Joining from the impressive and renowned Global Premier Soccer Academy in the United States, Spalding has responsibility for a crucial age-group at the Rangers Training Centre.
Speaking to RangersTV, he explained: “When I was doing my visa application to go over to America in the first place, I’d actually been approached by Craig Mulholland, and I came in and worked while that process was happening, so I already had a flavour of where the club was going.
“I’d always been impressed with Craig throughout my time meeting him in terms of his vision – he wants Rangers to have one of the best academies in Europe.
“That’s aspirational, but it’s definitely achievable. It was always something that interested me through my time in the States, and the club I was working with over there had actually played against Rangers a few times at SuperCup NI, so that allowed me to keep up that relationship.
“I had worked really closely with David McCallum, and he is someone I was able to bounce ideas off during my time in the US, so when I was approached to come to Rangers, for me, it was a no-brainer.
“Having that feel from the first-team all the way down to the under-8s and being part of one club – that was exciting to me.
“Something Ross and Craig have pushed is innovation, and challenging ourselves and challenging our players.
“It is an exciting time for the football club with the current management, Ross being new into the post and some of the stuff Craig is doing.
“Being in the club, the UEFA Youth League and the Challenge Cup have been great, and seeing some of the kids from the Academy be part of those competitions and games is exciting, and it is a really, really exciting time for the club.
Spalding, like the rest of the Academy staff, are continuing with an innovative learning process through the current lockdown.
And, ensuring the players are continuing to be challenged is key to him through this period.
He added: “One of the things I tried to do when I first came in was to get out on the pitch as much as I could, so I have been fortunate enough with that, although it’s not been as much contact time as you would like.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to get quite a lot of contact time with the boys in-terms of the variety of different sessions we are doing.
“We want to take players out of their comfort zone and continually push them to be the best they can possibly be.
“We understand every single player is different, however, if we can continue to put them into challenging environments, whether that be training sessions or games, or whether that be individually through their individual player targets, I think there are a number of different ways in which we can do that.”