Summary: Joining us from Tokyo, Japan is grassroots guru, Tom Byer, known as Tomsan all over the world, as his methods for teaching children technique has now hit a standard and scope once thought unimaginable just several short years ago and places him as the most influential voice in youth development worldwide with a next generation digital platform. Today, Tom is leading China back on the long and winding road to football recovery in concert with a CSF Program was created in 2009, which has brought together the Ministries for Education and Sport for a 10 year program which targets Chinese young people to get involved in the game at unprecedented levels and looks to identify elite players as a downstream step. Meanwhile much has gone on in the world of Tomsan Nation and this includes his continued work in Japan and China along with opening a whole list of T3 Academies in markets such as Indonesia, India, Australia and China. T3 and Tomsan has also launched its 3D Apps in 42 Countries throughout Asia via the iTunes Stores to a whole new generation of kids to better serve and deliver on the promise of more predictable and failure-free coaching and instruction. We also discuss a new project with Aya Miyama, National Team Captain for the Japanese women, who Tom trained from her earliest contact with organized training in her country. We also discuss the sleeping giant of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and discuss a recent visit to the jungle there for a week to describe the football mad nature of what could be one the next rising powers if only authorities and the marketplace could harness its potential. There is just loads in the episode, but it always begins with the simple yet brilliant principles - teach kids technique, teach it to them as early as possible and encourage them to be the best they can be. Tom Byer might just be the fastest rising grassroots and youth development superstar on the planet and his new work bridging technology with top level coaching could easily position him as the next big brand that parents, players and federations turn to in the coming years. Simply put, Tom Byer is the man for the new digital frontier of youth development.
