Game Insights Analyst at the FA - (Coach Education) - Daniel Simpson #34

In this video I am joined by Daniel Simpson who is currently a game insights analyst at the FA. Dan has over a decade of experience working in football, with a lot of time working with academy players, and now coaches and coach educators. Dan shares some very insightful tips, gives advice and speaks about his journey to date. Super interesting conversation. Timestamped below along with links to a few bits we mention in the video. Feel free to leave any questions you may have in the comments. Thanks! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 1:25 - Daniel joins and gives some background 3:29 - Back the beginning, university, interning 10:37 - Opposition Analysis, game understanding & scouting tips 18:45 - Moving to West Brom 22:34 - The role of the academy analyst, presenting to players 27:18 - Moving to Wolves, best practice, position specifics 32:19 - Joining the FA, what Dan gets up to 42:28 - Transitions 50:30 - Presenting at conferences 53:45 - Dan shares some advice 57:25 - Books, podcasts and running Check out the blogs we refer to (England Learning) here: https://community.thefa.com/coaching/b/insights-analysis-blogs England learning are also on X here: https://twitter.com/EnglandLearning ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk