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

Today we have SAM HUNT, Operations Manager at First Touch Soccer, a soccer services provider in the greater Los Angeles area! On this episode, Sam Hunt discusses how he got into the coaching industry, what his thoughts are on youth soccer in the US and what qualities he thinks makes a good coach.

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Website: https://firsttouchcoaching.com/

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstTouchSoccerCoaching/

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Time Stamps

0:00 - 0:45 | Introduction

0:46 - 2:05 | Playing Career

2:06 - 6:24 | Coaching Career

6:25 - 8:30 | Founding of First Touch Soccer

8:31 - 11:55 | What do we do at First Touch Soccer?

11:56 - 13:49 | AYSO and how it is evolving

13:50 - 16:58 | Good qualities in a coach

16:59 - 20:39 | Youth soccer in US vs England

20:40 - 24:38 | Alfonso's experience with First Touch Soccer

24:39 - 25:25 | Advice to coaches trying to get better

25:26 - 26:30 | Closing remarks

26:31 - 27:51 | 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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