The Scouting Game
eBook - ePub

The Scouting Game

An Insider's Guide to Talent Spotting Football's Next Stars

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Scouting Game

An Insider's Guide to Talent Spotting Football's Next Stars

About this book

The Scouting Game brings us the inside story of the hidden world of top-level football scouting from a man with 30 years' experience in the professional game, and more than a decade in the recruitment team at Chelsea FC's renowned academy.

Chris Robinson reveals how scouts work, what they look for and how they report on players, giving practical examples. He sets out the ideal characteristics that scouts search for in every position, and examines scouting at all levels – grassroots, academy, first team and opposition scouting.

Chris explains how scouts interact with agents and what parents can expect from scouts and the professional academies, including how trials work and the developing role of data in scouting. He also considers scouting as a career, pointing out the pros and cons and explaining how to get started.

With a fascinating insight into one of the hidden corners of the game, this book lifts the lid on the secretive world of top-level talent-spotting.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781836800392
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. 1. It Starts and Ends with Players
  6. 2. ‘Who Are You?’
  7. 3. What Are We Looking For?
  8. 4. Position Profiles
  9. 5. Reporting on a Player
  10. 6. Grassroots Scouting
  11. 7. Academy Scouting
  12. 8. First-Team and Video Scouting
  13. 9. Opposition Scouting
  14. 10. Agents
  15. 11. Parents
  16. 12. Scouts and Bias
  17. 13. Being a Scout
  18. 14. It Starts and Ends with Players
  19. Appendix 1: PFSA Code of Conduct for Scouts
  20. Appendix 2: Asians In Football – by Niaz Shazad
  21. Acknowledgements