Player and Coach Development

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Chris Davies

Chris Davies: Develop and win

Birmingham City manager Chris Davies spoke to Ben Bartlett about his years in the backroom staff, working with the very best players and ...

Emma Thomson

Emma Thomson: Take Courage

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, North Carolina Courage assistant coach Emma Thomson spoke to Ben Bartlett about her career path that has ...

Steve Holland

Steve Holland: Shaping a nation

In a recent ESCA webinar, former England assistant coach Steve Holland spoke to Ben Bartlett about his time working alongside Gareth ...

Matthew Joseph

The power of coaching

Arsenal’s academy coach developer Matthew Joseph spoke to Ben Bartlett in a recent webinar for the Elite Soccer Coaching Award

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Chris Ramsey

Chris Ramsey: Polishing the strengths

The FA’s professional development phase lead Chris Ramsey speaks to Ben Bartlett about his passion for supporting players and coaches, hi...

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Gary Broadhurst

Gary Broadhurst: A different lens

Gary Broadhurst speaks to John Allpress about his role as head of foundation coaching at Tottenham Hotspur, and what he looks for in youn...

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John Allpress

Create and innovate

John Allpress explores how coaches can develop and support young players’ creativity.

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Keith Andrews

Keith Andrews: Belief and confidence

The Brentford head coach spent a year as set piece coach before stepping up to the hot seat – and in a recent Elite Soccer webinar he spo...

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Jennifer Foster

Jennifer Foster: Cohesion and chemistry

Everton assistant coach Jennifer Foster spoke to Ben Bartlett about supporting a head coach, backroom staff and playing squad

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Gary Rowett

Gary Rowett: Keeping it real

Gary Rowett speaks to Ben Bartlett about the coaches that shaped his playing career and his future philosophies, how he creates his suppo...

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David Moyes

David Moyes: Finding a way

Everton manager David Moyes on longevity, culture, and the changing role of the football coach

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Gerhard Struber

Gerhard Struber: Live and learn

Bristol City head coach Gerhard Struber on his unique career path, the importance of continued professional development, and trusting one...

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Sabiha Jamal

Sabiha Jamal: Pride and joy

Tottenham Hotspur Women U16s head coach Sabiha Jamal spoke on her roots, her philosophy of coaching, and the importance of representation...

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John Allpress

Great expectations

In his latest feature for Elite Soccer, John Allpress – former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspu...

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Matt Ross

Tech savvy

Matt Ross speaks about the innovative ways in which he uses free technology and software to support his coaching – even at the highest level

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Omar Adlani

Building identity, culture, and high standards

Omar Adlani takes us inside his first months at FC Basel Women alongside his staff team

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Andoni Iraola

Andoni Iraola: Collective wisdom

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, AFC Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola spoke to Ben Bartlett about his formative years in Bilbao, how...

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Joe Shulberg

Joe Shulberg: Success is a journey

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, Joe Shulberg, at the time academy manager at Norwich City, talked to Ben Bartlett about why individual ...

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John Allpress

The coach’s path

John Allpress reflects on his life in football and the importance of continuing to develop as a coach.

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John Allpress

Master the Body; Master the Ball; Master the Game

John Allpress, Elite Soccer player and coach developer, looks at the best ways to improve decision-making and effective actions.

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Slaven Bilic

Slaven Bilic: The Turning Points

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, former Croatia manager Slaven Bilic spoke to Ben Bartlett about his life in football and his philosophy...

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Edu Rubio

Edu Rubio: The Simple Things

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, Edu Rubio spoke to Ben Bartlett about building a team from the ground up, the importance of pragmatism,...

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Leam Richardson

Leam Richardson: The culture club

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, the former manager of Rotherham United and Wigan Athletic spoke to John Allpress about the way that his...

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Leah Blayney

Leah Blayney: Xs, Os – and Whys

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, Leah Blayney told Ben Bartlett about her perspective on how to best develop players as well-rounded ind...

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Phil Neville

Phil Neville: Back to basics

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, Ben Bartlett spoke to the Portland Timbers coach about his passion for coaching, the influence of Sir A...

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John Allpress

The indispensable skill

John Allpress, former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspur, looks at the importance of receiving a...

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Omer Riza

Omer Riza: Enjoying the Moment

In a recent Elite Soccer webinar, the former Cardiff City head coach Omer Riza spoke to Ben Bartlett about the way he approaches the game...

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Carrie Dunn

The Future Matildas Program – driving youth development in Australia

First launched in 2018, the Future Matildas Program was a response to the identified performance gap between the Australian Women’s team ...

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Rosi Webb

Rosi Webb: Leaving a legacy

In a recent ESCA webinar, Rosi Webb spoke to Ben Bartlett about her playing career, coach development, and her experiences coaching in th...

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Nuno Barroca

Unlocking Africa’s potential

Scout Nuno Barroca looks at the talent pipeline between Africa and Europe – and explores the challenges and pitfalls as well as suggestin...

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Lucy Burdin

The greater gains

Sports psychologist Lucy Burdin tells Elite Soccer about her role within football, and the impact it can have at the highest level

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Richard Shuttleworth

Richard Shuttleworth: A curious mind

In an ESCA webinar, Ben Bartlett found out more about Richard Shuttleworth’s coaching journey

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Luke Swindlehurst

Luke Swindlehurst: Recipe for success

Luke Swindlehurst has coached in elite women’s football for well over a decade. Here, he shares with Elite Soccer his management and coac...

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Russell Martin

Russell Martin: My job as a coach

The Rangers manager reflects on how he sees his role.

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Graham Mills

The RPA Calculator: A new tool for determining training area sizes

The Relative Pitch Area (RPA) Calculator seeks to offer coaches a practical, evidence-informed system for determining training area sizes...

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John Allpress

Pre-season: setting the tone

In his latest feature for Elite Soccer, John Allpress – former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspu...

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Gareth Taylor

Gareth Taylor: Where the magic happens

Gareth Taylor’s coaching journey so far has taken him from academy to Champions League. On a recent Elite Soccer Coaching Award webinar w...

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John Allpress

Culture and coaching

In his latest feature for ELITE SOCCER, John Allpress – former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspu...

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Sean Dyche

Sean Dyche: Getting the job done

In conversation with Ben Bartlett for the Elite Soccer Coaching Award, Sean Dyche talks about his time at Everton and Burnley, setting go...

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Johnathan McKinstry

Johnathan McKinstry: How we play

The Gambia head coach shares his views on how the game should be played with Elite Soccer

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Jamie Hamilton

Relationism in theory and practice

Jamie Hamilton explains how he came to define relationism, and how he coaches it with his under-16s academy team

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John Allpress

Interception for defensive mastery

John Allpress, former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspur, explores the art of learning to defend

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John Allpress

Transferring learning from training to matchday

John Allpress, former assistant head of academy player and coach development at Tottenham Hotspur, looks at how the coach can help their ...

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Marco Garofalo

Strategies for developing goalkeeper skills

UEFA A Licence goalkeeping coach Marco Garofalo, currently working with Torino U20s, shares his research- and experience-informed approac...

Academy players: the coach's role in their success

John Allpress gives his expert view on what it takes for an academy player to succeed – and how a coach can help

Lessons from working in an elite academy

John Allpress, former Tottenham Hotspur assistant head of academy player and coach development, shares six things needed to work in an ...

Managing difference within an academy group

John Allpress looks at how to modify your coaching to meet your players’ individual needs

Return to sport post injury: Football conditioning games

Football conditioning games restore physical, technical, and cognitive capacities following injury. Understanding how and when to implement ...

Rousing, responsive and resilient

Elite Soccer’s Ben Bartlett on how to move beyond a binary approach to coaching, allowing us to connect what’s important in our context to ...

The ideal academy coach

Working in an academy can be the most enjoyable and most challenging time of any career in the game. John Allpress looks at what a ...

Understanding long-term player development

Gwalia United’s Trystan Bevan explores long-term athlete development, and what football can learn from one of rugby’s great overachieving ...

Young players with potential: Developing the elite

With a combined 24 years spent with the English FA, alongside decades of experience in professional academies, Ben Bartlett and John ...

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