Modern Soccer Coach Podcast

Gary sits down with US national team and LA Galaxy legend Gyasi Zardes. Now at Columbus Crew, Gyasi talks about the differences between college and pro, learning from Premier League pros, the impact Jurgen Klinsmann had on him, and the experience of playing against Messi and Neymar.

Gary talks with Culture specialist Donna Fishter on how a coach can shape an environment that players can embrace and grow as players, people, and leaders. What should coaches be doing? What should we stop doing? And how do we implement it right away in our coaching? 'Big D' explains all....

Sports Psychology and Performance Coach, Stu Singer, talks to Gary about all how coaches can improve their knowledge and delivery of the mental aspect of the game. And are our natural reluctance to psychology and stepping outside outside comfort zones preventing our players from doing the same?

Gary catches up with Everton professional player Simone Magill, who even at 23 years old has achieved an enormous amount in the game, including becoming the first female player to come out of Northern Ireland, FIFA record for the quickest goal in international competition, and 45 senior caps. They talk about the motivation, sacrifice, and importance of choices at a young age. And then she takes it to another level when the topic of coaching comes up!

Gary talks with David Roberston, one of the mentee coaches currently involved in the Modern Soccer Coach Worldwide Mentorship Program. David is the CUP Girls Assistant Director of Coaching. They talk primarily about developing a philosophy but, like plenty of these podcasts, it goes into much more.

Gary catches up with Todd Beane (Founder of the TOVO Academy in Barcelona)to talk about how coach education has changed, why we should look beyond results to make a real impact, and what he learned from working with and being around Johan Cruyff.

Gary catches up with Gerard Jones, author of 'Lets Talk Soccer' and a coach with experience in a number of countries including US and England, before he delivers a webinar to the Modern Soccer Coach Mentee group. They talk about the difference between youth soccer in UK and US and discuss how far coaches are willing to go to experience real learning in order to both challenge and advance their coaching.

Part two where Dan sits down with coaches (Kat Nicholls, Paul Templeton, Clifton Bush) based in the US to discuss a variety of coaching topics within the game that are aligned with the psychology of sport.

Neill Collins has had a 16 year professional playing career, in the Premier League with Sunderland and currently with Tampa Bay Rowdies. Gary sits down with him at the recent convention in Philadelphia to discuss his experiences under Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, as well as how we can get the hunger and passion to the current generation of young players.

Dan Abrahams Convention Panel Chat | Part One by Gary Curneen

What did I learn and who stood out? Gary gives his views on an eventful week in Philadelphia.

Gary addresses how to get buy-in from youth players who complain that sessions are boring and are not open to coaching.

Few coaches have experience like Lisa Cole. She has worked at youth, club, college, pro and international level, and recently became Assistant Coach at Houston Dash. She talks about her experiences and asks some important questions to coaches both young and old.

What separates the top youth players from the rest and how do we work on developing it at younger ages? Gary gets the answers from NC Courage NWSL Assistant Coach and Academy Director, Sean Nahas

Tom Bates, Head Performance Psychologist at Aston Villa Football Club, joins Gary and 172 other coaches for the recent Modern Soccer Coach webinar. Tom discusses training, games, dealing with players individually, his new book 'The Future Coach, and much, much more.

Founder of Training Ground Guru, Simon Austin, joins Gary to discuss what some of the top clubs in England are doing behind the scenes and what's the next frontier for training.

Anel Lilic has a couple of questions for Gary about how to separate yourself as a coach, and what are the daily habits that define the successful ones.

Gary is joined by Spanish soccer journalist, Guillem Balague, author of the new book 'Brave New World' which gives an in-depth look into the life and work of Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino. Balague gives his insight into the goals behind the book and how Pochettino was throughout the process.

Gary catches up with former Everton, Aston Villa, and England defender Earl Barrett to talk about the characters in the 1990s teams, preparing mentally to go up against great players, and what it was like to play in the same team as Paul McGrath.

Women's Pro Soccer player Tiffany Weimer from Boston Breakers joins Gary to talk about her career and experiences in the game. She talks about how passionate she was and still is about the game, what she learned from Europe and top players, and how she hopes to inspire the next generation with her work for Duktig Brand.