{"id":159357,"date":"2026-02-18T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159357"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:03:29","slug":"lessons-from-liverpool-john-scales-on-career-insights-for-grassroots-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159357","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Liverpool: John Scales on Career Insights for Grassroots Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U15xzMTTHEM?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Welcome back to the Coerver Coaching Podcast! In this exciting episode, we sit down with former Liverpool and England defender John Scales, who shares invaluable insights from his illustrious professional football career. <\/p>\n<p>Join us as we delve into:<\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s journey through the ranks of professional football and the challenges he faced along the way.<br \/>\nKey lessons learned on and off the pitch and how they can help grassroots coaches.<br \/>\nWhether you&#8217;re a seasoned coach or just starting out in grassroots football, John&#8217;s stories and advice provide a treasure trove of inspiration to help you improve.<\/p>\n<p>Elevate your sessions with the NEW Coerver Coaching App:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/onelink.to\/565w67?olbm=1<\/p>\n<p>Our Courses &#038; Diplomas:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rz59VDbXt1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/playgreatsoccer.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Coerver Store | playgreatsoccer.com\" src=\"https:\/\/playgreatsoccer.com\/embed\/#?secret=1yuXFezgrv#?secret=rz59VDbXt1\" data-secret=\"rz59VDbXt1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more episodes! If you enjoy our content, please give us a thumbs up, leave a comment, and share it with fellow coaches!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 Available on YouTube &#038; Spotify!<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U15xzMTTHEM\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to the Coerver Coaching Podcast! In this exciting episode, we sit down with former Liverpool and England defender John Scales, who shares invaluable insights from his illustrious professional&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":159358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}