About the Author

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Carl Wild has obtained lots of experience in professional soccer, having coached both men and women and for a number of clubs. He also has vast experience coaching grassroots soccer and has supported grassroots coaches through his roles with the English Football Association. He was a coach mentor, providing coaches with support and guidance, and a coach educator, delivering on a number of the English Football Association's coaching awards. Carl also has a MSc in Sport Performance Coaching, and he is the program leader and lecturer for a BA (Hons) course on Football Coaching and Management. Carl's first book, The Intelligent Soccer Coach, was published by Meyer & Meyer Sport in September 2021.