How to be a football scout (and what scouting is REALLY like!) - Chris Robinson #43
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.
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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 - amzn.to/48tN1Og
The Numbers Game - amzn.to/3O0drPe
Football Hackers - amzn.to/41WWtHp
Inverting the Pyramid - amzn.to/3RYXAlr
The Mixer - amzn.to/41V3IQ0
Intensity (Pep Lijnders) - amzn.to/47y2Fqg
Chris now also has created his own business, that you can check out here: www.thescoutinggame.co.uk
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Brilliant interview and brilliantly put across by Chris ( A proper scout ) you said everything we try to teach at IPSO 👏👏👏
Thanks Colin 👍🏼
This was a fascinating insight to the scouting world; I'll be looking forward to Chris's book coming out!
Thanks for watching Christian and I'm glad you enjoyed. Likewise, I will also be reading it!
This was a great interview. I would love to scout and I definitely believe scouting is underrated plus there’s a lack of scouts in the US where I’m at. I can’t afford the coaching licenses here in the US and you need those for the scouting course.
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed. Interesting what you say about the scouting situation over in the US, I know very little about that...
Very nice interview with experience scout Chris Róbinson who give us really some important informations of the Scouting Basics and structure of scouting from the Football Industry .Thank you @chirsGill keep going with guest s like that .
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Thank you for all the info.
Thanks for watching, glad it was useful 👍🏼
Nice interview, some of my takeaways.. Some good info about the recruitment in UK Early specialization, and being able to play in multiple positions, so important for players. Qualities of the game, and players. Qualities of a Scout - know everyone, building a network on integraty, taking notes, talking during the match and not watching the game. Future of Scouts- scouts to act professionally before they expect to be made professionals.⚽🎙
Hey Shawn, thanks for watching and leaving a comment 🙌🏼 Glad you enjoyed. Networking definitely a big thing for scouting. All about relationships, and yes, I found the multiple positions point interesting too. 👍🏼
That s true Mr.Robinson ,scouts are underrated in the football industry in the last 10-15 years, but in the last 2-3 years there is an emerging trend of live scouts and talent scouts having a major influence on player transfer decisions. Whats your opinion ?
Not sure what chris thinks but I'd say that could be true for sure. Much more usage of stats and video too allowing for worldwide scouting at a much lower cost
I see many parents who pay for their kids's access to the academy. What do you think of this? For example, by paying coaches to ensure stronger players are not called to play on trial days or big matches.
Seems dodgy to me but I don't doubt that stuff may happen. All comes down to the ability really so if I 'bought' my kid a way into a trial game, it might gain access initially, but the kid is then just going to get found out and cut loose anyway if they aren't good enough. Don't like the idea of paying coaches/agents though for stuff like that.