Sep 17, 2018
About
Mark O’Sullivan is a UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden. Mark delivers Swedish FA coach education courses and has run many youth social projects, has his own blog – Footblogball – and is currently doing PhD research in to designing learning environments in youth football. Mark has also worked as a consultant for the Canadian FA (2017) and regularly holds lectures, talks and practical sessions around the world.
He has made himself available for a chat with me for an Off the Pitch with Active episode you will enjoy.
Overview
1:15 Introduction to Mark O’Sullivan
3:45 Mark’s background and how he “fell” into Academia and pedagogy. Also, how he discovered a change of his passion.
11:15 Perception and how it is important to understand the players.
16:20 Communication is key, even in the younger age groups between parents, players and clubs.
20:20 Great discussion about the environment for learning
43:40 Swedish Football code
55:35 Closing
Book: Johan Fallby Gör det bättre själv
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. To follow Mark’s work
Twitter: @markstkhlm