From Essex to Atletico: A Unique Journey into Coaching (w. Simon Goodey)
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Jon Mackenzie is joined by Simon Goodey to give the audience a better understanding of what the coaching pathway looks like and a sense of what it’s like to coach in Spain.
What do the early doors of a coaching pathway look like?
Are there obvious differences between the way that coaching sessions are structured in each country?
How important is it to talk to players about tactics in training contexts?
What advice would Simon give to people who want to get onto the coaching pathway?
This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, John here. Now you may have noticed that you're hearing this on a Wednesday |
| 0:03.9 | rather than a Monday this week and that is because Wednesday is going to become the new permanent |
| 0:08.5 | home for the TIFO football podcast. Don't worry, the show isn't changing. You can still expect more |
| 0:13.8 | of the same analysis and interviews from myself and the team every week. It just comes out on a Wednesday |
| 0:18.4 | instead of a Monday now. And if you're looking to scratch |
| 0:21.3 | your Monday content itch, make sure to check out our video content on TIFO or the Athletic FC, |
| 0:26.4 | or why not try one of the Athletic's other brilliant podcasts like The Totally Football Show or The |
| 0:31.2 | Athletic Football Podcast. So without further ado, here is the first show of the new era. |
| 0:38.3 | The Athletic. |
| 0:44.2 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO Football Podcast. I'm John McKenzie. And oh look, it's Mike Zimmerman |
| 0:49.4 | here with me as always. Mike, how are you doing? I'm doing well, John. How are you? |
| 0:53.5 | Yeah, exceptionally well well not least because |
| 0:55.8 | we've recorded one of my favorite episodes so far I think in this week's episode I chatted to |
| 1:01.6 | Simon Goody who is a youth coach at athletico Madrid and he has had a really really interesting |
| 1:07.0 | career pathway so far to make it to that position. You've listened to the podcast, |
| 1:12.7 | Mike. What do you make of the episode? Well, I know a lot of our listeners here on the Tifa football |
| 1:17.4 | podcast are very interested in whether it's getting a coaching license or maybe the pathway. And I think |
| 1:22.5 | you and Simon really fleshed out his journey and kind of what he was looking for in different jobs. |
| 1:28.4 | And I thought the most fascinating thing was he was telling a story about doing an interview in |
| 1:33.3 | Spain and whether or not he should speak English or Spanish. |
| 1:36.7 | And I think that goes to show you that all these coaches that go across Europe and all over |
| 1:41.3 | the world for these jobs have to also adjust their lifestyle as well, |
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