The Half Space Podcast: Recent Episodes
St Mary's University
A podcast for sport coaches, coach educators and performance analysts, bringing you discussion on the latest topics, trends and research.
On this weeks episode we speak to Bonnie Lunn. Bonnie is a lecturer at St Mary's University and researcher sociology in sport. She discusses her PhD which focuses on anti Semitism in football.
On this weeks episode we speak to Rhiana Galvin. Rhiana is a lecturer at St Mary's University and works with Wales Hockey as a performance analyst. She reflects on her roles and the opportunities and challenges to using PA in hockey.
This week we talk to Marc Turner who discusses the performance analysis roles he has had in rugby and how he works with coaches to allow the analysis he does to inform their planning and preparation.
On this weeks episode we speak to Mike Gilham. Mike is Course Lead for the MSc in Performance Football Coaching at ST Mary's University and sporting director at Basingstoke FC. He reflects on his transition from coach to sporting director.
On this weeks episode we speak to Michael Ayres. Michael is a senior lecturer at St Mary's University. He reflects on his roles in applied sport environments and education, and becoming at ease with being a Neo-generalist in a world of specialists.
This week we speak to Pat Suraci, Pat is a student on the MSC Performance Football Coaching MSc at St Mary's University and is a coach at AFC Bournemouth. Pat discusses his session designing process to develop players super strengths.
On this weeks episode we speak to Dan Hill, Dan is a student on the MSc in Performance Football Coaching at St Mary's University and is the Head of Academy Goalkeeping at Portsmouth Football Club. Dan discusses his coaching journey and how coaches can include goalkeepers in their football coaching sessions.
This week on the Half Space Podcast we talk to Lewis Roberts. Lewis works as a performance analyst at AFC Wimbledon and discusses the opportunities and challenges of using PA to support coach development.
This week on the Half Space Podcast we speak to Dylan Vaghela. Dylan is a data scientist at Fulham FC and student on the BSc(hons) in Performance Analysis and Talent ID at St Mary's University. He discussed his role at Fulham FC and making data coach friendly.
This week we speak to Steve Jaye, Head Coach at Fulham FC Women and student on the MSc in Professional Development - Sport coaching at St Mary's University. Steve discusses how he has developed and manages a club culture at Fulham FC.
This week we speak to Will Broderick. Will is a student on the MSc in Professional Development in Rugby Coaching at St Mary's University and the Head Coach of the Brazil Women's Rugby Programme. He reflects on his journey from the North of England to Brazil and coaching at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Athletics coach Marco Airale discusses the role of the coach in contributing to an Olympic Gold Medal. He reflects on supporting athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games and talks about his journey as an athlete, physio and coach as he supports elite athlete to meet their potential.
This week we speak to Jamie Sellers about his role as a performance analyst at Chelsea FC. He discusses the role analysis plays in player and coach development in elite sport.
This week we discuss the evolving role of performacne analysis in sport from the perspective of coaches and analysts. As PA becomes increasingly available we explore the critical role it plays in high performance environments.
This week we speak to Katrine Okholm Kryger. Katrine is a part of the sports rehab teaching team at St Mary's University and a FIFA expert panel member. She completed her PhD at the sports technology institute at Loughborough University and today discusses designing football boots for women and her interest in research in womens football.
This week we hear from Ross Chisholm. Ross is professional rugby player at Harlequins and he discusses his playing experiences and his journey as a coach. He talks about the influence of other on both his playing and coaching journey.
This week Harlequins rugby player Joe Gray talks to the Half Space podcast about his playing journey and how he has developed resilience to overcome adversity.
In this weeks episode we discuss the nuance of talent and the challenge's experienced in talent development programmes. Featuring staff from St Mary's University with a range experiences in sport we explore what is talent and how do we nurture it.
This week is the second of our coach education and development mini series. Ben Bartlett is the Head of Academy Coaching at Fulham FC and discusses coach education in a professional football environment. Joana Foncesca is a senior lecturer at St Mary's University and talks about the journey of coaches during their studies in Higher Education. Finally, we hear from Liam McCarthy who has held several roles in coach education and development and is currently a coach developer at the Premier League as well as being a lecturer in Sports Coaching and Development at the University of Central Lancashire. Liam reflects on 15 years experience working in coach education and development.
The latest episode is the first of a two part mini series on coach education and development. We have three talks from Jay Roper, a coach development advisor at UK Sport, Mark Moran, a coach educator at the Rugby Football League and a senior lecturer at the University of Bolton and Fiona Murray the Director of Coaching and Education at Special Olympics Ireland.
This week we speak to Jodie Whitford-Stark. Jodie is the Coach Development Officer at the FA Women’s High Performance Football Centre at St Marys University and talks about her role, the importance of informal coach development opportunities and the WHPFC programme.
This weeks episode feature the final talks from the Player Care Webinar hosted by St Mary's University. These talks discuss player care and the adolescent brain as well as what it is like being a player care tutor in professional football.
This episode features three talks from the St Mary's University Care Webinar. The talks are on the importance of player care, challenge and opportunities for proactive wellbeing during the Covid 19 pandemic and reducing behavioural risk.
This week we speak to Ross Stewart. Ross is a coach at St Mirren FC and an assistant head teacher. He talks about his coaching journey and how being a coach aids his role as a teacher. We also chat about assessment for learning and the eternal debate of winning versus development in coaching.
On this weeks episode we have a discussion about interdisciplinary support teams in sport. How are they created and how can they be successful?
This week we speak to Liam McCarthy, a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, who discuss his work in coach education and development. Liam talks in-depth about his research on the UEFA B License with the FA and the use of project based assessment in coach education.
This week we have the last in our Foundation phase series. We hear from Sampa Chibulu, from Chelsea FC Academy, who considers moving to a multidisciplinary coaching approach in the foundation phase and Nick Levett from UK Coaching who provides insight from his professional experience across multiple roles and sports in working with foundation phase players. We also feature our latest View from the Bootroom where Goncalo Pinto discusses his experience studying on the MSc in Performance Football Coaching at St Marys University and his role as 1st team performance analyst at AFC Wimbledon.
This week we bring you the second episode of our Foundation Phase Coaching Series featuring presentations from the Foundation Phase Coaching Event at St Mary's University. We hear from Carl Wild, the Foundation Phase lead at Manchester City Regional Talent Club and Philippa McGregor, a performance psychology consultant who discusses developmentally tailoring coaching practice.
This week we bring you part one of our Foundation Phase series recorded at the St Marys University webinar on the Foundation Phase Player Development. We hear from Pete Sturgess about his manifesto for change and Manisha Tailor MBE about technical development in the Foundation Phase.
This week on the Half-Space Podcast we discuss the challenges and opportunities of adopting a 'Super-Strength' coaching approach. This coaching style focuses on developing a players 'best' attribute rather than focusing solely on a players weaknesses.
In this weeks episode Chris McGinn talks about working with players such as Cesc Fabregas and Dennis Bergkamp as well as coaches such as Arsene Wenger and Ian Holloway. He reflects on both his previous roles in elite football as well his current role for the Chelsea FC Foundation.
This week on we speak to Sam Page from Chelsea FC about the development and launch of the Perfect Play app. Sam discusses integrating differentiation in to the app and working with experts from a wide variety of industry to make the app as usable as possible.
This week Jim Hicks from the PFA joins us to talk about his role and the skills required to work in the professional game. We also have our second View from the Bootroom feature with the spot light on Taehan Bae a student on the MSc in Performance Football Coaching at St Marys University.
Ben Franks first team coach at Sheppey United FC and PhD researcher talks goalkeeper coaching, perception-action coupling and using constraints in coaching
This episode we speak to Gemma Donnelly, the Blackburn Rovers Women first team manager. She discusses her role, gaining promotion and the challenge of the first season for Blackburn Rovers in the WSL Championship.
John Lucas Head of Fitness and Conditioning at Plymouth Argyle talks o the half space podcast about creating buy in with players and developing a multi disciplinary approach to winning.
Stuart English, assistant academy manager at Birmingham City FC, talks to St Marys University about his current role, coach development and his top tips for working in elite English football.
Jon Whittingham is currently the England Partially Sighted Squad team manager. Jon is also a coach educator and worked with the England Cerebral Palsy Squad and the England Learning Disability Squad. In this weeks podcast he talks about his coaching journey and adapting his coaching practice to work with players on the England Disability talent pathway.
This podcast is for coaches and will bring you conversations on cutting edge research topics and discussions on how you can embed these in to your coaching. Each week we will bring you a different conversation with an expert and consider how you can embed the concepts in your coaching. Please follow us on twitter @theHalfSpacePod for a research paper and session plan linked to this weeks podcast.
This week we will be chatting to Amy Price, a national womens coach developer for The FA and academic who specialises in metacognition and managing the coaching environment to encourage metacognition.