This week on The Coaching Journey Podcast we continue our discussion on coaching and financial literacy. Last week our episode focused on setting the foundations for your financial success, and this week we look at "what's next." 401K...IRA...

Episode 82: Coaching and Financial Literacy...Wait, What?

May 18th, 2020 42m 26s

Oftentimes coaches go on courses to learn the nuances of technical development, tactics, psycho-social development and much more. In a nontraditional job like coaching, however, what often gets ignored is financial literacy. Given the current c

Episode 81: Coaching, and Living, During Covid-19

May 11th, 2020 21m 43s

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast returns after a brief coronavirus hiatus. On today's episode, I talk about how today's crisis has made me realize even more the importance of establishing routines in our daily life. With uncertain times

Episode 80: Dan Abrahams Talks About Embodied Cognition and Developing Better Players

Mar 9th, 2020 34m 16s

This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Dan Abrahams back on the show! Dan is a sports psychologist as well as the host of the Sport Psych Show! On today’s episode, Dan talks about Embodied Cognition which he has been cont

Episode 79: James Wagenschutz Talks About Training Your Body for Long Term Success

Mar 2nd, 2020 31m 46s

This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome James Wagenschutz on the show! James is a performance coach with the Colorado Rapids Academy. He has 15 years experience as a former development academy director and is a USSF and Uni

Episode 78: Ian Barker Talks About Meeting The Needs of Modern Coaching Education

Feb 24th, 2020 33m 31s

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome back Ian Barker on the show! Ian is the Director of Coaching Education with United Soccer Coaches. On today’s episode, I ask Ian what topic within coaching education has been on his

Episode 77: Matt Danaher Talks About How SoccerPulse Can Help Your Team Achieve Its Potential

Feb 17th, 2020 42m 22s

This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Matt Danaher on the show! Matt is a youth soccer coach with Charlotte Independence Soccer Club and the founder of SoccerPulse. Our discussion today looks at several ways in which coa

Episode 76: Willie McNab Talks About Developing Players Who Can Play on the Move

Feb 10th, 2020 29m 54s

This week The Coaching Journey is excited to welcome back Willie McNab on the show! Willie is currently the Head of Children's Programme with Celtic FC. On today's show we talk about Willie's presentation at the United Soccer Coaches Conventio

Episode 75: Shawn Danhouser Talks TOPSoccer and How You Can Make an Incredible Difference

Feb 3rd, 2020 49m 34s

This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Shawn Danhouser on the show! Shawn is a TOPSoccer coach in the Chicago area as well as having roles with Illinois Youth Soccer and US Youth Soccer with the goal of growing TOPSoccer p

Episode 74: Paddy King Talks About Game Models and Why You Need One

Jan 27th, 2020 45m 26s

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Paddy King on the show! Paddy is the Director of Coaching at CUSA as well as the author of several books including A Game Model and Accompanying Session Plans. Our discussion toda

Episode 73: Todd Beane Talks Positional Play and Shifting The Developmental Paradigm

Jan 20th, 2020 46m 40s

This week The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Todd Beane back on the show! Todd is the founder of the TOVO Institute in Barcelona. On today's episode Todd discusses his presentation at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Bal

Episode 72: The Coaching Journey Gets Interviewed for a Change!

Jan 13th, 2020 59m 5s

The Coaching Journey is back, and we are excited to unveil a brand new season for our listeners! To start the new season, we decided to change things up a bit, and let you hear an interview where we were the one answering the questions, not ask

Episode 71: Are You Missing the Present Opportunity By Focusing on What's Next?

Jul 15th, 2019 29m 45s

This week on The Coaching Journey Podcast I explore a topic that has been circling my own thoughts recently. As I transition into a new coaching role, I have been wondering how often coaches think of "the next opportunity" and miss out on the p

Episode 70: Are We Winning Despite the Process?

Jul 8th, 2019 29m 10s

With the US Women's National Team having just won their second World Cup in a row, and appearing in 3 finals in a row, today's podcast might seem weird. In fact, over the last few World Cup cycles, I have been wondering if the results we see ar

Episode 69: Play-Practice-Play and What Methodology is Best for You?

Jun 24th, 2019 30m 28s

A conversation I saw on social media yesterday had me thinking on the play-practice-play methodology put forth by the U.S. Soccer Federation. Whether you like it, hate it, or find yourself somewhere in the middle, I shared my thoughts on who it

Episode 68: A Challenge to You!

Jun 17th, 2019 24m 24s

With the Spring season ending for most coaches, I have been thinking on ways for coaches to continue their professional development in informal ways. In our podcast today, I challenge you to try one thing that I have found most helpful in my ow

Episode 67: Tony DiCicco Shares Lessons From a Lifetime of Soccer

Jun 10th, 2019 58m 56s

This week, with the Women's World Cup underway and the United States Women's National Team about to play their first game, I have found myself thinking of Tony DiCicco and the conversation I was lucky enough to have with him, as well as his con

Episode 66: Tom Rowney Adds a Different Perspective to the Skill Acquisition Discussion

Jun 3rd, 2019 1h 44m

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Tom Rowney on the podcast! Tom is a coach whose experience has seem him work at the youth, college, and professional levels. He is a self styled eclectic pragmatist, and indeed our c

Episode 65: Reed Maltbie Talks About Raising Excellence With Your Players, Teams, and Coaches

May 27th, 2019 1h 4m

This week, The Coaching Journey is excited to welcome Reed Maltbie back on the show! Reed is the founder of Raising Excellence, a lifelong coach, and the host of the Coaching Code podcast! We have a great discussion in which Reed talks about t

Episode 64: Sefu Bernard Talks about The Parallels in Basketball Youth Development with Soccer, Coaching Myths, and More!

May 20th, 2019 1h 16m

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is going back in time with a throwback episode featuring Sefu Bernard! Sefu is currently the Director of Player Development with the Washington Mystics as well as the founder of theLLaBB! When we first r

Episode 63: Jamie Hamilton Talks About VAR, Coach Education, and Whether or Not Robots Will Replace Barmen and Coaches

May 13th, 2019 1h 13m

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Jamie Hamilton on the show! Jamie is a football coach, barman, as well as a writer on a variety of topics within the sport. We have a great discussion taking pieces of Jamie's works

Episode 62: John Pranjic Talks About Building Your Coaching Brand

May 6th, 2019 1h 1m

This week, The Coaching Journey is excited to welcome John Pranjic on the show! John is a coach as well as the host of the 3four3 Podcast. We have a great discussion on why John started his podcast in the first place, as well as how he looks t

Episode 61: Dr. Peter Vint Talks About Using Analytics, Management Styles, and Creating Models of Assessment

Apr 29th, 2019 58m 9s

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Dr. Peter Vint on the show! Dr. Vint is a former Academy Director with Everton Football Club as well as being considered one of the top experts in the world on high performance athle

Episode 60: Yael Averbuch Talks About Empowering Female Athletes, Techne Futbol, and More!

Apr 22nd, 2019 56m 59s

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Yael Averbuch on the show! Yael is a professional player as well as the founder of Techne Futbol and the Executive Director of the NWSLPA. We have a great discussion ranging from Ya

Episode 59: Stuart Armstrong Talks about Skill and How Coaches Can Develop It

Apr 15th, 2019 1h 9m

This week, The Coaching Journey Podcast is excited to welcome Stuart Armstrong on the show! Stuart is the Head of Coaching at Sport England as well as the Founder of Talent Equation and the Host of the Talent Equation Podcast! We discuss Stuar