Just Kickin' It Pod

Adin Osmanbasic is the Head Coach of the U14 Boy's team at United Futbol Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to that role, Adin worked as a Performance Analyst for Columbus Crew SC in Major League Soccer (MLS). He is also a regular contributor to the famous German Tactics Blog Spielverlagerung where he covers training methodology, match analysis, and football theory of some of the best teams and coaches around the world.

Tab Ramos is the Head Coach of the U-20 USMNT and the Youth Technical Director for US Soccer. Tab made over 80 appearances as a player on the US Senior National that included starring roles in the 1990 and 1994 World Cup's. Tab was also the assistant coach for the USMNT that qualified for the Round of 16 in the 2014 World Cup.

John Kessel is the Director of Sport Development for USA Volleyball and World ParaVolley. John has been coaching since 1971 at the collegiate and professional level. He is an Internationall Acclaimed lecturer that has presented in all 50 states and over 50 countries. His blog, "Growing the Game Together", is the 2nd most popular blog available amongst over 100 organized though the US Olympic Committee's Team USA website. John shows us what motor learning science can teach us about training youth soccer players.

Phil Wheddon is the Director and Founder of the International Goalkeeper Coaches Conference (IGCC). From the World Cup to the Olympics, Phi has enjoyed success at soccer’s most prestigious events. He helped guide the United States to consecutive gold medals, including the 2008 crown in Beijing. Phil has trained some of the best goalkeepers in the world, including Hope Solo, Brianna Scurry, Tim Howard and Kasey Keller to name a few. Phil is also the director of GK One. The International Goalkeeper Coaches Conference will be held on June 2-4, 2017 at the Sawgrass Grand Hotel. Listeners of the JKIP receive a $300 discount off of the registration price by signing up using the promo code - IGCC17SAVE You can register at the following link - http://www.internationalgoalkeepercoaches.com/

Todd Beane is the founder of the TOVO Soccer Academy in Barcelona. Todd moved to Barcelona in 2002 to begin working with Johan Cruyff to launch and build the Cruyff Institute and eventually Cruyff Football. Todd married Chantal Cruyff, Johan’s daughter, and worked with his father-in-law for nearly 15 years before Johan’s untimely death in 2016. The TOVO Academy is Todd’s continuation of the legacy he set out to establish with his late-father-in-law. Over the past two decades, Todd has learned from practitioners at La Masia, Barcelona’s infamous youth academy, and his father-in-law, Johan Cruyff, to develop clear ideas about youth development, positional play, rondos, and all aspects related to the success of Spanish and Catalan Football.

Albert Rude is the First Team Assistant Coach at CF Pachuca in Liga MX. Albert is one of the co-founders of the MBP Coaching Methodology that offers a 4-month immersive course in Barcelona called the Master in High Performance. In Albert's first year, CF Pachuca finished in 2nd in La Clausura 2016 after finishing in 7th in 2015 without Albert. In 2017, CF Pachuca has advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League Final against Tigres.

Ryan Cotter is a Strength and Conditioning coach with the New York Red Bulls working with both the First Team and Red Bulls 2 of the USL. Prior to his role with the NYRB, Cotter worked for the the 2016 BIG Ten Champions at the University of Maryland alongside Sasho Cirovski. Ryan also writes articles for SimpliFaster covering all aspects of sports performance. His articles can be found at https://simplifaster.com/articles/author/ryancotter/ and he can be followed on Twitter https://twitter.com/CoachCotter2?lang=en

Scott Donnelly is a Technical Advisor for US Soccer charged with identifying and developing talent in the NorthEast region. Scott is also an assistant coach for the U18 Men's National Team under Omid Namazi, a former guest of the show. Scott was the Head Coach of Southern-Illinois at Edwardsville (SIUE), a NCAA Division 1 Program prior to leaving that role for his current role with US Soccer.

Mike Boyle is one of the foremost experts in the field of Strength and Conditioning. Mike worked as the Head S&C coach for Boston University for 15 years before starting one of the first sports performance gyms in the country. He has worked with the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, USA Hockey, and thousands upon thousands of athletes across every sport including soccer players like Heather O'Reilly. Check out Mike's gym at http://www.bodybyboyle.com/ and his personal blog/resource website StrengthCoach.com. Follow Mike on Twitter @mboyle1959

Junior Gonzalez is the new Head Coach of Rio Grande Valley FC of the USL, Houston Dynamo’s 2nd team. Junior was previously an assistant coach for the Seattle Sounders FC S2 team, assistant coach and director of scouting at Chivas USA, assistant coach for the U.S. U-15 Boys National Team, as well as the head scout for the U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. Prior to that, he was the Head Coach at UC Irvine for 11 years. Junior also played at UCLA for Sigi Schmidt where he won a NCAA Championship.

Holly Silvers-Granelli is a board certified Physical Therapist specializing in sports orthopaedic rehabilitation in Santa Monica, CA. She is a current member of the US Soccer Federation Men's and Women's National Medical Team, and a member of the FIFA F-Marc Medical Research Committee. She is the director of rehabilitation for Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy. She is also the director of research at the Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation with a primary focus on ACL prevention, articular cartilage injury prevention and rehabilitation, sports hernia prevention and head injury prevention in athletes.

Adrian Bradbury is the Founder and Director of Football For Good Academy in Uganda, East Africa. Adrian moved from Toronto, Canada to Uganda in 2015 and built a youth academy there from the ground up. He has met with some of the best youth academy directors in the world - including Romeo Jozak from Croatia - and has built his academy with the goal of producing top flight professional footballers. You can see more about his project by going to http://www.football-for-good.org/

Neil Jones is the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Loyola-Chicago University in Chicago, Illinois. Neil took over at Loyola-Chicago in 2013 and has improved the program each season. In 2013, Loyola-Chicago won 6 games and in 2016 they finished 14-4-1 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Neil is one of the best young coaches in NCAA Division 1.

Steve Tashjian is the High Performance Director for the Columbus Crew SC and the former Head of Sports Science for Everton FC in the English Premier League.

Brett Uttley is the Assistant Coach for Rio Grande Valley FC of the USL. RGVFC is the 2nd team of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer (MLS). Prior to that role, Brett worked as an assistant coach and strength coach for Seattle Sounders FC 2 in USL. Brett spent 4 months in Barcelona, Spain completing the MBP Master in High Performance Soccer.

Mario Sanchez is the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Southern Illinois at Edwardsville (SIUE). Prior to his current role, Mario worked as the top assistant at Louisville, Akron, and Fresno State as well as the Head Coach at UNLV. Mario played in the early days of MLS after his collegiate playing career ended at Fresno State.

Dan Abrahams is a global sport psychologist working alongside leading players, teams, coaches, and organizations across the world. Dan has worked with Premier League clubs such as West Ham, Fulham, QPR, and Darby County alongside Steve Maclaren. Dan has written 3 books on the subject "Soccer Tough", "Soccer Tough 2", and "Soccer Brain". You can find Dan on twitter @DanAbrahams77 and at his website danabrahams.com

Jonathan Henderson is the Academy Manager at Bristol Rovers FC in League One. He holds a UEFA A License and the FA Youth Award. Additionally, he holds a BSc in Sports Coaching and a MSc in Coaching Science.

Omid Namazi is the Head Coach for the U-18 US National Team. Before that, he worked under Carlos Quieroz for 4 years with the Iran National Team. You can find Omid on Twitter @Onamazi

Nick Cowell is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at St. Edwards University in Austin, TX. He has coached there since 2006 and has an overall record of 160-33-13 with 6 conference championships, 9 NCAA tournament appearances, and 18 All Americans. He has studied Tactical Periodization and applied it in the college setting. He taught himself Portuguese in order to read some of Vitor Frade's original work.