Episodes
Steve Sallis is one of the world leaders in mindset development. He Joins Saul and Glen to discuss how we can maximise mindset development not only in our players but in us as coaches also. Check out Steves first book 'Educating Football' which has literally changed the game and his soon to be released follow up 'How not to be a leadership d******d.' The Virtual Academy is back on the MyPersonalFootballCoach app. The Next Gen Club includes Technical, Tactical, Physical, Psychological and...
Published 05/04/24
The Virtual Academy is back on the MyPersonalFootballCoach app. The Next Gen Club includes Technical, Tactical, Physical, Psychological and Tips how to get scouted from Premier League Coaches...for just £9.99 a month. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Lee Hayes joins Saul to discuss his role at Yokohama FC and what life and football culture is like in Japan. Lee also talks about his work at his previous clubs including West Ham and QPR.
Published 04/26/24
To find out more about technical coaching, Ball Mastery and 1v1 Duels checkout the MyPersonalFootballCoach Online Coaching Courses https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/level-1-level-2-e-leaning-courses/ Arsenal Academy Skills Specialist Danny Buck returns to join Saul to discuss his work at the world famous Hale End, home to Arsenal's Academy. Saul takes a deep dive into Danny's work with the 15/16s and how he structures his technical work. Looking at how he develops players individually and...
Published 04/02/24
Paul Holder is a legend in the English Coaching fraternity. His long career has seen him coach at Academy and 1st Team Level. He has also been a coach Educator at the English Football Association. Paul and Saul discuss coaching topics including the Game Based approach.
Published 03/21/24
MyPersonalFootballCoach Coaching Courses and Virtual Conference are now on sale! mypersonalfootballcoach.com/iamacoach/ Alex Nichols, Ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Glenn and Saul to discuss whether there's too much dribbling in youth football.
Published 02/23/24
MyPersonalFootballCoach Coaching Courses and Virtual Conference are now on sale! https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/iamacoach/ Glenn joins Saul again for the Coaching Family Special asking where are all the #10s gone? Pro and Academy football seem to be missing the mavericks which used to be the mainstay of teams through out the world. Why is this and is it a reflection of our recruitment/coaching process?
Published 02/13/24
The Virtual Academy Club Next Gen goes live February 1st. Get the complete player development programme. Technical, Tactical, Mindset, Physical and tips how to get scouted. Sign up on the MyPersonalFootballCoach app or follow this link https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Chris Robinson spent over 10 years as a Scout at Chelsea FC's Academy. He describes what goes on behind the scenes and how they have dominated Academy football in England for the last generation. He...
Published 01/31/24
The MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Academy Next Gen Club is going live February 1st. Technical, Tactical, Physical, Mindset and tips how to get scouted from some of the best talent developers in world football. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/the-virtual-academy-home/ Yousuf Sajjadd has gone from volunteer scout at Brentford to Technical Director of FC Den Bosch in Holland in just over 10 years. Along the way he's worked full time at Chelsea in the recruitment department and was Head...
Published 01/26/24
Check out Saul's new Coach Mentoring. Take your coaching and/or Soccer coaching career/business to the next level... https://pdafootball.co.uk/coach-mentoring/ Colin Bergmans is a Skills Coach at PSV Eindhoven. Colin outlines how his ‘Skill Box’ works and the individual focus that sets PSV apart from most Academies.
Published 12/12/23
Check out Saul's new Coach Mentoring. Take your coaching and/or Soccer coaching career/business to the next level... https://pdafootball.co.uk/coach-mentoring/ Diogo Pavia joins Saul to discuss his role as Head of Individual Development at FC Porto. This famous Portuguese club has a long and successful track record of player development. Pepijn Lijnders previously held this role within the club. Diogo shares his work and his insight to individual player development and why Porto continues...
Published 12/04/23
Alex Nichols, former Technical Coach at Arsenal FC joins Saul and Glen to talk about Technical Players. What do they look like and how do we coach/develop them?
Published 10/02/23
Saul and Glen are back in the Coaching Family special to discuss Ball Striking. Is it important and when, where and how is the most effective way to coach and improve it?
Published 09/26/23
Kenneth Santa has had an extraordinary career already taking him around the world as a talent ID Specialist. Starting his career in Denmark at clubs including Brondby, before moving to Aspire in Qatar, working as European Scout for Wolves, a stint in Saudi Arabia then India. He's now Head of talent ID in Singapore. Kenneth shares his journey and lesson learnt from different footballing cultures.
Published 09/12/23
Glen joins Saul for another Coaching Family to discuss 'does possession matter?'. Guardiola has changed the game in the UK and in World Football...but is it important for your team to dominate the ball? In terms of youth development, is it key and how do you train it?
Published 09/04/23
Jeroen Chantrain joins Saul to talk about is work at Anderlecht's famous academy. He has spent 6 years at the club working firstly with this youngest age groups in the foundation phase and now with the 13/14s. He also coaches in the Purple Talents programme which is Anderlecht's school programme for 'their better players'. Check out more about Anderlecht with the Inside the Academy documentary. https://youtu.be/uJ1hd5fcbx8?si=lNNvqyT7DvwwquPk
Published 08/28/23
Glen Hicks joins Saul for this Coaching Family special discussing how to develop midfielders. Looking at the current trend of central midfielders going for big money in the Premier League and La Liga...what are the key attributes needed to play and prosper in this area of the pitch and how does that effect our session design?
Published 08/21/23
Paul McGuinness ex Man Utd Coach for 20 years and Glen Hicks ex Premier League Academy coach join Saul for this round table special discussing Paul's notion of 'Flow', how to identify and how to coach it in football.
Published 04/17/23
MPFC Podcast host Saul Isaksson-Hurst is interviewed by Inside the Coaches Room in this special episode. Saul talks about his 20 year career, coaching at the Academies of Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal and his work as an individual coach working with and developing some of the best young talent in world football.
Published 04/04/23
GET 20% OFF THE MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference with the code 'podcastvc' Ivan Kepcija joins Saul to talk about his career which has seen him be instrumental in the rise of Croatian football to the top of World Football. Ivan was assitant Academy Manager then Academy Manger of Dinamo Zagreb. He then moved in to be a Technical Director at Legia Warszawa and then at Hajduk Split. Ivan discusses his work and the secrets behind the extraordinary success of Croatian Football.
Published 12/29/22
Get 20% off the MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference with code 'podcastvc' https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Dan Micciche is regarded as one of the best coaches in the country and has had an extraordinary career already. Starting coaching a Crystal Palace he soon moved across London to work under Chris Ramsey and John McDermott at Spurs. He then moved on to work at MK Dons, responsible for brining such players as Dele Alli through. His next role came at the...
Published 12/16/22
Check out the MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference. 14 of the worlds best talent developers. Get 20% off with the code 'podcastvc' https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Chris Docherty has had an amazing career in the game already. Starting his career in Academy football in Scotland as a coach and then moving to work with the Scottish FA in their performance programme. He then moved to work firstly in China and then Croatia progressing and mixing his roles...
Published 12/10/22
The MyPersonalFootballCoach Virtual Conference is now live! 14 of the best player developers in world football present their ideas, methodology, hints and tips from elite level coaching. Download now and keep. GET 20% WITH 'PODCASTVC' CODE https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/virtual-conference-2022/ Doug Lemov is one of the world leaders in teaching and learning in sports coaching and football. He's joined by Tim Bradbury, US Soccer Coach Educator and Glen Hicks, Ex Premier League Academy...
Published 11/28/22
Ricardo Moniz is regarded as the world's leading skills coach. His time at Spurs as first team skills coach left a legacy on the whole club but particularly the Academy. He has also worked at the Red Bull Clubs, Hamburg and Feyenoord. He has also has stints in management in England and Europe. Ricardo, a disciple of Wiel Coerver took his work to the next level and has helped inspire coaches from all around the world including Saul who regards Ricardo as pivotal in helping him develop his...
Published 08/29/22
Michel Ribeiro is the 1st Team Individual Coach Genk, he was also previously the Individual Coach in the Academy of the same club. Michel talks about his career and one of the worlds leading individual coaching specialists. Saul and Michel discuss how and why Genk have become one of the best player development environments in world football and how much of an impact technical coaching can have on players from 9 years to the 1st team. USE CODE LEVEL2PODCAST TO GET 20% OFF THE...
Published 08/09/22