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    • Episode twelve: What you need to know about indoor training and Futsal with Marc Forrest
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Episode twelve: What you need to know about indoor training and Futsal with Marc Forrest

Please Note: The transcript is automatically generated by Supertranslate.beta in case you come across any typos or misquotes during your reading.    
 

[Jamie]
Hello and welcome to Coachcast by England Football Learning, the coaching podcast that brings you insight from people across the game. As always, we're Jamie and Louise and today we're joined by Marc Forrest, who's making his Coachcast debut to talk about indoor training and foot salve. Well, hi Marc, welcome to the show for the first time. How are you?

[Marc]
Hi Jamie, yeah, no, pleasure to be here. Thank you for having me.

[Louise]
Yeah, it's really nice to have you with us. Before we start, can you give our listeners a little bit of an insight into what it is that you do for The FA?

[Marc]
So I started doing roles with the FA since about 2013 and working across ages and formats and with national talent pathways and with coach education and now I co-deliver on the UEFA BFootball diploma here at St George's Park.

[Jamie]
Fantastic. Well, just before we do dive into the main part of the show and hear a little bit about your experiences, as this is a coaching podcast, we'd kind of like to give coaches some great advice early on in the episode.

[Louise]
Yep. So what we're going to do is we're going to give you 30 seconds and we're going to ask you to give us as many top coaching tips as you can in those 30 seconds. Are you up for that challenge?

[Marc]
Yes, absolutely. I'll give it my best shot.

[Louise]
I'm excited to hear that. Okay, I'll show you the timer. So 30 seconds on the clock. Once it starts, you can begin.

[Marc]
Be yourself, be authentic with personality and energy. Embrace, empower, enable other people to be themselves and to value their own strengths. Consider and understand individuals both as a person and as a player through an analystic approach. Maximise connection and value the importance of relationships both on the pitch and with people. And lastly, be intentional. Can you provide context for learning and decision making, connecting the tactical intention with the technical action or vice versa.

[Louise]
Absolutely brilliant.

[Jamie]
Fantastic. Smash that with seconds to spare as well. Some really good tips in there Marc, but just picking up on that last one because I don't think that's one that we've necessarily heard before. Why do you think that is so important to help player development?

[Marc]
I think it's really important for coaches to recognise, understand and celebrate the intentions of players because I think that's the starting point for everything really. And from there then players will try to make perceptions on their surroundings and environment, making perceptions based on what they're seeing, hearing and feeling through their senses, which ultimately leads them to make footballing decisions that they're trying to execute. And I think our job as the coach is to try and help the players in that continual process.

[Jamie]
Love that. Now before we do get into today's topic as you're a new guest Marc, it would be good to kind of give the listeners and everybody that's tuning in a bit of insight into your story for that sort of thing. So firstly, when did you first get into coaching and what was that first experience like?

[Marc]
My first experience of coaching was at Loughborough University, which was a great environment to be in. Obviously it's a world-class university, great facilities, you're surrounded by lots of different sports, watching lots of different coaches. So yeah, it was a really good time in terms of learning education, really focused on formative development and obviously a bit of performance. We had at the time a really strong futsal and football programme. So you had the likes of Kieran McKenna, Eric Ramsey, Michael Skubala, etc. There. So we had a good group of people in the programme. But yeah, that was where I decided that I really wanted to focus on coaching and rather than being a player and then falling back onto coaching, I kind of made a decision that I really wanted to focus on coaching.

[Louise]
Yeah. What was that very first time of coaching like when you actually stepped up to kind of have a go. What was that like for you?

[Marc]
Yeah, I think you want to do a great job. So I think you put yourself under a lot of pressure and it can be a little bit nerve-wracking, especially when you know that you want to do best by the people that you're trying to serve. But at the same time, I was really lucky and fortunate to be surrounded by great people. So it makes it a lot easier because you can quickly get comfortable and then you just have to learn quick and be yourself I think.

[Louise]
Yeah I think it's that thing isn't it sometimes just realizing that you've got things to learn and that's okay you don't have to be going be the expert straight away you can build from there.

[Jamie]
Absolutely what would you say like looking back at your experiences is your favourite coaching memory?

[Marc]
I really enjoyed my time in Spain. I think experiencing a different culture, a different country and being in one of the best leagues in the world was a real pleasure. Obviously we'd never reached the World Cup final with England and then we ended up getting to three consecutive World Cup finals with England partially sited team. But I think for me the real pleasure in player development is that every context individual is very different and unique and the privilege that you get as a coach is that you get to witness the challenges that they overcome and the successes that they achieve. So it's kind of hard to pick a favourite to be fair.

[Jamie]
I say there's plenty there. Just for a little bit of context, I was listening in terms of like in Spain that was for Futsal. How long was you was you out there for?

[Marc]
Yeah, I was there for a season with Peniscola, which was a fantastic experience. So yeah, they're one of the best teams in the Spanish senior professional division. So it was a great experience and it was an amazing time to be there.

[Louise]
Really exciting. What's your best piece of advice that you've ever received relating to coaching?

[Marc]
I'd probably say, do you know or do you think you know? I think it's a good question to revisit as a coach because I think if you really do know something then I think you should have the confidence to commit to it. If you're unsure, I think it's okay to seek the perspective of other people and get advice or look to learn more through informal or formal learning.

[Louise]
Yeah I love that one, it's really... Yeah I like that, it kind of makes you think doesn't it?

[Jamie]
Yeah it definitely makes you think, I like that. So as we've said you've had a very varied journey, gaining experience across football, futsal and even the Paris space. What's the one key learning you've taken from your journey so far?

[Marc]
One that comes to mind probably would be, I think that a fundamental role for the coach is to develop understanding and I think the main, one of the fundamental roles of a player is to demonstrate understanding and I think it's important to try and remember that sometimes, especially on match day. So I think for me I enjoy the training because it's about ultimately me trying to develop the players understanding and me supporting them in that. But on match day, I think players should be given the autonomy to try and make their own decisions and be intelligent decision makers on the pitch and given the freedom to do that. So that's where I sort of support them in that, but ultimately it's about the player on match day.

[Louise]
Really good perspective to have, I think, to look at it from that point of view. And if you could go back in time to speak to your younger self at the start of your coaching journey what piece of advice would you give yourself?

[Marc]
I'd say right at the beginning I think you've just got to be yourself really because I think you're trying to, you've probably got role models or people that you've seen before, or you've seen what you consider to be best practice, either through what you received as a player or from what you've seen in different environments. When you're borrowing and you're watching sessions and you're being exposed to so much, it can be quite hard to find out who you want to be and you become a little bit of everyone. Whereas I think actually you have to remind yourself that you just need to be yourself, but then understand how what you're witnessing through other people and what you're experiencing and learning can be moulded into your way and not just being different versions of someone else.

[Louise]
Yeah, no I love that. And I think it's about knowing that you've got value and just being yourself kind of. It doesn't have to be what everybody else brings.

[Jamie]
Love that. Now today's episode is all about indoor training during the winter. So to start, if coaches have access to an indoor facility, how beneficial do you think it is for them to actually give that a try?

[Marc]
Yeah, I think it's really beneficial. I think when you're trying to adopt a holistic approach to player development, exposing players to different environments and different situations is really valuable. You know, each player has different strengths, areas of development, preferences, and to be able to see them in a different environment can either challenge them or maybe be an environment that they relish where they wouldn't otherwise be doing so. And I think also from a coaching perspective, a player's perspective and a teammate perspective, it's quite nice to see a player through a different lens.

[Louise]
Yeah, definitely. And What advantages can indoor training bring compared to being outside in winter?

[Marc]
I think during the winter obviously the weather can be quite unpredictable and even to the point where it can be quite detrimental to training and even in some cases lead to it being cancelled. So I think Indoor training provides a stable environment where you can get high player engagement, high player involvement, which is really important to ensure during the winter. From a FA4 corner model perspective, technical, tactically, there's lots of touches, there's lots of involvement. Physically, because the players are closer together, there's quite a bit of physicality. Communication wise, there's a lot of teamwork because you probably have to do rolling subs. And then from a psychological perspective, because of the distances, everything's in front of goal. So it's quite a high pressure environment to be in.

[Louise]
Yeah. And I suppose the surface is different as well. So what kind of things does that bring being on different surfaces, would you say?

[Marc]
Yeah, so the hard surface will mean that the ball moves more quickly so the game moves quickly therefore technical proficiency needs to be higher, speed of thought needs to be higher, so it really puts the player's technical ability under the microscope.

[Jamie]
Yeah so I suppose along with different surfaces going indoors also makes probably the playing area a little bit tighter, a little bit tighter spaces. So is that like almost like an advantage to going indoors as well?

[Marc]
Yeah, it's a huge advantage. I think when you go inside and you've got a smaller playing area, like you say, there's reduced time and space. And when there's reduced time and space, the players have to make best decisions more quickly, more often, and I think that can only be an advantage for when they go back onto the football pitch.

[Louise]
And what impact does it have on practice design when you're working indoors?

[Marc]
I think the main consideration for the practice design is you're potentially going to have a larger number of players in a smaller area, which you've sort of alluded to already, Jamie. But other than that, the actual practice spectrum doesn't really change too much. So you've got your unopposed, unopposed with interference, semi-opposed, underloaded, overloaded, or matched. So I think that doesn't really change too much but in terms of how we maybe utilize that in smaller spaces you probably are looking at smaller numbers and high repetition.

[Louise]
So it's just adapting it slightly.

[Jamie]
Yeah, I suppose thinking about like the STEP framework, for instance, it's just probably having that lens on things that if you were, you'd planned for it to be outdoors, for instance, maybe you've been able to get an indoor facility because the weather's been a little bit bad and you don't want to skip training, but just having it that actually is going to be a bit of a smaller space, so it's probably using STEP to adapt that and then also to sort of like think about the outcomes that are going to come from that as well then, yeah.

[Marc]
Yeah, absolutely. I think the STEP principle are really useful framework to follow, especially if it's unforeseen, you know, because these things happen where you think it's going to be a sunny day and then suddenly at the last minute it's raining and you've got to kind of change your plan and adapt. But I think that's one of the skills of a coach. You've got to be adaptable and ready to change because you don't know what the weather might be, you don't know how many kids might turn up and that's just the reality of coaching. Absolutely.

[Jamie]
How can coaches adapt their usual practices then to make them work inside, kind of a bit of a follow-on to that really?

[Marc]
I think you can still use many of the practices that you'd use outside inside but ultimately football is an invasion game so I think if you stick to many of the principles of invasion games then I don't think you'll go too far wrong. So if it's directional, you keep the score and you've got opposition then I think it's keeping the realism for players and for coaches.

[Louise]
How can coaches keep practices that are indoors feel relevant and realistic to the game?

[Marc]
I think it's important for the coach to keep trying to connect it back to what they would normally experience, whether that's through their terminology or keeping whatever they can about the sessions they would typically do or the session plans I think it's important that they try to keep that where they where they can possible so the player can see the connection between what they normally would do and what they're doing on this given day but yeah the more often they do it the easier it will be hopefully to translate from one to the other. Hopefully.

[Jamie]
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I suppose, like I say, just making sure that it's linking to what you've been working on or to the learning objective effectively ahead of match day just helps keep that link. Of course, it looks and it might feel a little bit different because you're inside rather than outside but ultimately working on the same things just slightly in a different way.

[Marc]
Yeah absolutely I think it's important to recognise and make it familiar where possible because there's some subtle changes that can happen when you're going indoors that people maybe don't quite pick up on that does add quite a bit of pressure to the constraints of a young player. So for example, when you go inside, parents typically tend to be closer to the pitch and maybe on a bench by the side, and that can increase the pressure a child might feel. The voice carries a little bit more and stuff, the player is standing nearer, closer to the player. So I think all those factors need to be considered as well because it's a bit of a pressure cooker when you go indoors at first. So I think anything you can do to help alleviate that, I think can help the transition for a player.

[Louise]
Yeah. And I guess, like you say, the more you do it, the less kind of jarring that is to someone when they're playing in a different environment, I guess.

[Marc]
Yeah, absolutely.

[Jamie]
Do you have any top tips in terms of to help coaches sort of like deal with that you say that it could be a little bit like a pressure cooker or the noise is just so so loud because it's reverberating around the sports hall. Do you have any top tips to help coaches sort of like if they're feeling a little bit overwhelmed or they're feeling like they may be having to shout up a little bit to communicate. Do you have any top tips to help them with that at all?

[Marc]
I think that when you're indoors it's it works the other way you're closer to individual players so you can be a bit more tactful about when you intervene with individuals and when you do with the group because the group can all hear you and also you can speak to more players more often giving them individual feedback which can be, you can do that either by challenging them but more often than not praising them and giving them encouragement.

[Jamie]
So while we're sticking on advice, do you have any advice to help coaches cater for individual needs while playing indoors?

[Marc]
I think whether you're indoors or whether you're outdoors, I really do think that the FA core capabilities are a good starting point for observing individual players. I just think for supporting players in the game phases, attack, defence, attack and transition, defence and transition, on around and away from the ball, and before, during and after, I think it's really useful. And I've got a bit of a cheat code of, I remember the sentence, tool to develop more skilful players, and then the first letter of each word corresponds to a capability. So I know it's timing, technique, deception, movement, scanning, positioning. So that's my little cheat.

[Louise]
Very, very quickly. So obviously it works if you kind of have a little cheat. Yeah,

[Jamie]
I love that.

[Louise]
From your experiences, how do you keep players motivated and engaged when training indoors?

[Marc]
I think one, the game is really fun. When it's indoors, it's really fun. The constraints itself make it enjoyable. But I think from a coaching perspective, I think if you can keep the score I think that's important because you know that's a competitive nature and it keeps the realism like we say. But I also think having the scoreboard on so you typically indoors have a scoreboard where you can keep track of how long is left in a match So players can see how long is left of a part of a training session or a match so you can have a little bit of competition there and they usually have a buzzer and things like that so you can have timeouts and you can make it quite interactive, utilising the equipment that you can do indoors if it's available.

[Louise]
Yeah, I can see that kind of making it more exciting, seeing like a countdown and stuff or whatever all the time. Yeah. Time on there.

[Jamie]
Yeah, and also going indoors as well, it kind of, not necessarily for everybody, but almost like thinking like that experience being back at school like you know if they're having that sports or whether it's in PE for instance like it can bring back those memories and you do get a little bit of a buzz especially when it's indoor football I can always remember just being like when that was when that was on and we was able to play in the sports hall, like it was, yeah, it was incredible. Everybody going for it, really excited. So, yeah, it's always sometimes a nice to have that experience, I feel for sure.

[Marc]
Yeah. And I think it's about variety as well. You know, ultimately, depending on stage and age of the player, it's about creating an environment that they enjoy and want to be in. And if outside it's freezing cold, it's raining and it's not very nice and they go into a sports hall where they first arrive, there's arrival activity, there's a bit of music playing and it creates a fun environment. They're going to enjoy, they're going to want to come back. And if they come back, they're going to get more repetition and they're going to improve. And I think that's a, that's a place not to go too far from when they're first starting out.

[Louise]
Do you think it's worth kind of before, so say, if you know, you're going to do an indoor session, do you think it's worth explaining some of those things to the players beforehand so they know what, like they arrive being excited about it? Or do you think it's just something that you kind of say we're doing an indoor session and they just turn up?

[Marc]
No, I think it's a really good question. I think it probably depends on the group because everyone's different. So I think for some groups, they might find it beneficial to have a bit of a heads up and know what they're walking into. For other groups, I think the surprise of walking into a sports hall and there being a bit of a music and trying to work out what the arrival activity is, is quite engaging and excites them. So I think it's about knowing your players and knowing what you feel is right for them. But like I said, I think it's good to give the parents a bit of an insight into maybe what might happen and what it might look like, because they can have insight as well, because sometimes the parents don't get as much insight as we do. So I think when you go indoors, some of the sessions can look a bit messy, which is fine because as a coach, you know what the end goal is and what you're trying to get out of it. But for a parent, sometimes if you're watching a messy looking session you might be a bit you know concerned or not know what's going on so I think as a coach it's quite nice sometimes just to say this is what's going to happen this is the intention of why we're doing it and this is how it will benefit the kid over the course of the session.

[Jamie]
Those last few questions kind of lead us nicely into the next topic which is Futsal. Of course Futsal is a game close to your heart, so you're the perfect person to talk about given your experience in the game. So for coaches who may be new to Futsal, how would you describe the game?

[Marc]
I'd say it's a high intensity, fast-paced, small-sided invasion game, which relies on high levels of technical skill and tactical strategy. It's played to FIFA laws of the game, hard surface, smaller goals, denser ball and play to lines.

[Louise]
And what would you say are the key benefits of footstyle in your opinion?

[Marc]
The main ones for me are technical proficiency because like we said earlier there's reduced time and space so it puts players under pressure. I think skill adaptability because I think there's a mixture of intentional and improvised skills that they will need to do. And I think also cognitive processing, just the speed of thought, because the game moves so fast because of the constraints, it's so important for the player to be able to think quickly, act quickly, to be able to do what they want to do.

[Louise]
And you mentioned skills there. What kind of skills can futsal help players to develop specifically?

[Marc]
I think futsal can help develop any of the skills you would find in traditional football. Passing, receiving, shooting, defending, attacking, I think all of the normal skills you would find in football, they translate really well to futsal to be honest.

[Louise]
I guess it's that kind of fast-paced environment that kind of really hones them.

[Marc]
Yeah, absolutely. Like I said, because of the time space, because the ball travels quicker because it's slightly denser, the hard surface it doesn't get held up by the grass so it moves quite quickly along the ground of the hard floor whether that's indoors or outdoors. So yeah it all contributes to that and obviously with it to lines as well, you can't rely on being able to bounce it off the walls like when we play traditional indoor football when we were kids or at a five-a-side. So there is that real element of needing to play quick but also interchange positions because you know you need to stay within the parameters of the pitch.

[Jamie]
So we talked about like the fact that it can really be beneficial for developing the core skills. How useful can it actually be in improving the connection and also combination between players then as well?

[Marc]
I think it can be hugely valuable for improving connections and combinations. I think especially interactions between two players, three players and four players. The interchange between players and how they change positions, because I think in modern football as well you see that it's becoming more and more prevalent, you know, where people don't have necessarily one set position and they interchange between them quite fluid. That's quite typical in futsal. But I think whether it's football or futsal, the main ways you can create advantages are numerical, so creating an overload, positional, in an invasion game trying to get close to the opposition's goal. You can have qualitative, which is essentially your player is playing to their strengths in a better way than the opposition. But I think one that's not often talked about is basically, your team has a better understanding of how to play with each other compared to the other team and I think Futsal develops that knowledge really really well.

[Jamie]
Yeah, no it is and I imagine like I say with that we talked about how going indoors is kind of like that tighter space. Obviously Futsal is a fast-paced game like naturally I'm presuming it then brings out those sort of two and three player core moves because you're having to move, you're having to pass to beat the opposition a little bit more quicker basically.

[Marc]
Yeah absolutely and I think there's the core moves themselves where you can perform the actual moves themselves but I think it's the understanding of when, how and why that sits behind that as well to understand what foot they might want to pass to of their team at a certain time given the pressure from the opponent, where their teammates are placed, whereabouts they are on the pitch. So I think all these different references are really important. So I use the term BOTS. So BOTS is B-O-T-T-S and it stands for Ball Opposition Time Teammate Space. So if you've got those references and you're using them then I don't think you'll go too far wrong.

[Louise]
Do you think futsal should be part of every young player's development?

[Marc]
I think it should be part of every player's development. I think it should be part of every coach's development. I think it's quite traditional in other countries for it to be a twin tracking system where players play both futsal and football throughout their childhood and then around 14 or 15 they have to decide whether they want to play futsal or football. But because futsal is a game in its own right so they can go and play that or they go and play football but it provides more opportunities for players but they've all had that grounding through playing futsal. But I also think for coaches, it's a fantastic sport for them to learn the fundamentals of invasion games, but also there's some real opportunities there. So the game moves so fast, your noticing skills have to be really, really good to know when to intervene and also when not to intervene because the game does move so fast you've got to pick and choose when you do what you do. But also there's elements of foot cell for example, you've got rolling subs, you've got your timeout and you've got half time, but you've probably got more interventions to be able to impact and support players and I think being able to pick and choose when you do that also is a bit of a skill.

[Jamie]
So basically with everything that you said, if teams are potentially going indoors in the winter months, It sounds like it's a great opportunity to give Futsal a try then.

[Marc]
Yeah, for sure. If you've got an indoor facility, I would say Futsal is an absolute must because just the returns are massive. And I think you, going back to what I said at the beginning, do you know or do you think you know? And I think if you've not given it a go before, then give it a go and see how you feel like your players get on. And if they struggle when they normally wouldn't, or they're succeeding when they normally wouldn't, that's a positive thing because it's all helping towards the players improving.

[Jamie]
It's worth noting that if anybody wants to learn more about futsal and how it can help your players develop head over to our YouTube channel because there are webinar highlights on there from October's futsal webinar so do go check that out.

[Louise]
So we've got a couple of quick quiet questions for you now. What's the biggest mistake that coaches can make when they're training indoors?

[Marc]
That they talk too much because when you're indoors everyone's closer to you and they can hear you better usually because you're indoors and so there's a tendency for coaches sometimes to think that they should coach more or talk more but actually the constraints of the game or whatever you're doing will give you the returns that you want. So sometimes just keep quiet and let them play and intervene when you feel like it's appropriate or purposeful.

[Jamie]
I like that. The next one is what's the most important return players can get from playing futsal?

[Marc]
Technical proficiency and cognitive decision-making. I think the two together relating the tactical intention with the technical action I think is I'd probably say the main one.

[Louise]
For anyone who's unsure about futsal or haven't tried it before why should they give it a go?

[Marc]
For anyone that's not tried futsal before, I think it's really important they do because it's just a fantastic game. It's a sport in its own right and it really does improve players, improves coaches and I think it's just a case of people exposing themselves to it. You know, I think sometimes people can resist what they don't know. So it's take the jump and give it a go.

[Jamie]
Looking back at everything we've discussed today from indoor training to foot saddle, can you summarise the key top tips that you want coaches to take away from this episode?

[Marc]
If you've got the option to train indoors rather than there be no training, absolutely take the opportunity. And if then you've got the opportunity to go indoors, give Futsal a try because it's a fantastic sport, has huge returns from a technical proficiency standpoint, from a decision making element. So yeah, I think everyone should give it a try. It aids player development, coach development, so it's a bit of a no-brainer.

[Louise]
If someone's listened to this episode and they decide they're going to give indoor training a try or futsal, what's the first thing that you'd suggest that they do to kind of make it like a bit of an entryway into it for them.

[Marc]
So I think when you're coaching indoors, what's really useful is when you compliment players, because obviously they'll be able to hear you more clearly. I think a challenge to coaches out there is when you see something that you like, can you say the player's name and can you say what you're praising because I think sometimes you can, because the game moves so quickly, you could easily find yourself saying, great job, well done, but the player doesn't know what to replicate and it doesn't actually know who you're talking to. So the ability to say the person's name and what you're praising I think has a massive impact both for that individual and for the people hearing it as well.

[Jamie]
Well Marc we are coming up to the end of the show now but that does mean it is time for our swift session feature.

[Louise]
Yes so a bit like the top of the show, it's another 30 second challenge.

[Marc]
Oh wow.

[Louise]
But this time we're going to ask you to explain a session idea to us in those 30 seconds. Are you up to give that a go?

[Marc]
I'll give it a go.

[Louise]
You did really well on the first one. Once I show you the timer, you can start once it begins.

[Marc]
So I would do a small-sided match where you'd probably go 3v3, 4v4, 5v5 and I'd have two teams all with each player with a different colour bib and when they're playing they can only mark the player with the same colour bib to replicate man marking. When you blow the whistle they can only mark a player without that colour bib so then it practices an element of mixed defending or zonal defending.

[Louise]
Perfect, Loads of time there.

[Jamie]
I'd say loads of time and a very different one as well.

[Louise]
Is there anything else now that the time has stopped, is there anything else you want to add, any more context to that?

[Marc]
No, so I think the main reason why I think that session is good is because I think relating back to the core moves we talked about earlier and also attacking in general. I think it can look very different based on the type of defence that you face, whether that be man to man, zone or exchange marking. So I think being able to give them knowledge of the FA core moves is great, but then I think what takes it to the next level is then being able to understand what it looks like and how it might look different against different types of opposition.

[Louise]
Brilliant, sounds like a really cool session.

[Jamie]
Yeah absolutely. Well thank you very much for your time today Marc. It's been great having you on, coach Cass for the very first time, hearing a little bit about your story and then inciting to indoor training and futsal. Hopefully you've enjoyed it.

[Marc]
It's been brilliant, thank you very much for having me.

[Louise]
Really good to have you with us.

[Jamie]
Right, well that is all we do have time for today but don't forget to check out the description for the transcription of this episode and for all the links to our platforms. As always you can head to the England Football Community to post your coaching questions for us to discuss on the podcast or you can drop them in the comments section below for this episode.

[Louise]
Yep, we'd love to help you out so please do send your questions in. We'll be back soon with an episode on training outdoors in winter, so if you haven't already, hit subscribe to make sure you don't miss it. From all of us at England Football Learning, thanks for listening.

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