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Lily Kreitinger shares how she went from living in Mexico City to moving to the United States, and how she became fluent in English in the process. 

Lily Kreitinger: How she became fluent in English, and what you can learn from her story.

English Conversation   Learn English Speaking English Subtitles Lesson 01

Welcome to this pilot (test) episode of the TF Podcast. In this episode, my wife and I talk about Thanksgiving.

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp--TdCU9GI

This gives you a great way to listen to a real conversation in both British and American English.

*** LESSON NOTES ***

☆ We're hoping she's going to be quiet - notice that I use 'hope' in the continuous? Learn more about 'hope' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx3kbTAI4M

☆ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Learn more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade

☆ That's what it boils down to - this is a great phrase to mean "the main reason for something."

☆ Put on a parade - to organize a parade (phrasal verb)

☆ It's a pretty big milestone - a significant event

☆ I did not grow up eating that - learn about grow up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkUHx5qVP8

☆ Potluck - a party where everyone brings a dish. For Thanksgiving, people are assigned a certain dish

☆ To go back for seconds - to get another plate of food after eating your first

☆ It has a special place in everyone's heart - This means that's it's emotionally important. Learn more here: http://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/something-holds-a-special-place-in-ones-heart

☆ Black Friday has become a huge thing now - this means that Black Friday is important and widespread

☆ I'm a person who leaves it to the last minute - I wait until near the deadline to do something. I use this phrase here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYNHJHzSNA

☆ I didn't take those days off - I worked those days

☆ It's going to be very difficult to travel with two children - I'm sure you know what this means!

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What did you think about this podcast? I hope you enjoyed it. If so, we'll make more episodes soon!

Learn English Podcast - Episode 0 (Pilot) - A Conversation About Thanksgiving

Did you know Martyn Pert spent three months filling water bottles for the likes of Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade while learning from legendary NBA coach Pat Riley? Neither did we. Not until we sat down with the ‘Caps assistant for the latest episode of Sideline Stories, in which Pert discusses his time with the Miami Heat, relationship with Argentine manager Marcelo Bielsa, and much much more. Trust us: this one is a must-listen.

Sideline Stories: The most interesting man in the club?

1984-0316 3: Talk (English) - Learn from Krishna's Life

Gary is joined by coach, author and tactical analyst, Jed Davies, to discuss his coaching philosophy, how he personally analyzes games, his thoughts on Bielsa coming to England, why Raymond Verheijen courses have helped him so much, and plenty more. This is a new series of 'soccer culture' podcasts and is brought to you by WorldStrides Excel.

Jed Davies | Working in the Shadows

Damian Roden is the High Performance Manager for the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer (MLS).

Damian will be hosting and presenting the 2019 Seattle Sounders Sports Science Weekend June 20th - June 22nd, 2019 at The NINETY in Seattle, Washington. The event brings together some of the best minds in every area of sports science including sleep, nutrition, monitoring, strength training, conditioning, injury prevention, psychology, physiology, tactics, and more.

If you are interested in registering and attending this years iteration of the conference, you can sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-seattle-sounders-fc-sports-science-seminar-roots-of-performance-registration-54182146258

S04 E06 - Damian Roden - "The Roots of Performance"

Gary is joined by UEFA A Licensed Coach, Joao Nuno Fonseca.  He was recently a first team assistant coach at Nantes in the top flight of French football and was also the Coaching Methodology Analyst for the City Football Group. Joao discusses how tactical analysis can be used to help players understand the game better, improve process of scouting and match preparation, how animations can help coaches present tactical information, and ways to build a consistent environment with training and game models. 

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Joao Nuno Fonseca: A Modern Coaching Approach with Focus on Tactical Analysis

Marie Crowe is joined by Christoph Biermann to discuss his new book 'Football Hackers - The Science and Art of a Data Revolution' which looks at the world's major football clubs are using detailed analytics to innovate and drive success, from Expected Goals to Metric Packing, and much more, including the Irishman whose deep-dive stats painted a different picture of Jurgen Klopp at a low point in his managerial career

SOCCER: Christoph Biermann - Football Hackers

Gary is joined by current Bristol City Women FC (FAWSL) GK Coach, Tony Elliott. Tony has a vast range of experiences as a coach as a player, also with @ngland Blind Football GK Coach, and as FA National Futsal Goalkeeper Coach Developer. He is author of the book, 'A Modern Approach To Goalkeeping’

Tony tackles the challenges of not just incorporating goalkeepers in training sessions, but also in the environment itself. He covers:

- Creating both camaraderie and competition between starters and backups 
- Role of GK coach during the game
- Who should pick the starting GK?
- How would you hire a GK coach? 
- If he was Sarri, how would he deal with Kepa incident?
- What can we learn from other sports?

And much, much more!!

COACHES: October's monthly webinar is now available on the Modern Soccer Coach Community Platform. In the 45 video session, Gary takes an in-depth look at ‘Breaking Down a Low block’, and pinpoints 10 ways that a coach can play against a team  who "parks the bus" including tactical analysis, session ideas, and a discussion on player development. 

The monthly webinars are FREE to all MSC Community Platform Members. It's easy to register and once you do, you will receive a free 14 day trial to check it out… after that it’s only $6 a month and you get access to the monthly webinars, weekly content and discussions, along with over 250 video training exercises on there.

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Tony Elliott - Improving Communication with GKs and GK Coaches

Our goal is to bring in-depth content to coaches with a combination of interviews, chats, and personal thoughts on the topics that really matter in the beautiful game and elite-level sport. Enjoy and thanks for listening! - Gary