England U23s coach Emma Coates on nurturing the next generation of Lionesses
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ever wondered how England develop their next crop of stars? We’ve got all the answers for you on today’s pod! Rachel sat down with the brilliant Emma Coates, head coach of England’s U23s.
Emma explains how she works with Sarina Wiegman to identify new call-ups, the importance of the U23s as a bridge to the senior side, and how England’s talent pool keeps growing. This is a fascinating chat that you won’t hear anywhere else, so come join us!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Rachel here, back with another interview. |
| 0:07.0 | Today I'm joined by the woman responsible for the next generation of Lionesses. |
| 0:14.3 | Emma Coates has been in the England set up since 2017, first leading the under 19s and now the under 23s. |
| 0:20.8 | Her squad shared a training camp with the seniors in Marbaia last month and a select view from the squad trained with the Lionesses too. |
| 0:27.0 | The under 23 age group was revived when Serena Viegman arrived at St George's Park and it's been used as an essential bridge to the |
| 0:34.0 | Lionesses ever since. I wanted to chat with Emma about her role in all of this, |
| 0:38.0 | how she deals with all of those young personalities and raw talents, |
| 0:42.0 | but also how she fits into the bigger ecosystem at |
| 0:44.5 | St George's Park alongside Serena. So today we're going to get the inside |
| 0:48.4 | track on the Lioness's Talent Factory. Let us know what you think on |
| 0:51.7 | Twitter and Instagram |
| 0:53.0 | at Upfront, underscore pod. |
| 0:54.8 | Enjoy. |
| 0:59.8 | Welcome to the pod, Emma. |
| 1:01.0 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:02.4 | How are you doing? Yeah, I'm ever. Thank you so much for joining us. How are you doing? |
| 1:03.2 | Yeah, I'm good. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to chat to you. So I'm good. Are you well? |
| 1:09.9 | I'm very well. I know our listeners will be hearing this on the day of your first game in this |
| 1:15.8 | international break against Sweden but before all the players arrive how do you |
| 1:20.6 | and your team prepare what's what's Emma Coates routine looking like? |
| 1:26.3 | Busy. So I guess the preparation for camp starts, you know, as soon as the last camp finishes really, it always starts with |
| 1:34.0 | reviewing the last camp, both from a team point of view and a player point of view, |
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