#12 Kurtis Smith - Hudson Valley Community College Women’s Soccer program Head coach and NY Shockers Women’s Team Head coach

The First Player Development First podcast Video Episode! In this Episode Gregg interviews Jeremy Elder Owner of Soccer Innovations, a sports equipment manufacturer based in Dallas Texas. Jeremy talks about his youth experiences within soccer, his entrepreneurial journey and how he took over the family business and has taken soccer innovations to new heights. They also discuss some of soccer innovations products.

In episode 12 we have Kurtis Smith who is the Hudson Valley Community College Women’s Soccer program Head coach and NY Shockers Women’s Team Head coach and who also works with Beestera Soccer Training co-ordinating thier team training programs. He also takes a lot of private training sessions and works on camps and clinics through that organization.

In this Episode Gregg talks with Phil Phillipou, who is the Alicante City FC Director of Methodology. Phil got started coaching at a young age with Crystal Palace with community coaching before going to the university of south Wales and working within Cardiff City's academy, he then went to the United states working within UK Elite soccer. Wanting to further his education he undertook a football studies Masters at Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europa. He now lives in Alicante with his current role. 

Today Ian Wing and Gregg Megaw discuss Ians introduction to Soccer, the timeline of his coaching roles in New York state and his current role of Director of coaching at East Fishkill Soccer Club. We also discuss how he got into college coaching, botH his volunteering and roles in an assistant capacity before taking a head coaching job at Dutchess Community college. We also discuss how children playing multiple sports with juggling competitive soccer.  

In episode 9 we have on Stuart Harte, who talks about his playing experiences as a young professional in England with Bristol Rovers, his journey through the english football league and into the conference and his experiences as a youth coach and Director of Coaching in Oakland California, he also discusses parent education within his club environment. 

In This Episode Austin Ardrey and Gregg Discuss how soccer players can benefit from speed development training, how coaches can implement speed training into their practice, pre game warm up activities, the importance of Speed reserve and injury prevention. We also discuss Austin's background and future goals with his online Speed school and having a speed specific facility. Anyone interested in Speed training with Fast Twitch SPP contact [email protected] or find him on social media @fasttwitchspp 

Today Ben Scott and Gregg Megaw discuss issues within sideline behavior from coaches and parents and how it impacts the players enjoyment and the development environment. 

In this episode, Wayne discusses his playing career playing for Millwall as a Scholar, getting his first professional contract with Glasgow Rangers and getting representative honors playing within the Northern Ireland set up. Wayne also discusses his time playing with clubs within the Irish league and gives advice to young goalkeepers. 

In Episode #5 We have Orman Okunaiya who is currently the First Team and U23 Assistant coach at Qatar Sports Club in the Qatar Starts League. He played professional soccer in the Philipines for Ceres Football Club and was also played and became assistant first team coach at Bhanyankara FC in Indonesia. Orman Holds the UEFA B License and is a candidate on the UEFA A license.  

In Episode 4 we have Michael Carroll, who is the Player development director at SG1 Soccer Club in Katy, TX. Michael gives his career timeline and what his role as Player Development Director entails. He elaborates on what one of his sessions look like at u6, u7, u8 age groups, how he structures the practice and how he adds complexity to the activities as players develop. He also explains the why behind his methodology and how he encourages player decision making.