On The Grass
On The Grass is a podcast aimed at coaches working at all levels of the game & provides the listener with a down to earth look at football coaching, an insight into coaching sessions and programs and provides inspiration for your own practices.
Episodes
17 episodes
On The Grass with Lyndon Dykes
In this special, one off episode I meet Birmingham City and Scotland number 9, Lyndon Dykes to discuss the benefits of playing futsal and how that can help young players improve for football.We unpick the technical advantages of the game...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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31:41
On The Grass with Pete Sturgess 2.0
What a treat we have this week for the final episode of series 2 of On The Grass. I catch up with friend of the pod and National Lead for the Foundation Phase at The FA Pete Sturgess to review England's performance at Euro 2020. We provide a ga...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:20:57
On The Grass with Seb Tidey
Welcome back to On The Grass and welcome to Episode 5! Todays chat features Academy Coach and Entrepreneur Seb Tidey. Seb is an old friend and colleague at The FA and he provides a brilliant insight into his background and current coaching meth...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:02:19
On The Grass with Austin Harris
After a short break we're back On The Grass with Brighton Academy Coach and FA Tutor Austin Harris. A brilliant chat with a very experienced coach who shares so many tips for coaches to take into their own teams and sessions. How can you create...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:02:23
On The Grass with Saul Isaksson-Hurst
This week I'm On The Grass with coaching heavyweight and 121 technical specialist Saul Isaksson-Hurst. Saul has worked across different age groups at Tottenham Hotspurs, Chelsea and now Arsenal as a Skills Coach providing individual technical c...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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40:00
On The Grass with Tom Downs
This week I catch up On The Grass with an old colleague of mine from Oxford United Tom Downs. Tom has coached abroad and for 3 different pro club academies at Cat 3, Cat 2 and currently with Cat 1 Reading. Tom discusses his journey and gives us...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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59:07
On The Grass with Maz Bettache
On The Grass is back for series 2! It's been a mad year for everyone but hopefully football is back and this series is back with a bang.... Mick is On The Grass with Mahrez Bettache, better known as Maz The Gaffer. What a fascinating young man ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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53:11
On The Grass with Geoff Noonan
In the final episode of series 1 I spend an hour chatting to my UEFA A Licence tutor and good friend Geoff Noonan. Geoff has had a long and varied career in the game taking up nearly every possible role in a Cat 1 academy and most recently as a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:05:48
On The Grass with John Goddard
In the penultimate episode of series 1 i'm On The Grass with Woking FC player, director of Core Football Coaching and ex-Reading Academy coach John Goddard. John gives us an insight into these uncertain times and how it's affected his current p...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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57:02
On The Grass with Mark Rivers
In this episode i'm On The Grass with former Berks & Bucks FA County Coach Developer Mark Rivers. Rivo opens up on the changes being made to his own position due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we also discuss the ramifications of these change...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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56:52
On The Grass with Marc McLaren
In the latest episode of On The Grass I catch up with Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation Phase coach Marc McLaren. Marc shares his experiences and insights into his coaching journey from schools to coaching abroad and how he has found football ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:29
On The Grass with Ben Bartlett
In this episode i'm On The Grass with constraints based coaching advocate and Fulham FC Head of Academy Coaching Ben Bartlett. In this fascinating insight Ben goes into detail about the process of attaching constraints to practices in order to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:04:15
On The Grass with Jamie Tompkins
The latest episode of the podcast is On The Grass with Jamie Tompkins. Jamie has worked with Brentford FC in many different roles including Academy Coach within the Foundation Phase and most recently as Community Football Development Manager. J...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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57:13
On The Grass with Jac Trenchard
This episode see's me On The Grass with Reading FC Academy Coach Jac Trenchard. We discuss Jac's time in academy coaching starting off with his role at Oxford United and progressing through to his current role at Reading. Jac describes the adva...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:30
On The Grass with Pete Sturgess
Next we're On The Grass with The Football Association's Technical Lead for the Foundation Phase Pete Sturgess. Pete is well known for his work with the England DNA for players aged 5-12 years old and today we discuss how sessions need to be fun...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:03:26
On The Grass with Mitch Woodward
Today we're On The Grass with FA Affiliate Tutor Mitch Woodward. We'll discuss Mitch's background and his vast experience in grassroots football as a player and coach, how this has helped him in his roles at the FA as a Skills Coach and now as ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:01:03
On The Grass with Ebun Thomas
In Episode 1 we're On The Grass with Ebun Thomas, the Lead Foundation Phase Coach at Portsmouth FC. We discuss the academy program that Ebun runs for the Foundation Phase and how that provides the players and coaches with opportunities to take ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:02:09