Welcome back to another episode of The Football Amateur Show, a podcast dedicated to bringing the Soccer community together in an effort to better understand our craft and community!

Today we have ALEX FERREIRA again! He is the director of football and head coach at Football Academy Madrid, a new club focused on providing an alternative pathway to going pro in the US! On this episode, we feature his coaching knowledge, asking him about his coaching philosophy, his experience coaching in Spain and how it compares to the US, discussing how other sports can help in teaching Soccer and so much more!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/footballacademymadrid/

Website: https://www.fam2021.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUDMy5zAz46kZKZvek-keg?

Blog on website: https://www.fam2021.com/blog

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Time Stamps

0:00 - 0:43 | Introduction

0:44 - 1:43 | Brief Alex Ferreira bio

1:44 - 2:34 | Coaching background

2:35 - 6:16 | Alex on transformative coaching

6:17 - 10:11 | Alex on possession drills

10:12 - 11:08 | Alex on Marcelo Bielsa

11:09 - 21:28 | How Alex runs a typical session and session philosophy

21:29 - 24:31 | How Alex measures progress

24:32 - 27:09 | Biggest challenge Alex has overcome at the coaching level

27:10 - 28:45 | How coaching has changed Alex

28:46 - 31: 23| Alex’s experience with U5 players

31:24 - 33:44 | Something Alex knows now about coaching that he wishes he knew when he started

33:45 -  42:56 | Coaching in US vs in Spain

42:57 - 45:22 | Something Alex has learned from coaching in Spain

45:23 - 48:21 | Opinion on applying other sports tactics & techniques to Soccer

48:22 -  50:24 | Spanish youth players vs US youth players

50:25 - 51:21 | Advice to coaches wanting to become better

51:22 - 53:21 | Good & bad qualities of a coach according to Alex

53:22 - 54:29 | How Alex deals with pressure

54:30 - 57:15 | Advice to players trying to improve

57:16 - 1:01:51 | Alex on discipline

1:01:52 - 1:03:46 | Advice to trainers trying to maximise chances of their players making it to a higher level

1:03:47 - 1:04:55 | Final thoughts & promo

1:04:56 - 1:06:15 | Outro

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Year 2 Credits

Executive Producer:  Alfonso Castaneda (@alfonsoc.96)

Script Writer:  Alfonso Castaneda

Editors:  Alfonso Castaneda

Hosts/Research:  Alfonso Castaneda

Graphic Designer: Claire Sum (@claireisawesum) & Alfonso Castaneda

Social Media:  Alfonso Castaneda

Guest Acquisition: Tony Alcala (@tu_tony) & Alfonso Castaneda

Music:  Jeremy Fields (@jeremy._field)

Publisher:  Alfonso Castaneda

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