The Sports Coaching Podcast - Season 3 Episode 4 - Optimising player development with the foundation phase in football- with Carl Wild

In the latest episode of The Sports Coaching Podcast, Sam
Holmshaw is joined by Carl Wild, Foundation phase lead &
U12’s coach (Girls regional talent club) at Manchester City,
Programme Leader for (BA) Hons in Football Coaching &
Management at UCFB Manchester & an FA Level 1 and 2 tutor in
football coaching. In this episode, we discuss 'how to optimise
player development with the foundation phase in football'. Carl
Provides an insight on what player development means to him and
how they look to optimise this within the foundation phase at Man
City. Carl shares some of the learning design concepts they use,
such as 'rough and tumble play' and how he sees 'games as an of
extension of training'. FInally the implication to coaching
practice are discussed!