In this special, one off episode I meet Birmingham City and Scotland number 9, Lyndon Dykes to discuss the benefits of playing futsal and how that can help young players improve for football.

We unpick the technical advantages of the game including faster decision making and 1v1 skills as well as hearing who Lyndon thinks are the best professional players at using the sole of their foot.

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What a treat we have this week for the final episode of series 2 of On The Grass. I catch up with friend of the pod and National Lead for the Foundation Phase at The FA Pete Sturgess to review England's performance at Euro 2020. We provide a game by game run down including individual performances and links to England DNA and FA coaching methodologies. We discuss underused players, Jordan Pickford, our man crush on Jack Grealish and how to win next years World Cup. I loved this chat and I hope you do too!

Welcome back to On The Grass and welcome to Episode 5! Todays chat features Academy Coach and Entrepreneur Seb Tidey. Seb is an old friend and colleague at The FA and he provides a brilliant insight into his background and current coaching methods. Seb details player responsibility and praise playing major roles in his coaching and also boldly states that U6/U7/U8 players can never dribble TOO much. Check it out to find out why...