Listen ""The Transition from Player to Coach" with Dario Vidosic"
Episode Synopsis
If you enjoy the content and want to show your appreciation, you can shout me a coffee using the link below:https://buymeacoffee.com/strive365Learn to coach the ‘City Way’ here - https://amzn.to/4iuw5f2Intro:Women’s Super League Head Coach and former Socceroo Dario Vidosic is this week's guest on STRIVE 365.Having played professionally for more than 13 years in the Australian A league, German Bundesliga, the Swiss, Chinese and Korean premier leagues, as well as representing Australia, Dario shares a lot of experiences and advice to aspiring athletes.At only 38 years old, he is now the head coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in one of the best women's football leagues in the world. Having cut his teeth as a youth coach in the City Football Group, Dario provides us lessons he had discovered as a young coach learning his craft.OK, Let's go!Athlete:o Brisbane Roar (2006 - 2007)o Australian Institute of Sport (2006)o FC Nurnberg, German Bundesliga (2007 – 2011)o Adelaide United (2011 - 2013)o FC Sion, Switzerland (2013 - 2015)o Western Sydney Wanderers (2015 - 2016)o Liaoning Whowin, Chinese Super League (2016)o Seongnam FC, Korea (2017)o Wellington Phoenix (2017)o Melbourne City (2017 - 2019)o ATK, Indian Super League (2019)o Australia Socceroo’s (23 Caps)o Australia U20so Australia U23Coach (38 years old):o Melbourne City (2021– 2024)o Academy boys head coacho A league women’s assistant coacho A league women’s head coacho Premiers 2023/24o PFA coach of the year 2023/24o Brighton & Hove Albion, Women’s Super League (2024 - present)o Head CoachChapters -0:20 Gareth & Dario’s connection story1:25 Head Coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in the WSL o Management of squad & competitionso Match day travel preparationso Weekly periodisationo Dario’s coaching philosophyo Recruitment into the roleo Young and Australian stereotypes in the UK35:00 Dario’s time at Melbourne City 41:00 How has being an Ex ex-professional athlete accelerated your coaching?47:00 Struggles as a young athlete at the AIS55:00 Advice from Dario’s support network1:01:40 Moving aboard / the first big step 1:08:00 Advice for support people 1:14:25 Quick Fire Questions Give us your feedback Support the showBecome a member - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2380305/support#STRIVE365Instagram: @_strive365YouTube: @STRIVE365podcastLinkedIn: @garethturnbullstrive365TIKTOK: @_strive365FACEBOOK: @STRIVE 365Twitter: @gturnbull12