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

On The Grass with Seb Tidey

Sep 8th, 2021 1h 2m

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

On The Grass with Austin Harris

Sep 1st, 2021 1h 2m

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

On The Grass with Saul Isaksson-Hurst

Aug 18th, 2021 40m

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

On The Grass with Tom Downs

Aug 11th, 2021 59m 7s

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

On The Grass with Maz Bettache

Aug 4th, 2021 53m 11s

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

On The Grass with Geoff Noonan

Nov 4th, 2020 1h 5m

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

On The Grass with John Goddard

Oct 21st, 2020 57m 2s

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

On The Grass with Mark Rivers

Oct 7th, 2020 56m 52s

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 changes to

On The Grass with Marc McLaren

Sep 23rd, 2020 48m 29s

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

On The Grass with Ben Bartlett

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 4m

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

On The Grass with Jamie Tompkins

Aug 19th, 2020 57m 13s

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

On The Grass with Jac Trenchard

Jul 29th, 2020 54m 30s

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

On The Grass with Pete Sturgess

Jul 15th, 2020 1h 3m

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

On The Grass with Mitch Woodward

Jul 1st, 2020 1h 1m

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

On The Grass with Ebun Thomas

Jun 18th, 2020 1h 2m

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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