Frank Lampard - I Was The RESULT Of My Dad's Project Lampard | Project Footballer

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Welcome to Project Footballer, where we dive deep into how to make your child into a footballer and navigate the world of youth football with our special guests.
In this episode, we speak to Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, one of the Premier League's most legendary midfielders. From early childhood training under his father's watchful eye to becoming a football icon, Lampard shares personal anecdotes and insights that shaped his career. Discover the intense and unique training methods that set him apart from an early age, the motivations and expectations placed upon him before he was even born, and how these experiences influenced his approach to football and life. Lampard also reflects on the evolution of football training, the challenges of youth development, and his philosophy on coaching and parenting in the modern era.
Whether you're a die-hard football fan or just love inspiring stories of determination and success, this episode offers valuable lessons and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a football legend.
Could you develop your child into a footballer if you followed the 'perfect' formula? Sean Conlon, the founder of We Make Footballers and a Scout with Chelsea believes some people can. Follow our journey to discovering what it really takes to become a footballer.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - Podcast Trailer
00:01:22 - Youth Football and Talent Spotting
00:07:20 - Project Footballer Intro
00:07:38 - Project Lampard
00:11:05 - Pleasing Everybody, including my Dad
00:15:55 - Early Years in Football
00:20:43 - The Importance of Giving Visuals in Football
00:25:24 - Scanning and awareness in sports
00:31:09 - Hard work and dedication in becoming a top athlete
00:36:00 - Developing Shooting Techniques
00:40:54 - The Hard Work of Becoming a Footballer
00:45:38 - Developing Technical Skills
00:50:54 - Scouting Frank Lampard
00:55:52 - Players Desperate to Get to the Next Level
01:00:48 - The Frustrations of a Midfield Player
01:05:38 - Attacking from the Edge of the Box
01:10:48 - Balancing Push and Rest
01:15:31 - Recognizing talent and providing confidence
01:20:21 - The Challenges and Choices of Young Players
01:31:08 - Resilience and Handling Criticism
01:36:17 - The Importance of Following Your Child's Passion
01:41:19 - Coaching in Academy Football and the Importance of Communication
01:46:37 - The Importance of a Parent as Coach
01:51:56 - The Benefits of Changing Positions
01:57:01 - The Evolution of Football Positions
02:02:09 - Balancing Education and Football
02:07:21 - The Influence of Environment and Social Skills in Youth Development
02:12:36 - Becoming a Technician in Football
02:17:42 - Mastering the Strike Technique
02:22:30 - Improving Skills through Practice and Repetition
02:32:47 - Developing Players for Professional Football
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[@munaali840]

Amazing. I always wondered if the modern system would ever allow a Frank Lampard to get through, he is the product of hard work but was a slow player, the speed he got to was through hard work that results didnt show till much later on. they are cutting players way too quickly if they dont have speed I think this will effect any future Lampards, Fabregas even Pirlos perhaps their roles will no longer exist

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you so much for your feedback

[@mohamedrashid4963]

He would not have made it through the current system set up as you mentioned he didn’t have the talent to blossom

[@billy6243]

When you are that gifted, you will make it. A lot of slow players around playing CM. Have you seen Casi from man utd in a sprint. Slow as hell but 5 time CL winner.

[@mohamedrashid4963]

You could be right I get from the interview he was late bloomer. From a footballing family would’ve certainly given him the edge to make it pro

[@MrPremiumking]

Lampard wasnt slow. I wont say he was rapid, but he had average speed. Also the comparison to Fabregas is completely off. Lampard as a young kid played the box to box role with 100% effort both ways. That was why he was so highly rated because his attitude was spot on. It wasnt until he became the main man at Chelsea that he was relieved of some of his defensive duties.

[@coleyj1340]

Merse gets straight to the point I love it

[@Ricky-yf1ru]

He talks absolute shite. Never says anything remotely intelligent or accurate.

[@neildean7515]

After 25 years of Coaching, i coached both my Sons. It was the hardest thing i did in Coaching. At about the age of 10-12 years you must let them go, and have dif experiences and become a parent. (You can still offer advice, but calmly and timing is critical). Be calm before and after games, but learn to be a parent, it takes completely different skills. Your child needs and normally will develop independent personality at about 9-12 years and if you do not disconnect your relationship will suffer. Become the parent (or Guardian) and support, help and encourage your child to be their best.

[@RIOowyamean]

Interesting points. I absolutely agree thanks for sharing. Something I have noted 👍

[@Big_Mike25]

Thanks for this

[@MJ-bk7xw]

The key message in here is what is the role of the parent. Most parents don’t know the game well enough and can actually get in the way of the kids success. Better for parents to be supporters than do the coaches job.

[@LS9_9075]

Great episode! Everyone talks about his Dad pushing him but from this I got that Frank was so dedicated from a young age to improve and was consistent into his pro years

[@ProjectFootballer]

❤❤❤❤

[@Starwind0079]

New listener here (US). Love hearing about how football is experienced in England. Amazing episode. We are in the rat race of American club soccer and the discussion around pulling your kid out of academy and into recreational/grassroots soccer hit home. It’s easy to forget that the #1 goal should be for the child to love the game, instead of chasing Instagram moments. Would love more episodes like these!

[@crazyaboutfooty]

Jamie makes an amazing point at 1h11mins. Such a fine line of knowing how much to push them and how much to let them want to do it themselves. This has been amazing so far, looking forward to watching the rest tomorrow 🙌

[@neildean7515]

Merc, i agree about Joe Cole. I watched him a few times when he was young and was amazed he was not schooled as an England Centre midfielder. This is in stark contrast to Barcelona and Spain nursing and schooling Andres Aniesta for Spain and Barcelona.m to become a World Class Midfielder. It is noted in his Biography that he was not immediately a CM and struggled, he had to learn and develop positional specific skills to play CM

[@neildean7515]

Parents; Between the age of 5-12 years, i think all children occasionally need a push and encouragement to be told they need to do something if they have made a commitment to a club or team(exceptions are Sickness and injury). But, it is so important to play sports that children enjoy and to build good habits not just for sports, but lessons for life…

[@dahgameps432]

EPIC INTRO! can't wait to see it all!

[@ProjectFootballer]

Appreciate you

[@kanehardy6088]

The best football podcast I actually listen to start to finish love it guys ❤ keep the content coming 👍⚽️💯

[@aaqibahmed7650]

Amazing episode 🎉 great value and packed with lots of golden nuggets

[@rjbonaccorsi4734]

Just caught this and thoroughly enjoyed the insights and advice provided by all, including from my all-time favourite - Frank. As a coach for a young team, there were some great perspectives shared here that will help guide my coaching journey. Keep up the top work.

[@user-rp1ig3ry2d]

What a watch and a great insight for a dad who coaches his sons team!! Some great points 👏🏻

[@thesaintst1851]

Very enjoyable conversation.. Frank being frank essentially… brilliant

[@edwardjames3054]

Stunning ! Love you Super Frank. Here’s a thing … can we all agree it’s okay to not be a great footballer and as a kid being a part of team is worth its weight in gold ❤

[@vinayak2753]

Fantastic episode. Really interesting to hear all of them talk about the formative years & youth football.

[@stupitt9411]

Great episode and very interesting! The only thing I would have for Perry is what happens if he doesn’t make it at football? Not saying he isn’t good enough but injury or anything could happen down the road. What is the plan then?

[@phillipkelly-ayo1191]

Great show. Please can you guys do an episode about Joe Cole. I love to hear stories from pro's about his next level talent. Stories about the stuff he'd do in training as a junior etc. And of course the amazing career he enjoyed. And perhaps, how we as a nation historically fail to build teams around our great talents

[@ProjectFootballer]

Jamie said he will ask him ❤

[@olavic2]

Just finished watching. Amazing. Thanks for the colab. And yes please part 3 with K. My boy Nathan adores him a lot. We would be looking forward to it. Thanks so much for the good work. One day you will have Nathan in when it's time. For now we keep working. ❤

[@ProjectFootballer]

So happy you enjoyed it. And hope Nathan keeps progressing

[@olavic2]

@@ProjectFootballer yes for sure 💪🏾

[@thehonestfootballcoach]

Brilliant interview… enjoyed learning about Lampard’s growth as a footballer💪🏼🔥

[@ProjectFootballer]

Love that RAF. Thanks for watching

[@adambradley2571]

Great episode. Frank is very articulate and Jamie also helps to tease things out and get the full background

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. ❤

[@PermanentMerka]

excellent stuff. I love the passion I love the depth. As a father of an 8 year old girl who is probably the best at her age in our city (under 9's) I have this all to come. She has only been playing 8 months due to ADHD meaning she simply was not ready to understand the game until then. She is thus playing catch up but doing so at a rate. Though make no mistake her neurodiversity presents challenges. She had a natural soft first touch, calmness and movement but other technical aspects had to be reinforced keeping her standing foot forward when she passed and then finding a way to get the hips turning prior to shooting. I am mental health worker who works with young people and have ADHD myself so I have had the communication and drive to fill in these gaps with her. The professional coaching we pay for has said they have never seen player improve so quick. I do fear if I wasn't the Dad no one else may have the time and diligence to do this. I hope other families do not fall by the wayside with these extra challenges that can be presented.

[@HM-mw7cg]

Was funny around @29:00 when Jamie tries to play down any talk of nepotism and Frank basically says he probably wouldn’t have made it had his dad not been a pushy ex footballer. Of course frank ended up an amazing player, but a lot of us who went through academy systems know a lot of people with amazing potential who didn’t get picked up because they didn’t impress on first impression or didn’t have anyone fighting in their corner behind closed doors

[@neildean7515]

Fantastic pod.. Fascinating insightful journey. Its interesting that Dads (Merce) thinks their Son needs to play “Position Specific”, but his Coach Plays him in Different positions (Different positions offer experiences and knowledge of the game.. )ie even strikers now need to learn how to defend /Defend space).. All about experience & development of a player/Child. For 30 years i have rotated positions to develop the player

[@neildean7515]

Minute 1:12 = i love this moment which just highlight’s the conundrum between the professional (Jamie & his Son) and the father(parent ) relationship and the “Patience /Care & Love” it takes to bring up and develop a child who is potentially going to be a professional athlete. Sometimes, its just it just a bad day(this is children and parenting) but re-enforcing the important habits needed for a high performing athlete is so important for their mental and physical development and a credit to them as a family.

[@drurymatt]

Mers does come out with some waffle at times 😂

[@Ricky-yf1ru]

CONSTANTLY

[@MIGHTYQ277]

Seriously talks some shite 😩😂

[@Pel80]

Brilliant episode

[@briankeely7249]

Great interviews and content. Inspiring me as a coach and Dad. It's not hard work if you enjoy it!

[@ProjectFootballer]

❤❤❤❤

[@tommytaffurelli5398]

Loves these lot franks one of my hero’s

[@recruitmentwebsites]

this is awesome content thank you

[@KingKong-ee8hc]

That was fantastic to listen to

[@Funtimes874]

Get Dennis Wise on! I’m sure he has a very similar story to these guys 👍🏼

[@ProjectFootballer]

Okay. I’ll ask him.

[@princeabs247]

That’s a reason not to get him on lol

[@noomadNick]

So don't get him on then 😂

[@markdavis8430]

That was tremendous guys YNWA 👌

[@neildean7515]

Fundamentals skills are so important and i think any player that became a Pro, you need a “Super Skill”.. ie frank “Shooting and Scoring” Redknapp “ Keeping the ball and exceptional passing” its very clear from their career, they mastered a “Super Skill”…💪👍🏻 This “unappossed practice as a kid, along with mistakes then became a habit that was practiced until they became World Class through repetition of a Super Skill …

[@HSVIRK]

Podcast is brilliant

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you so much

[@suhailzamir8928]

Interesting Merson doesn't agree that a 8-9 shouldnt learn to play other positions. I always thought it's good for a players to be exposed to all positions to make them comfortable quick

[@HarryKing-nb9eo]

Great listen this is. There is one big point for us as parent's watching this for our kids, listen to the sentence franks says between 44:17 too 44:32,so simple but so true👍

[@MJ-bk7xw]

The key message in here is what is the role of the parent. Most parents don’t know the game well enough and can actually get in the way of the kids success. Better for parents to be supporters than do the coaches job.

[@topsecret6995]

Really interesting probably best one so far

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you mate ❤

[@neildean7515]

Scanning is topical, but detailed knowledge / understanding of it as a subject is limited and difficult for many to teach. Childrens understanding of formations, tactics, technical decision making and technical experience of playing the game is so important. One of the big issues i now see, is that children do not have the patience to watch a full game to see the pictures & the game of football (therefore: Limiting experience). Social media can provide highlights, providing role models to copy is so important for a footballers development

[@Funtimes874]

Wow this is good stuff!

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you so much

[@craiggolding3179]

Brilliant

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@krispeekornflex]

His inner voice was standing beside him and have the same name as his.

[@gonzojones8422]

Max Dowman was playing for Arsenal u18s at the age of 13!!!! He’s ridiculous!!! He’s 14 now and starting for u18s.

[@Froskru]

Mers forgetting he got skills. Passing creates the best skill players if they are told to use the ball when they have space. Lamps the greatest ever. Continued to grow over his career great Chelsea player

[@billy6243]

Great listen! Get Ray Parlour on the pod:D

[@ProjectFootballer]

Haha okay, will ask him. 👍

[@iansharp9918]

There's at least 10 major take aways from this episode that I will implement straight away in my sons footballing journey. You will not find a video with so much footballing pedigree sharing their insights and wisdom for all to learn from. Thank you!

[@gtwadmin7801]

Top episode

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you so much ❤

[@ProjectFootballer]

Thank you so much ❤

[@adrianstober5781]

With 7k subscribers, its interesting to know how you are able to get these guys on your podcast, this is the first time i have watched an episode...just interested to know this..ta

[@ProjectFootballer]

Haha it’s a good point. We are underrated! The subscribers will come. We need to do better with our marketing!

[@DublinDapper]

Jamie is gold on this podcast lads

[@ProjectFootballer]

☺️☺️☺️ we are lucky to have him

[@alexbelotti1603]

You have to work hard

[@TVsez]

Carlton Palmer... He's such a funny guy

[@spinksTinks]

Read "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell.

[@JReading87]

Jamie’s becoming so much like his Dad. Merson steals the show. Lampard was good at West Ham, but ultimately the Zola, Poyet culture made him evolve with diet etc, which was away from his Dad. It’s an attitude thing too on Frank, as his Dad can only push so much. The drive is from him. Otherwise, more ex players’ sons would make it as players.

[@Ricky-yf1ru]

Merson never says anything remotely intelligent

[@jimmysheargold7589]

There’s a few players at Sutton United as well that are top players ⚽️

[@tdtm82]

Max Dowman is a combo of Lampard; Ødegaard; Matthews and Charlton's power through the middle. He's superbly classy and is going to be an England great. Moore at Spurs is great though it pains me.

[@valiantsportsgroup5571]

Jamie Redknapp is a talented host. Class act

[@ProjectFootballer]

Agree. ❤ Thank you for supporting

[@mindfuelperformance9319]

I bet the worst thing about being an academy coach are the parents. I never think it’s ok to shout at your children in front of everyone. It’s humiliating and you’re suppose to be the adult. I don’t think it’s the way to build resilience. Jamie says it prepares them for playing I front of big crowds…but they’re children.. those things will come (if they’re good enough). It sounds like these boys think you have to sacrifice your father, son relationship to some degree to help your son succeed as a footballer..

[@SkolSessions]

Hey brother. I live in the United States & I wanted to take my son to a really good camp in England in the summer. Do you recommend any??? He is U9

[@ProjectFootballer]

Come to we make footballers ! It’s our company

[@craiggolding3179]

Have you guys looked into getting Tom Byer on the podcast?

[@ProjectFootballer]

Not yet. Do you know him ?

[@aaqibahmed7650]

I know Tom Byer and can make an intro :) he will be brilliant to feature on the podcast 🙏

[@craiggolding3179]

@@ProjectFootballerI do

[@darrenmackie8603]

100% Australia is rife with the soft, strive to underachieve and condemnation of anyone who would demand more of their child. Everything is sacrificed in the name of inclusion, crushing those with potential so as not to expose the weak. The end result is a generation of weak non achievers...now they are the parents. More people in your positions need to speak up as the voice of champions to inform parents what actually is required.

[@nikolamijatovic1236]

Please, if you can, add subtittle on serbian or any other balkan language

[@SidiMansourYababa]

Oi music's a bit overdramatic

[@JReading87]

Wow, really enjoying this one. I can’t agree with taking that boy out of school though. What about social skills with the opposite sex? Or is he expected to marry a girl who plays for the Chelsea women’s team? What if he breaks his leg tomorrow? I feel like that’s what Merson was alluding to. Quite worrying all the same.

[@lawrenceparker969]

Merse really knows his stuff!

[@Ricky-yf1ru]

Ummm no

[@PGJ0]

no he doesn't

[@DT-rb7ro]

Merse didnt mention his gambling 😮

[@abbey1999]

Yeah it’s called being the Son 😂