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Episode 87,

Brought to you in association with our friends at Soccer Coach Weekly (@SoccerCoachWeek)

How to plan a season long Player Development Program, a conversation with Carl Wild,

lecturer, author and lead U9’s-U14’s coach at Chester FC

In this episode Carl returns to discuss the topic of player development and how we might approach supporting our players individual development over the long-term.

Carl shares his thoughts on what player development means to him and some of the key elements to player development. We discuss how this can be embedded over the course of the season and how a curriculum can be used to support player development. We also look at session planning, how practices could look and ways to differentiate `squad` practices to `individual` practices.

Carl also talks to us about his second book – Essential Practices for Player Development– and how coaches can use the book to enhance their coaching sessions and support their players.

Carl Wild – Twitter – @CarlWild75

The Book - Essential Practices for Player Development - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Practices-Player-Development-Ultimate/dp/178255243X

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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/

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In our last episode we spoke about the key ingredients that can make for a fun and effective coaching session. We came up with 10 elements that we felt should be considered and tried to explain why we believed they were important. If you haven’t already done so please do listen to episode one and let us know what you think.

As equally important as what goes into the training, is what goes into the match days. So for this episode Mark and I are delighted to have the super talented and experienced Mr Chris Fraser joining us to share his thoughts on this key topic! Chris has been preparing players and teams for match days for over 10 years and we know he feels passionately about the rights and wrong ways of going about it. I’ve had the privilege of seeing Chris coach and manage teams on numerous occasions and am always blown-away by his technical understanding and the manner and style in which he communicates and delivers this with players, parents, coaches and all those he’s impacting.

I also know that Chris is in his element on the training pitch or in a muddy field surrounded by players... so sat here with a mic in his face and a list of questions from Mark and I is very much out of his comfort zone....so we are extremely grateful he’s willing to do this for us and we know its because of how passionate you are about football, coaching and this topic especially!

Q) How important do you see matches and how should they `fit` alongside the training plan?

Q) What preparation and considerations should there be before match day?

Squad selection for the season. Too many subs?

Q) What about match day itself, how would this look and what’s the objective?

warm ups being as important as the matches

Using cones to show formation (micro pitch)

ball Mastery importance in a warm up

competitive 1v1’s key in warm ups

game related SSG in your warm up over a rondo

team challenges

individual challenges

coaching with the players on sidelines

appropriate language and code words for your players

discipline of your players

performance over results

Q) How important are formations?

Q) What about immediate after the match?

Q) What role do parents have to play in match days and how can we as coaches influence and support their involvement?

Honesty with parents and players preseason regarding a match day philosophy

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Episode 85,

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Foundation Phase Player Development, a conversation with Pete Sturgess, FA National Lead Coach (5-11)

In this episode we talk with Peter Sturgess about all things coaching with a focus on the Foundation Phase

Pete talks to us about his own coaching journey and the time he spent in academy football and his role at the FA. We discuss what the foundation phase is and why it’s so important to long-term player development, the different formats of the game and why they are so influential to skill acquisition, multi-sport, how you can frame `winning`, and how to embrace and celebrate when our young players `choose` football! Like all our guests Pete also shares the one thing he would change in the world of coaching.

The Boot Room – Web Page - https://thebootroom.thefa.com/

FA Learning– Twitter – @EnglandLearning

Peter Sturgess – Twitter - @sturge_p

The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCast

The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - [email protected]

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/

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Episode 84,

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Creating a Great Training Environment, a conversation with Jonny Martin from the Football Fun Factory

In this episode we talk with Jonny Martin, Co-Founder and Director @ the Football Fun Factory.

Jonny talks to us about his own coaching journey and time he spent in academy football, as well as the evolution of the Football Fun Factory (FFF) since its inception in 2019. We discuss how to create a great training environment that delivers on both fun and development for the players. Jonny also shares his thoughts on what he believes makes a `super star` coach and, like all our guests, the one thing he would change in the world of coaching.

Football Fun Factory – Web Page - https://thefootballfunfactory.co.uk/

Football Fun Factory – Twitter – @FballFunFactory

Jonny Martin – Twitter - @Jonny_FFF

The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Twitter - @SoccerCoachCast

The Soccer Coaching Podcast, Email - [email protected]

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/

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In this episode we discuss the launch and first three seasons of the new Canadian Premier League with the leagues Director of Football, Oliver Gage.

Oliver talks to us about his journey, his role with the CPL and how CPL is hoping to support and grow player development in Canada. We discuss the leagues history, some of the challenges, its current situation and the hopes for the future.

To find out more about the Canadian Premier League of Oliver Gage please follow the links below;

The Canadian Premier League - https://canpl.ca/

Oliver Gage Twitter - @G4gey

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the episode!

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