05 August 2010

SM: Inside Soccer is in a league of its own when it comes to online training. Tell me a little bit about Inside Soccer and what services you provide. RP: Inside Soccer is truly second to none because what we have done is found the best there is in the world and we have gotten those people to provide us with the lessons. These aren’t individuals who are just working on their own. They are typically individuals associated with some of the best professional clubs. Our information is tried and tested in South America, in Europe, and in the US. Our instructors have actually taken their philosophies, applied them in academies around the world and what we’re seeing on Inside Soccer is basically the lessons that are executed every single day with some of the best players in the world.
  The intent of Inside Soccer is to provide coaches at all levels, entry as well as experienced,with diversity of content that they can then apply. At the same time, what Inside Soccer is developing and putting in place is really an entire set of functional tools that will enable a coach, as well as a club to manage the entire process they need. Inside Soccer provides a means of communication, management, and connectivity with coaches and their players as well as othermembers of the club on an ongoing basis.
  Inside Soccer ultimately will be the only resource that people will need with regards to their training, coaching, and players’developmental needs.
  SM: When was Inside Soccer first developed?
RP: About 4 years ago and we basically took it online 2 years ago.
  SM: I understand that Jeff Bookman was involved in the beginning stages of InsideSoccer. How big a part did he play in the creation of Inside Soccer and the concept of coaching online?
RP: Jeff was instrumental from the start. He, as well as a few other coaches who were working at some of the best academies in the UK, thought that it was really unfortunate that so few kids were being exposed to the true potential of learning at these academies purely because of the fact that they couldn’t get to these academies. Many kids live outside the natural radius for them to be able to travel to these academies. So, their idea from the get-go, which was about 4 years ago, was to create an online option that would take these learnings and allow kids, no matter where they were in the world, to experience some of the best lessons from all over the world.