🎙️ We sit down with football coach Saul Isaksson, who shares his experience working across elite academy environments and discusses what young players, parents and coaches need to understand about modern player development.🏟️ Saul talks about his coaching journey, including his time working with Tottenham’s youth academy, Chelsea, and other clubs, while comparing different approaches to academy football and player development.🧠 We go deep into technical development, ball mastery, grassroots football, academy systems, individual training and the importance of allowing young players to make mistakes and develop their creativity.👨👩👧👦 Saul also gives valuable advice for parents choosing football academies, including what they should actually look for beyond the name or reputation of a club.🔥 We discuss why technical ability can sometimes be overlooked in favour of physicality, whether young players are getting enough meaningful time on the ball, the rise of one-to-one coaching, and why training needs to reflect real match situations.📱 Saul also explains the thinking behind My Football Coach, an app designed to help players develop through age-specific and position-specific technical training.⏱️ Watch the full conversation and let us know: What do you think is the biggest problem with youth and academy football today?👍🏾 Like the video, subscribe and share it with a young player, parent or coach who would benefit from the conversation.#academyfootball #ballatallcost #footballacademy #grassrootsfootball #footballpodcast #footballdebate #premierleague #epl #youthdevelopment #football