Dan Bratcher - Why learning never stops for driven Dan
Dan Bratcher is a Uefa B-qualified coach, currently working with Cambridge City Ladies, who play in the fourth tier of the women’s football pyramid in England. Having stepped into coaching after real...
28 Okt 202228min
Aulani Fernandez - Aulani's brick-by-brick rebuilding job
Aulani Fernandez is currently the interim head women’s soccer coach at Chicago State University. It is a role that Fernandez - part of the 2021-22 United Soccer Coaches' 30 Under 30 Program - didn’t ...
21 Okt 202225min
Connor McGinn - Lay the foundation for a love of soccer
Connor McGinn is a 21-year-old coach based in the UK, FA Level 2 qualified and a third year student in a football coaching degree programme. He has spent time coaching at grassroots level, in developm...
14 Okt 202228min
Matt Fisher - 'We don't focus on keeping possession'
Having stepped away from coaching to become a postal worker, an offer to coach a colleague’s son’s soccer team led Matt Fisher back to a journey he had started at the age of 16. More than two decades ...
23 Sep 202222min
Philip O'Callaghan - Skill acquisition and sporting inspiration
Philip O’Callaghan is a physical education teacher from Cork in Ireland. Though tennis was the sport he played growing up, and coaches now outside of school, his PE sessions mean he teaches a variety ...
9 Sep 202221min
Ali Speechly - 'Say yes to things that scare you a bit'
Eight years ago, when Ali Speechly was playing Sunday League matches with a team in south London, she was offered a free place on an FA Level 1 course, then the entry point into coaching in England. T...
2 Sep 202229min
Lois Daniels - Exploiting legacy of England's Euros win
Barnsley Women ply their trade in the fourth tier of women’s football in England. At the helm is 26-year-old Lois Daniels, who became the sole person in charge in May after a period as joint-manager. ...
26 Aug 202216min
Ross Williams - The role of PE within coaching and sport
Ross Williams is a physical education teacher, working in a small school in north Wales. Having started out as a strength and conditioning coach working in elite pathways, Ross now applies his skills ...
12 Aug 202229min
