far. As huge fans of the podcast ourselves we were delighted to have Stu on. It was great to get to know more about him, get an insight into his coaching principles and find out about his hopes for encouraging all us coaches to always be thinking "is there a better way?".The audio is a bit `wobbly` in parts so please bear with it.We hope you enjoy it!Twitter - @SoccerCoachCastEmail - info@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we welcome Lewis Bloom from Wycombe Wanderers FC to discuss coach CPD, what makes a great session and player reviews. Lewis explains his role in supporting the Wycombe Elite Development Academy (EDA) and shares his thoughts on a number of topics relating to coaching at this level.@SoccerCoachCastinfo@thesoccercoachingpodcast.com

Send us a textIn this episode we talk with James about making the transition from playing to coaching and some of the challenges in changing your mindset from being `result` focused to being `development` focused and how these impact on your coaching principles.