Walsall Academy Manager - Martyn Bowles ("Left Footers, Get More Favour"") - Episode 25 snippet")

About this episode

Martyn Bowles discusses the advantages of left footed players and player development at Walsall FC.

On this episode, I’m joined by Martyn Bowles the Academy Manager of EFL League 2 club Walsall FC, on Episode 25 of my podcast. Martyn discusses with me, why left footed players might be favoured and says that Walsall try to develop players to play with both feet from foundation phase.

People in this episode

Host: Marvee Woods

Guest: Martyn Bowles

Topics covered

• left footed players
• player development
• football academy
• Walsall FC
• youth training

Keywords

• left footed players
• Walsall FC
• football academy
• player development
• EFL League 2

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walsall FC

Places: EFL League 2

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