In the second part of our feature with Ed Brand, the experienced former Chelsea academy coach joins Coaches’ Voice head of content Tony Hodson in conversation about developing players for first-team football.

Calling upon his experience in his final role at Chelsea, as loan technical coach, Brand discusses the benefits of sending academy players out on loan. He expands on the main objectives of such a loan move, the different ways in which they can be deemed successful, and the important player behaviours he encourages from young players going out on loan.

Brand goes on to talk about the challenges young players face when stepping up into first-team football, from tactical and technical to physical and psychological. He finishes by discussing what first teams can do to ease and maximise the integration of academy products into a more ruthless and competitive environment.

The first part of the session, in which Brand presents his insights on working with players in the professional development phase, is available to watch here.