Conversation with Mamadou Jallow, former College soccer player and captain at North Carolina Wesleyan College
Release Date: 09/28/2020
The Coaching Puzzle
In this episode, you'll hear Doug talk about several topics that came up in his newest book, The Coach's Guide to Teaching, including the importance of having shared vocabulary, asking players "what do you see?" when pausing play to correct, and why the way you give feedback is 100% part of the culture that you create
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Welcome to the Coaching Podcast. My guest today is Becky Burleigh, Head Coach of the Women's Soccer Team at the University of Florida.
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This episode is Part 2 of the previous episode, in which I discussed why I am not a big fan of the A Team-B Team-C Team model that is prevalent in youth travel soccer and some of the flaws that issues that that particular model creates.
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The next 2 episodes are going to be released as Part 1 and Part 2.
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In today's episode, I'm excited to release a conversation with Stuart Armstrong. Stuart is the head of coaching at Sport England, and the founder of the Talent Equation podcast.
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In this episode, Coach Dorrance talks about the competitive cauldron, which is a fantastic tool that he uses to make his players and teams more competitive. We also talk about the importance of 1v1s, which was a topic in Episode 6, things that youth coaches can improve in youth soccer players, and the importance of team chemistry, and focusing on the process versus the end goal
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In this Episode, John talks about the Changing the Game Project and his motivation behind starting it, gives his best advice to coaches and parents dealing with young athletes, shares his opinion on early sport specialization, early sport engagement, and boys and girls playing multiple sports at a young age, and shares some practical advice for coaches and parents in terms of how to co-exist to give youth players the best chance to develop
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In today's episode, I talk about the importance of creating training sessions that involve a lot of different forms of 1v1s when coaching young boys and girls. The more we put young players in those situations at a very early age, the more likely they are to develop the skills, confidence and bravery in those situations as they get older. I also share a couple of ideas for 1v1s activities that are simple for every coach to incorporate. Alphonso Davies' assist vs FC Barcelona:
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In this conversation, you'll hear Mamadou Jallow, former college soccer player, talk about what it was like to grow up in a soccer environment that was very unstructured, and how growing up in such an environment made him a more well-rounded and versatile player in a certain way once he moved from his native Gambia to the United States
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In today's episode, Morgan Lewis is our special guest. Morgan has a wealth of experience in sport, both as a participant at a very high level, and a coach. In this Interview, Morgan talks about the importance of developing mental skills, some specific mental skills that are crucial for young athletes, shares a mental framework called DARE that he uses with the athletes that he is working with, and talks about several other important concepts for players and coaches.
info_outlineIn this conversation, you will hear Mamadou Jallow, former college soccer player, talk about what it was like to grow up in a soccer environment that was very unstructured, and how growing up in such an environment made him a more well-rounded and versatile player once he moved from his native Gambia to the United States