Dr Adam Kelly works as an interdisciplinary educator and author who has worked, coached and played within professional football. In this episode we talk about the oppertunities and drawbacks within the youth development pathways of professional football. We also talk about early engagement in sport, Relative age effect and playing up in football which are specialist areas of Adams. Adam talks about current research and how we can improve our selection pathways within football. This episode really opens up the academic perspective of youth development. Is it time to think a little bit more in how we develop athletes?