How to be a football scout (and what scouting is REALLY like!) - Chris Robinson #43

The guest for todays video is very experienced scout, Chris Robinson. Chris has experience in coaching and management as well as a very extensive scouting career with his most recent spell being with Chelsea FC. Chris has experience in all areas of scouting and is kind enough to share some of the things he has learnt over any years in the game. Don't forget to subscribe for more content like this! 0:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Chris joins, gives background, and explains different types of scouting 6:13 - Managing Cheltenham, how things have changed over the years 11:05 - Joining Chelsea as a scout, integration scouting 14:20 - What does a scouting department look like? 18:08 - Youth scouting (ages, positions, agents) 30:35 - Has scouting been professionalised? Are scouts undervalued? 36:54 - The day in the life of a scout, what to look out for 44:10 - Scouting an individual player 48:15 - Modern day scouting (position specific) 53:40 - Selling players for profit, teams without academies 56:42 - Advice for aspiring scouts 59:57 - The Scouting Game (Chris' new business) 1:02:39 - Book recommendations, wrap up, where to find Chris Books mentioned by Chris: The signal and the Noise - https://amzn.to/48tN1Og The Numbers Game – https://amzn.to/3O0drPe Football Hackers - https://amzn.to/41WWtHp Inverting the Pyramid - https://amzn.to/3RYXAlr The Mixer – https://amzn.to/41V3IQ0 Intensity (Pep Lijnders) - https://amzn.to/47y2Fqg Chris now also has created his own business, that you can check out here: www.thescoutinggame.co.uk ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 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