Russell Martin joins Saul to talk about his footballing philosophy and how he made firstly MK Dons in League 1 one of the best possession football teams in Europe with stats only behind Man City and Barcelona. 

He also talks about his current role as Head Coach of Swansea City and how he's continued to try and develop a team that can dominate the ball from start to finish. 

Saul and Russell discuss how he implements this on the training ground and what have been the main challenges since he started coaching.

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83 Russell Martin Swansea City Head Coach

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?

92 Coaching Family Special 'Developing midfielders'

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?

96 Coaching Family Special Ball Striking

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?

97 Coaching Family Special: Technical Players how do we Coach/Develop them?

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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 to produce such technical and creative footballers.

98 Diogo Pavia Head of Individual Development FC Porto

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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.

99 Colin Bergmans Skills Coach PSV Eindhoven

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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 of Emerging Talent at Arsenal. Yousuf talks about the changing nature of recruitment at the highest level and what it looks like at two of the biggest academies in England.

100 Yousuf Sajadd Ex Arsenal Head of Emerging Talent Current TD FC Den Bosch

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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 now runs thescoutinggame.co.uk ... a service for players and parents who want to get scouting reports for Premier League scouts.

101 Chris Robinson Ex Scout Chelsea FC's Academy

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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?

102 Where have all the #10s Gone? Coaching Family Special

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Alex Nichols, Ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Glenn and Saul to discuss whether there's too much dribbling in youth football.

103 Coaching Family is there too much dribbling in Youth Football?

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.

104 Paul Holder FA Coach Educator

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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 in small groups and how he challenges the players and himself.

105 Danny Buck Arsenal Academy Coach Pt 2

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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.

106 Lee Hayes Yokohama FC Academy Ex West Ham and QPR

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. 
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107 Steve Sallis Mindset Consultant English FA

Tim Bradbury, US Soccer Coach Educator joins Glen and Saul to discuss how to develop defenders. What is the best way to coach this and why does there seem to be such a shortage of quality defenders any the highest level?

108 Coaching Family Special Developing Defenders

João Tralhão Ex Benfica Academy and Monaco 1st Team Coach joins Glen and Saul to discuss the best way of Developing Champions League Players.
How can we stress and challenge players to prepare them for the game at the very highest level?

109 João Tralhão Developing Champions League Players Coaching Family Special

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JordI Condom Auli joins Saul to discuss what goes on behind the scenes at Barcelona's Academy and what makes it one of the most successful talent development centres in world football.

110 JordI Condom Auli Barcelona Academy Coach

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Glen and Saul are back reflecting on the Euros and Southgate's influence on English football. They also look at the next gen players coming through and importantly what are the trends and impacts on us as coaches when looking at player development in the future.

111 Coaching Family Euros and Southgate Reflection. Next Gen Players

In this new series Saul invites some of the best young coaches emerging onto the show. Matteo Esposito has a huge Instagram following and also coaches at Arsenal in the Pre Academy. Matteo talks about his journey and how he's developed his methodology and his very successful coaching business.

112 Coaching Family Next Generation Coaches Matteo Esposito

Juan Carlos Amorós is Head Coach NY/NJGotham FC Head Coach where he has cemented his position as one of the leading coaches in the Women's Pro game. This follows successful spells at Tottenham Women's, Real Betis and Houston Dash. Juan joins Glen and Saul to talk about his rise from grass roots football to the top of the Women's game.

113 Juan Carlos Amorós NY/NJGotham FC Head Coach

David Webb returns to the show to discuss his current role as 1st team coach of Georgia's national team. Saul and David discuss their remarkable Euros campaign. How the got there and what was the day to day workings to make football history for this relatively small nation.

David Webb Georgia 1st Team Coach 'Euros Reflection'

Anton joins Glen and Saul to discuss his role with Tottenham Hotpsur Women's Team where he works with the 1st team and as a transition coach for players coning through the Academy. Anton, also discusses his journey as a young pro and then an Academy Coach at Spurs.

115 Anton Blackwood Spurs Women's Coach ex Spurs Academy

In the latest 'Next Generation' series, Kai Parkinson joins Saul to talk about his coaching and player journey. Kai was a young Academy player at clubs including Chelsea. He's now one of the most exciting young coaches in the UK.

Next Generation Coaches Kai Parkinson

Alex Nichols, ex Arsenal Academy Coach joins Saul and Glen to discuss, what's more important, dribbling or passing?

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Dribbling or Passing, What's more important?

Tom Byer returns to the show to chat with Glen and Saul about his ground breaking work with early years skill development. Tom argues that the real key to developing top players is engagement between 2 and 6 years old. Tom consults with some of the biggest clubs in the world and with Federations.

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Coaching Family Tom Byer Early Years Development Specialist

Eddie Johnson has a successful playing career in America and England, he's now one of the most exciting young coaches in the USA. Eddie has been fighting against the conventional coaching system in the USA, his technical coaching philosophy has come under attack by many but the results speak for themselves. Now the doubters have become fans!

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Next Gen Coaches Eddie Johnson Coaching Family Special

Michael Beale is one of the best young English Coaches in the country. His incredible career has seen him work at all academy age groups at Chelsea and Liverpool. He has been 1st team assitant coach in Brazil, in the Premier League at Aston Villa and at Rangers. He also been Head Coach at QPR, Rangers and Sunderland. Micahel joins the boys to discuss development from the very youngest all the way to the 1st team.

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Michael Beale Returns. Development from Pre Academy to 1st Team. Coaching Family

Join your host, Saul Isaksson-Hurst, Premier League Academy skills coach for 10 years with Tottenham and Chelsea FC as he discusses Soccer Player Development and Coaching with Danny Buck. Danny Buck has been a Premier League Academy Coach for 22 years working at Arsenal, Tottenham, Brentford and Barnet. Danny has played a part in many pro players development including Alex Iwobi, Jack Wiltshire, Josh Onomah, Marcus Edwards and many  many more. If you are a football coach, player or parent, this podcast will give you invaluable information about elite player development.

MPFC Youth Soccer Development Podcast Episode 3 with Danny Buck

Episode 5 of the My Personal Football Coach Youth Soccer Player Development Podcast sees Albert Capellas, Ex Youth Coordinator of FC Barcelona's famed Academy discuss player development and the secrets behind one of the most successful academies in the world. Barcelona has produced players like Messi, Iniesta and Xavi to name just a few. This episode is not to be missed!

MPFC Youth Soccer Development Podcast Episode 5 Albert Capellas

For part 1 of this 50th show special Saul is Joined by Michael Beale and Harry Watling.
Micahel Beale, current 1st team coach at Rangers previously coached at Chelsea and Liverpool in the Academies as well as a stint coaching in Brazil at Sao Paulo as a 1st team coach. He's one of the best player developers in the country.
Harry Watling has coached at Chelsea, Millwall and West Ham. One of the best coaches in Academy football in this country. 
Harry and Michael answer questions from the listeners as well as discussing some of the main issues surrounding youth development.

MPFC Youth Soccer Development Podcast 50 Part 1 Michael Beale and Harry Watling

Join Saul Isaksson-Hurst, 10 years experience as a Technical Football Coach in the Premier League with Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC, as he chats to some of the worlds leaders in Youth Soccer Development. A podcast aimed at  Soccer Players, Coaches and parents interested in the beautiful game and youth soccer player development.

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