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Jun 10, 2014 42 min

Episode 8 Patrick Ladru

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Patrick Ladru is the Lead Coach for U13-U16 at AFC Ajax in Amsterdam. Ajax's 'De Toekomst' academy is world famous for producing talented footballers, and has more graduates playing in the top 5 divisions in Europe than any other club. In this in-depth conversation with The Coaching Manual Editor Pavl Williams, Patrick discusses the individualised programmes that give Ajax youth players their incredible technical ability; explains the perfect field sizes for 4v4 through to 11v11 (and why); talks about the differences between players who break through to the Ajax first team and those who don't; and he offers a whole load of practical tips which for running a session that you can apply with your own team today. If you enjoy the show, please let us know on Twitter (@CoachingManual) or Google+ (http://google.com/+TheCoachingManual) and remember to subscribe in iTunes, Soundcloud or by RSS for first access to future podcasts. All the links can be found at http://www.thecoachingmanual.com/podcasts

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