Youth Soccer Coaching Player Development Podcast

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  146 Luca Lalić TD Lion City Sailors Ex Feyenoord Academy 18.09.2026 39min

  Luca Lalić got his big break in academy football with an internship at the world-famous Feyenoord Academy, which turned into a full-time role. He progressed to Head of Methodology and International Development before returning to Southeast Asia, where he'd worked previously, to take up an exciting new role with Lion City Sailors in Singapore — where he is now Technical Director. Lion City Sailors is one of the most exciting club projects in the region. Luka joined Saul to tell his story.
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  145 Richard Walker Wolves U18 Head Coach 13.09.2026 35min

  Saul is joined by Richard Walker — Under 18s Head Coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Richard has had a fascinating journey in football. Coming off a successful playing career, he began his coaching life at Stoke City within the foundation phase — learning his trade from the ground up before working his way through the academy structure. He then joined Wolverhampton Wanderers where he’s risen to become Under 18s Head Coach — and has also had experience with the first team as caretaker coach. In this episode Richard and Saul discuss his coaching journey, what he’s learned along the way, and what it takes to develop players at one of the best academies in the country. A brilliant conversation for any coach serious about their development and career in the game. Listen now 👇
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  144 Developing The Game Changer David Webb Georgian FA 15.06.2026 32min

  David Webb was until very recently Assistant Coach at Georgia national team and has worked with some of the most talented players in world football — including Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the PSG sensation taking European football by storm. In this episode David talks about one of the most important and challenging questions in elite coaching — how do you challenge the very best players in the world while still ensuring every player in the squad is catered for? It’s a conversation that gets to the heart of individual development. How do you raise the ceiling for your elite players without raising the floor too high for everyone else? How do you keep the best hungry while keeping the rest engaged? David’s experience at the highest level of international football gives him a unique perspective on this — and his answers will challenge how you think about developing players at any level. This podcast is part of the Developing The Game Changer series — conversations with some of the best coaches in world football about individual player development. If you want to go deeper into the individual development methodology behind this series — my Developing The Game Changer masterclass is now available to every coach for the first time. The same presentation delivered to Aston Villa, Brighton, Chicago Fire, the Hong Kong Football Association and the Premier League Academy Coaches Conference at Old Trafford — at £39. Get instant access here 👇 https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/developing-the-game-changer/
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  143 Ed Graper Dutch Football Association 16.02.2026 48min

  Check out the MyPersonalFootballCoach Club Partnership. Take your soccer club to the next level. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/mpfc-club-partnership/ Ed Graper returns to the show to discuss his new role with the KNVB where he's supporting the big 6 clubs in developing their world renowned football development programme. Saul and Ed discuss the youth development landscape in Holland and importantly the future game. What this looks like and how can we develop players for it.
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  142 Nathan Cantrill Foundation Phase Lead Nottingham Forest 27.12.2025 1t 12min

  Nottingham Forest Foundation Phase Lead Nathan Cantrill joins Glen and Saul to discuss the clubs individual based programme focusing on out playing and making the players as good on the ball as possible.
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  141 Michel Hordijk Ex Skills Coach Ajax 13.12.2025 1t 6min

  Michel Hordijk spent 6 years at Ajax's famous Academy as a skills coach working under the guidance of Johan Cruyff. Michel discusses his work at the club, and how working under Johan Cruyff one of the greatest minds in world football, help mould a club methodology to develop some of the best players in world football.
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  140 Training 1.2.1 Owners Morgan Biggs & Gary Daly 16.10.2025 47min

  Morgan Biggs & Gary Daly specialise in individual and supplementary training. In a short time they have built their Irish business up with a massive social media following and now coaching players including Pros from all around the world. Get 20% off MyPersonalFootballCoach 121 Coaching Training Course with discount code 121COACH20OFF take your 121 coaching and business to Premier League standard. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/121-football-coaching-course/
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  139 Kylrn Brooks-Lynch Head of Methodology Academia Alemana de Fútbol Popayán 19.09.2025 41min

  Kylrn Brooks-Lynch previously coached at Brighton and MK Dons before taking the big step to move to Colombia as Head of Methodology at Academia Alemana de Fútbol Popayán. Kylrn talks about his journey in Academy Football and what its been like moving to South America and building a new life. Get 20% off MyPersonalFootballCoach 121 Coaching Training Course with discount code 121COACH20OFF take your 121 coaching and business to Premier League standard. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/121-football-coaching-course/
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  138 Dan Holman Striker Coach 06.09.2025 49min

  Get 20% off MyPersonalFootballCoach 121 Coaching Training Course with discount code 121COACH20OFF take your 121 coaching and business to Premier League standard. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/121-football-coaching-course/ Dan Holman is an individual striker coach. Dan worked his way up the non league ladder to make it pro. After his career finished he became an 121 striker coach. Dan joins Glen and Saul to discuss his work and how he has created a successful coaching career and business.
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  Chris Ramsey Game Changers 11.08.2025 1t 7min

  Get 20% off MyPersonalFootballCoach 121 Coaching Training Course with discount code 121COACH20OFF take your 121 coaching and business to Premier League standard. https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/121-football-coaching-course/ Chris Ramsey is widely seen as one of the best youth developers in the country. He was previously Assistant Academy manager at Spurs, Head of Academy at QPR and he now works for the English FA. Chris joins Glen and Saul to discuss developing match winners, game changers and managing the maverick.
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  136 Bradley Allen Tottenham Hotspur Academy 05.08.2025 44min

  Check out this free off season mic'd up session Saul did with Arsenal and England's Noni Madueke https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/what-separates-trial-ready-players-from-everyone-else-opt-in-podcast/ Bradley Allen comes from one of the most famous football families in English football. Both his dad and brother played upfront for Spurs. Bradley also had a successful career as a striker at the highest level. Bradley now coaches at Tottenham Hotspur's famous academy and joins Glen and Saul to discuss his successful career, football upbringing and the lessons he learnt that he now relays to the next generation of stars.
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  135 Eduardo Oliviera Brazilian Football Confederation 30.07.2025 39min

  Check out this free off season mic'd up session Saul did with Arsenal and England's Noni Madueke https://mypersonalfootballcoach.com/what-separates-trial-ready-players-from-everyone-else-opt-in-podcast/ Eduardo Oliviera returns to the show to discuss his new role at the Brazilian Football Confederation. Saul and Eduardo discuss the Brazilian coach education programme, how Brazilian coaches are developed and compare and contrast with the English system. Eduardo has also written a book about the development of players in the Foundation Phase. You can purchase it here. www.2icoaching.com.br/eng
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  134 Jackson Moody Foundation Phase Lead Aston Villa 24.06.2025 45min

  Jackson Moody has been the Foundation Phase Lead Coach at Aston Villa for 8 years. Jackson discusses his role at one of the biggest clubs and most successful academies in the country.
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  133 Paul McGuinnes Ex Man Utd Working with Strikers Coaching Family 09.06.2025 59min

  Paul McGuinness Ex Man Utd and The FA returns to the show to discuss how to effectively coach strikers. Players who score goals are the greatest commodity in the game yet there's very little detail available to coaches about the best way to support players with this. Paul, Glen and Saul talk about the best way coach players to score goals, from fundamental techniques to the subtleties of the best players in world football.
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  132 Edu Rubio Ex West Ham & Wolves 1st Team and Chelsea Academy 02.06.2025 49min

  Edu Rubio was 1st team coach at Wolves and West Ham under Julen Lopetegui. He also has experience at the Academies of Valencia, Chelsea, Palace and MK Dons. Edu joins Saul to discuss his incredible journey, what the Spanish coaching education system os really like and the contrast between the two countries.
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  131 Jan Van Loon Ex Arsenal and Dutch FA 19.05.2025 38min

  Jan Van Loon has over 30 years experience coaching including at Arsenal, the Dutch FA and Utrecht. Jan joins Glen and Saul to talk about his journey and his experiences coaching in England, Holland and India
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  130 Carsten Dohm Head Of Coaching San Diego Fc & Right To Dream Project 02.05.2025 59min

  Carsten Dohm joins Glen and Saul to talk about his role at San Diego and The Right to Dream. The Right to Dream is one of the most exciting player development projects in world football right now. Graduates include Mohammed Kudus from West Ham. Carsten talks about the the project which has academies in West Africa, Egypt, Denmark and now San Diego and how they develop technically excellent decision makers for the 1st teams of their pro teams in Denmark and now San Diego but ultimately for the top leagues in world football.
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  129 Joop Oosterveld Ex PSV, Interim Head Coach and Transition Coach BK Häcken 26.04.2025 41min

  Joop Oosterveld joins Glen and Saul to talk about his move from PSV to BK Häcken in Sweden and how he quickly became interim Head Coach of the 1st team. Now back in his role as 1st Team transition coach Joop discusses his life and work in Sweden and how BK Häcken plan to be the best development club in Scandinavia.
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  127 Coaching Family Alex Nichols Ex Arsenal : Small group sessions 14.04.2025 41min

  Alex Nichols fills in for Glen in this Coaching Family special talking about small group sessions and how to best design and deliver when working with a small group of players.
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  126 Neil Harris Ex Man United Academy Coach 19.02.2025 1t 7min

  Neil Harris spent over two decades coaching at Man United's famous Academy. Neil discusses his journey with Saul and tells us what makes United's Academy one of the best in world football.