Gilterlan Ferreira is a professional fitness coach at Brazilian league side Mossoro, in Rio grande do Norte. He is a graduate in fitness education and post-graduate in sport training.
I asked him about the player development system in Brazil and how his country managed to create so many top-class footballers. The answer is perhaps not as [...]

Andy Hilton is the Head of Football Development at Sport Trafford and a youth talent scout for Manchester United FC. Over 20 years of coaching he has led training sessions for players of all abilities, from U5 beginners to preparatory camps for U16 trialists.
Here are some of the key points from our extended interview:
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Chris Green’s latest book tells the story of the 10,000 boys in the Academy system in England, and particular of the 9,990 who will never make it as professional footballers.
Through interviews with all the leading stakeholders in the modern professional game, Chris delivers a detailed analysis of the current system and exposes it’s dramatic failings [...]

Peter Glynn is an FA Tesco Skills Coach Team Leader and an expert F.A. Coach Educator. He is currently rolling out the F.A.’s new age-appropriate qualification the Youth Award Module 1 across the country. He took a little time out of his hectic schedule to talk to us about the new qualifications and how the [...]

Paul Cooper is the co-founder of Give Us Back Our Game and an expert soccer coach. In this in-depth interview with Better Football he discusses the importance of playing Small Sided Games in football coaching sessions and talks about the motivations for junior soccer players.
One of the key aspects which Paul makes the case for [...]