UK Coaching Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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Are you a coach passionate about young lives?
'The Play Their Way' is the new podcast you didn't know you needed.
Curious? Listen to host Laura-Jane Jones explain why you should be tuning in.
To start listening, search for the 'Play Their Way' podcast in all your usual favourite podcast places.
Led by the Children’s Coaching Collaborative – a collective of 17 like-minded organisations, including UK Coaching, Sport England, UNICEF UK and Mind – Play Their Way aims to kick-start a movement of child-first coaches, organisations and people changing the game from the ground up.
If you're curious about the movement, check out the Play Their Way website at www.playtheirway.org.
You can also follow Play Their Way on social media: @playtheirway on TikTok, X, and LinkedIn, and @playtheirwayuk on Facebook and Instagram.
Cal Jones is a judo coach based in North Wales. He recently completed his master’s thesis looking at Representative Learning Design in judo, including developing a tool to help coaches identify how representative their practice design is. In this podcast, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies speaks with him about representative learning design and how it can help us to design, structure, and adapt our practice sessions to support skill acquisition.
Cal gives us some examples of what this might look like in practice using examples to illustrate the two main parts of representativeness.
- What the participant is interacting with (other people, environment) – Functionality.
- Are the techniques and decision-making the same as seen in practice – Action Fidelity.
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Georgia Askew works as a Skill Acquisition specialist for Paralympics Australia while also pursuing a PhD at Queensland University of Technology. In this podcast, Georgia joins UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies sharing examples from her practice and research on how skill development principles can benefit not only elite para-sport athletes but also everyone.
One of Georgia’s mantra’s is ‘Just because it has always been done that way, doesn’t mean it needs to be done that way.’ She explains that when working in elite parasport it is important to spend time connecting with and learning about everyone. Empathy, strong relationships, and understanding what is going on for participants in the context of their wider environment is critical for being successful as a skill acquisition specialist.
Georgia highlights the importance of individualised, non-linear journeys that facilitate the experiences and opportunities to grow in ways that relevant to the participants at the right time.
Her top tips include:
- Connect to the individual first and be creative and innovative.
- Work across the whole team if possible (coaches, participants, coach developers, strength coaches, etc.)
- Record everything you do; session plans, practice adaptions, post coaching reflections, and reflective discussions. Try to find ways to reflect that work for you.
- Don’t worry if practice looks chaotic or ugly at times. If you are paying attention to what you are doing and the results you are getting, you’ll start to understand what works and recognise improvements over time.
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In this podcast, Mark O'Sullivan (Head of Youth Development for under 8-12 year olds) at AIK Ungdomsfotbolls) discusses his work in youth development at AIK as well as his PhD research with UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies
During the conversation Mark discusses a variety of topics, including why learning is non-linear and what this means for coaching. The implications of non-linear development on athlete development frameworks, and why he wants ‘as many as possible, as long as possible in an as good environment as possible’ in the AIK youth academy.
Some key points Mark covers are:
- How do we learn to ask better questions?
- What is our understanding of the learner and the learning process?
- Does the notion of the nonlinearity of learning challenge many of these ages and stages models?
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Professor Ian Renshaw discusses with UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies his coaching and academic background, as well as the development of the constraints-led approach to designing practice.
In this podcast Ian:
- uses numerous real-world examples from rugby and cricket to illustrate his points and bring them to life
- emphasises the significance of intention and understanding what you want to achieve as a coach
- delves into the components of skilled performance, such as honing observation skills, effecting change at the subconscious level, and the significance of motivation.
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Are you interested in creating a connection with the people you coach? Would you like to build empathy, encourage risk-taking and create memories with those in your care? If so then this podcast will be a great start. Professional Storyteller Clare Murphy shares so much in this podcast, explaining how the brain responds to story, our history with it as humans, and how coaches and the people who support them can use it to galvanise and inspire the people they are working with.
Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.
Coaching Development Manager at The Premier League Scott McNeill shares his coaching journey - developing coaches at Great Britain Hockey and the transition from hockey to working in football.
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Author Todd Hargrove shares his experience and understanding of skill acquisition in supporting functional and pain free movement.
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Podcast with Dr Will Roberts and Danny Newcombe. Will and Danny explore the subject of skill acquisition and putting theory into practice for children through to elite athletes.
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Coach of elite head coaches Cody Royle and UK Coaching Coach Programme and Pathway Manager Tom Hartley talk about the challenging role of being a head coach, and explore a selection of the 'seven hard truths about head coaching' from Cody's book, The Tough Stuff.
As well as understanding more about the head coach role, Cody shares some of the principles that underpin his approach to being an effective coach developer.
Consider how this podcast might support your views on coaching and coach development.
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Podcast with Tyler Yearby discussing how and why we need to think about skill acquisition for strength and conditioning and not just for movement coordination and on the field practice.
Yearby is co-director of education at Emergence, a sport movement, skill and education company.
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Doug Lemov, author of 'Teach Like a Champion' and 'The Coach's Guide to Teaching', talks about effective coaching.
Lemov shares his expertise with UK Coaching Coach Programme and Pathway Manager Tom Hartley on practice design for learning, effective feedback, observation and a wide range of other topics relating to coaching practice.
When listening to this podcast, consider what this would mean for your practice as a coach, and someone who creates learning environments for other coaches?
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Podcast with Dr James Rudd, researcher and practitioner in physical literacy, and Jiani Ma, a PhD student researching the application of fundamental movement skills into practice.
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In this Coach Developer Podcast, Dr Peter Olusoga discusses the importance of coach self-care.
The chartered psychologist, senior lecturer in psychology at Sheffield Hallam University and host of the Eighty Percent Mental podcast, which looks at the mental side of sport performance, outlines the key elements of a self-care first aid kit, including self-awareness, self-compassion and vulnerability.
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Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies shares a conversation with Lesley McKenna, a 3 x Olympic snowboarder and programme manager at GB Snowsport.
With climbing and skateboarding debuting at the Tokyo Olympic Games, McKenna explores the impact becoming an 'Olympic sport' will have on the coaches and coach development workforce.
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Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies speaks with skill acquisition specialist, co-founder of Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland and Senior Lecturer at Munster Technological University Dr Ed Coughlan.
In the discussion, Dr Coughlan reveals how to design coaching sessions to help participants and athletes retain learning - before it's then transferred to a performance environment.
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Conversation with Language of Coaching author and Head of Athletic Performance at the Irish Rugby Football Union Nick Winkelman.
In this podcast, Nick introduces the power of language to support skill acquisition and provides loads of practical examples for coaches to get their teeth stuck into.
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Learning Scientist Megan Sumeracki joins Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley and Modern Learning Officer Mark Scott to talk about the principles of effective learning.
In this hour long podcast, we explore retrieval practice, spaced learning and interleaving, and consider what these mean for coaches looking to maximise their practice design and experience for their athletes.
Head to ukcoaching.org to access a visual guide to help you make sense of these learning principles and consider how you might apply them in your own practice as a coach or coach developer.
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Podcast with Dr James Stafford, who works at neurotechnology company INCISIV as a business development lead, about how perception and action are constantly being calibrated.
This podcast explores how we calibrate our movement and how coaches can support skill development and (re)calibration especially during periods of growth, development, aging, time off and injury.
Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.
Kirk Vallis, Head of Creative Capability at Google shares with us his principles for creative problem-solving.
In this discussion, Kirk shares five scenarios with UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley that people who support coaches might encounter and explores a range of ways for creating "one more option".
Head to ukcoaching.org to access a complementary graphic to help you navigate the conversation and consider how some of Kirk's principles might play out in your own environment.
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Canoeist and kayaker Lena Kraus, who is is a writer and translator, and has completed one of the longest canoe races in the world twice, shares her personal experience of harassment whilst participating in sport and physical activity.
Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies talks to canoeist, kayaker and paddlesport coach Lena Kraus - who has completed one of the longest canoe races in the world twice - about harassment, uncomfortable behaviour and feeling safe whilst engaging in sport and physical activity. Towards the end of the podcast, Marianne and Lena explore how we can all take responsibility in creating environments in sport and physical activity that challenge negative and unwanted behaviour and support each other - no matter who we are.
Trigger warning: This podcast covers conversations about misogynistic behaviour, feeling unsafe in public spaces whilst exercising, social media trolling, harassment, and unsupportive experiences in sport and physical activity.
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Join professor of organisational psychology, author and podcaster Damian Hughes as he talks about the power of humility and vulnerability in a coaching environment.
The UK Coaching podcast with Damian Hughes explores the qualities of vulnerability and humility and their impact on effective coaching practice. In the discussion, Damian shares insight, examples, and strategies of these behaviours in practice.
The podcast has an accompanying article that dives further into Damian's key points, and will help you reflect on, and consider, what they might look like in your coaching environment.
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UK Coaching Coach Developer of the Year for 2020, Sarah Green, joins Senior Coach Developer Andy Bradshaw in conversation.
In the podcast, the England Netball Performance Pathway Coach Developer shares her coaching and learning journey, starting with the beautiful game to working with The Roses.
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Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley speaks to Katayoun Khosrowyar about her inspiring journey into coaching and empowering women through sport.
Katayoun, or Kat as she is better known, is an Iranian-American football coach and former head coach of Iran's U19 women's football team. She was the first Iranian woman to carry a FIFA ‘A’ coaching licence and in 2018 won the Women's Soccer United Coach Award for her outstanding work in Iranian women's football.
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Kicking off the third series of Coach Developer Conversations is Paul Pritchard.
Join the climber, mountaineer and author for an inspiring conversation with UK Coaching's Senior Coach Developer Marianne Davies about diversity and inclusion, motivation, risk, reward and acceptance.
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In this podcast, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley talks to GB Fencing coach Ian Litchfield about what has influenced him on his coaching journey.
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Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley speaks to four coaches: Chris, Adrian, Jordan and James, who work at different levels of participation across a range of sports, to discover how they switch off from their coaching, how they manage their aspirations and why having a strong network is important.
Taking time to reflect on the boundaries between coaching and the rest of your life is crucial.
When we step off the court, pitch or track we don’t stop coaching. For many coaches, it's time spent reflecting on their practice; continuing to support their athletes; or looking for ways to develop their coaching craft. Without being aware of these boundaries, coaches could find it difficult to switch-off or, at times, feel engulfed and overwhelmed by the challenges that coaching sometimes brings.
With thanks to our guest coaches:
- Adrian Smith (Football) – working in coach development and semi-professional coaching
- Chris Alderton (Swimming) – coaching grassroots to international competitors
- Jordan Cotterill (Football) – coaching in schools and grassroots groups
- James Elkin (Badminton) – experienced at coaching in schools, para-badminton and coach development.
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Dr Bob Muir, Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching at Leeds Beckett University, talks to Andy Bradshaw and shares his journey as a coach developer and his research within the field.
In this latest Coach Developer Conversations podcast, Dr Bob Muir shares how his work as a coach developer has evolved as his research in this area has progressed. The discussion covers supporting coaches, making meaning, learning through coaches’ experiences and observing coaches in their environments; amongst a wealth of other themes.
Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.
In this Coach Developer Conversation former Pilot Instructor David Diprose talks to Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley about his experiences of training and developing pilots in the Royal Air Force.
David talks about the importance of creating the right environment to give feedback, honest conversations and pilot-instructor relationships – all relatable topics for people supporting coaches in the world of sport.
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Senior Coach Developer at UK Coaching Tom Hartley speaks to University of North Carolina Soccer Team and former US Women's National Team Head Coach Anson Dorrance, taking a deep dive into Anson's philosophy as a leader and coach to discuss how he supports the development of individuals and the team and what the competitive cauldron is all about Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.
Former England Netball Head Coach Tracey Neville talks to Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley about the principles that underpin great leadership, building strong relationships with athletes and developing a shared team culture
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In this podcast Burnley goalkeeper coach, Fabian Otte discusses the challenge of taking what we learn from the training session to the game or performance. Fabian gives some great examples of how he supports participants to pick up information in practice that they will use in performance.
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UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley talks to Luke Chadwick, former professional footballer and Premier League winner about his transition from elite performer to grassroots coach, and how he's developing his coaching philosophy.
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UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley talks to Head Coach of the Great Britain and England international men's hockey teams Danny Kerry about his approach to coaching, supporting athletes and working as a coaching team.
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Olympic slalom coach Craig Morris shares his thoughts on 'developing adaptability' in athletes.
Craig's coaching has been attracting attention for all the right reasons. One of the most interesting elements of his work is his willingness to be brave and to embrace humility, to experiment, co-create and work with his athletes to develop.
In this podcast, Craig takes us on a journey of how he develops adaptive athletes.
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In this podcast, Rikki Bingham, Lead Paralympic Coach for Archery GB and an ex-athlete, Jude Hamer, a 2-time wheelchair basketball Paralympian focusing on Tokyo, Frances Bateman, a wheelchair basketball, canoe and club coach, and UK Coaching's Head of Coaching Nick Levett unpick the implications for coaches of the Rising Phoenix Netflix documentary.
Rising Phoenix tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games. From the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet, the Paralympics sparked a global movement that continues to change the way the world thinks about disability, diversity and human potential.
Rising Phoenix celebrates the fortitude and determination of Paralympic athletes, while offering glimpses of their moving backstories.
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In this podcast, we shine a spotlight on how parents can better support coaches. Robin Taylor, author of research into parents and families in sport, UK Coaching's Heather Douglas, a cricket, boxing and football sports parent, and Jennifer Owsley, mother of Hockey Gold Medallist Lily Owsley, explore practical tips on how both parents and coaches can engage more effectively to support the learning environment of everyone they coach, putting the people being coached truly at the centre of the great coaching experience.
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UK Coaching Coach Developers Tom Hartley and Jenny Coady speak to USA Women's soccer legend Heather O’Reilly about her experiences of Great Coaching through her playing career. Heather made over 200 appearances for the US Women’s Soccer Team, winning three Olympic gold medals and the FIFA Women’s World Cup. At a club level Heather played at 6 clubs, including a season in England at Arsenal Women FC.
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Arsenal Academy Manager Per Mertesacker speaks to UK Coaching’s Tom Hartley about what influenced his coaching as he moved away from the pitch and on to the coaching staff. After a playing career at the highest level of the sport, the ex-Arsenal and Germany captain had plenty of people and experiences to influence his coaching style and philosophy. So how did he go about prioritising them, while looking to carve out his own path? Per discusses what kind of players – and people – he wants to help shape at Arsenal, and how the environment at the academy plays a crucial role in the success of that. He also shares his belief in the importance of learning and reflecting as a coach, while being authentic and understanding yourself.
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Arsenal Women First Team Head Coach Joe Montemurro speaks to UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley about the importance of understanding and integrating emotions in practice and competition.
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A person-centred approach is an important element of coaching people at any age. Recognising the Principles of Great Coaching can help in developing your own unique approach, or brand, of coaching, seen through your own coaching behaviours.
In this session, UK Coaching Ambassador, Wheelchair Basketball Coach, Paralympian and owner of Believe It Coaching Anna Jackson, award-winning sport and fitness industry entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Our Parks Born Barikor and Health and Physical Activity Programme Lead and UK Coaching Policy and Partnership Manager Craig Blain explore:
- the behaviours that they recognise within their own coaching brands
- how these impact on the people taking part
- helpful tips on where to exhibit these behaviours for maximum impact.
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Coaching teenagers can be a complex and challenging process for anyone! In this podcast, Level 4 Rugby Coach and RFU Sports Coach Mentor Gareth Hatherley-Hurford, UEFA B and Youth Award Football Coach Caroline Ames and UK Coaching's Mark Bateman discuss how to help young people deal with change and uncertainty by providing information, emotional support and guidance.
They cover:
- what motivates young people
- how to coach young people when life changes
- coaching tips on how to plan and deliver sessions to meet young people's needs
- how to make your sessions unmissable.
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Sally Needham, coach and coach developer, talks to UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley about her work understanding brain development and its implications for supporting coaches and learners.
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In this episode, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer, Marianne Davies talks to Olympic swimmer, coach and coach developer Anne-Marie Munk about how her experiences of competing and coaching across diverse cultures, countries, contexts, roles and times has shaped her coaching philosophy and practice.
Anne-Marie reflects on the theme of transitions and of the importance of really connecting to her ‘why’ and the things that stay important to her as a cohesive thread across different cultures and contexts.
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The challenge of coaching children changes as they get older, and in this podcast UK Coaching's Head of Coaching Nick Levett and British Gymnastics' Gemma Kirkham discuss how best to support the emotional and social needs of the children you coach alongside their physical needs
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In this podcast, Head of Coach & Volunteer Development at Little Athletics, NSW Australia Darren Wensor, County Coach Developer at the FA Jackie Bushell and Head of Primary PE and Academy Coach Anthony Lands discuss coaching children aged 5-8.
Darren, Jackie and Anthony explore:
- what to expect from children at this age
- our priorities as coaches when working with this age group
- what to include in your practice design to make the experience exciting and engaging.
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In this podcast Head of Medical Services at Wasps Rugby Ali James and Strength and Conditioning Coach and Sport Scientist Dr Matt Wright discuss changes in behaviour, thoughts and practices as sports start returning to training and competition after COVID-19
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They also explore the challenge of staying safe and fit whilst preparing for future possibilities and how a whole club/squad approach can be adopted and adapted dependent on the coming weeks and months.
In this podcast, Premier league Coach Educator and Lead Tutor at UK Coaching Paul Hughes, Sports Advisor at the Special Olympics Eurasia Louise McSweeney and Coach Development Workforce Officer at UK Coaching Esther Jones discuss adapting coaching practices to cater for mixed ability groups.
The discussion covers what adaptation means in coaching and why it is important. The panel also explore tools to help you consider how to adapt your practices and activities for the people you work with and share experiences along the way.
As we return to face-to-face coaching, there has never been a better time to consider how to meet the needs of a wider range of people.
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UK Sport's Coach Development Advisor Jay Roper explores his experiences of, and insight around, evidence informed coach learning and development.
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The Athlete A documentary on Netflix focuses on the gymnasts who survived USA Gymnastics (USAG) doctor Larry Nassar’s abuse and the reporters who exposed USAG’s toxic culture. Now more than ever, we need to look after the people we work with, regardless of where they are on their sport and physical activity journey.
In this podcast, Senior Consultant at the Child Protection in Sport Unit Carole Billington-Wood, Safeguarding in Sport Lead at the National Working Group Kevin Murphy and Athletics Coach David Turner discuss the implications the documentary has for coaches.
The discussion also includes the newly launched UK Coaching Duty to Care Toolkit, with our guests diving into the five pillars of Duty to Care:
- Safeguarding
- Inclusion
- Diversity
- Mental Health
- Well-being
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Gloucestershire Will Roberts, County Coach Developer at the Football Association Sally Needham and UK Coaching's Nick Levett explore a range of games-based approaches to coaching
Being able to design practices that utilise games and support athletes' movement and thinking skills has the potential to accelerate learning and enjoyment. Will, Sally and Nick explore why it is valuable to utilise a range of games-based approaches to coaching and share some examples of how they can be brought to life in your sessions.
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Derek O'Riordan is a coaching partnership manager with sportscotland, a coach developer with Scottish Rugby and Hearts FC, as well as being deployed more broadly with sportscotland. In this podcast, Derek shares his perspectives on the current changes in coach development and coach education in Scotland.
He explores several topics, including the need for an understanding of the socio-cultural influences in coach development in different sports, and the need to meet people where they currently are. He goes on to look at the challenge of transitioning to more contemporary coaching pedagogies and more flexible coach development options, and how to assess the impact and effectiveness of coach development and make it representative of the coaching it supports.
Derek also weighs in with his hopes for the future of coaching and the coach development landscape over the next few years.
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Paddlesports athlete, Team Coach and Team Psychologist at Team GB Johnathan Males and Performance Coach Developer at England Netball Sarah Green explore the concept of a maverick and the impact they have on the people around them.
What makes someone a maverick?
Is a maverick jut the disruptive, audacious player who thinks the rules are for other people?
Are some mavericks those athletes who see and interact with their performance world a little differently from the expected norms of a specific situation?
If so, what and how can we learn from them?
What impact do mavericks have on the people around them?
As coaches, are there some ways in which we can understand and be more effective at coaching mavericks?
Listen another great discussion.
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High jumper-turned coach Simon Phelan, currently a sports coaching lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, joins UK Coaching’s Tom Hartley to discuss his research and his interest in coach development.
Despite gaining a coaching qualification whilst he was still an athlete, and when injury pointed Simon towards the coaching pathway, he quickly realised he wasn’t fully ready to coach. His response was to dive deeper into the research behind coaching: What leads an exceptional coach to become just that? Now a lecturer and PhD graduate, Simon shares his journey and what he’s learnt about developing great coaches.
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Giving advice and feedback is a critical part of coaching, and how we do that matters. It is natural to be apprehensive about having those honest conversations, but when carried out properly, they can be motivational, encouraging the people you coach to take ownership of personal goals, address problems on and off the field and enhance performance and teamwork.
So how do you go about having those conversations?
In this session, Professor Steve Rollnick and UK Coaching's Andy Bradshaw discuss the art of giving advice and feedback, and provide insight and guidance about how to structure your conversations so that your feedback is heard and counts.
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Coaches are often told that they need to review or reflect as part of the plan-do-review model, yet they may not be shown how to approach it. Have you ever wondered how you should reflect, and reflect well? It's not always a simple or easy process! In this session, UK Coaching's Mark Scott and Andy Bradshaw explore the topic of reflective practice and how to engage it in more effectively.
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Rachel Lofthouse is a Professor of Teacher Education at the Carnegie School of Education and in this podcast she shares her insight into how teachers learn; how they can be supported to put that learning into practice, and she explores how this links to coach development.
Presented by UK Coaching's Andrew Bradshaw, the podcast covers his and Rachel's discussion around coaching and mentoring in education and disentangling these two roles. They also explore the process of 'lesson study' - how it works in practice and how it could be applied with coaches and coach developers.
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Following Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls teammates as they embarked on their journey towards their sixth NBA title, the Netflix series, The Last Dance, unraveled some of the behind the scenes footage and interviews from that fateful season. The series has captivated the world.
UK Coaching’s Nick Levett and Jenny Coady (a former international basketball player and now coach) are joined by Regional Talent Manager at Basketball England Matt Johnson and former LA Lakers player and Performance and Technical Manager Steve Bucknall to discuss The Last Dance and how it has placed a spotlight on elite sport, highlighting some of the ups and downs, and encouraging some great debate.
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UK Coaching’s Marianne Davies talks to Lucy Moore (Sport England) about the complexity of attempting to understand why there is a lack of female coaches, coach educators and coach developers in most sporting workforces.
In this podcast, Marianne and Lucy discuss how a lack of female representation in the coaching workforce should be viewed as a ‘red flag’. What is happening in the wider coaching eco-system? Who else is missing? The conversation starts by framing some elements of the current situation as a reflection on both Lucy’s blog article - Where are all the female coaches? - and the conversations that have happened since it has been published. These include discussions on the UK Coaching Coach Developer Conversation webinars.
This podcast extends the conversations and highlights the need to be curious, listen, engage with other ideas and perspectives, investigate your own environment, and be creative with solutions.
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Performance Nutritionist at Yorkshire Rugby Academy Sarah Chantler shares her knowledge and experience of sports nutrition with UK Coaching's Chris Chapman, exploring how nutrition fits into the holistic development of athletes.
What are the dietary considerations for athletes on the move? Travelling creates additional challenges that can easily lead to unhealthy choices, so it’s important to encourage athletes to be proactive, to have healthy habits and plan correctly. Sarah discusses the importance of integrating nutrition into a match/game/event plan, offering advice about how to ensure your athletes give it their due consideration.
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The UK Coaching team and an expert panel explore the impact of building positive relationships with parents and the effect on athletes.
Understanding and developing the relationship between coach, parent and athlete has the potential to transform your coaching environment and the experience of the people you coach.
Join the UK Coaching team and an expert panel to explore the impact of building positive relationships with parents, the effect on athletes and the influence that coaches can have on maximising the potential in these connections.
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Most coaches have a network of people they trust and can call upon. The UK Coaching team explore ideas for growing your network.
Most coaches have a network of people they trust and can call upon for advice, help and guidance. However, most of us don't harness it to maximum effect or plan the growth of it deliberately.
In this session, the UK Coaching team explore ways to grow your network and to utilise it to:
- stay on top of the latest trends
- meet mentors
- meet fellow coaches
- gain access to the resources that will support your development.
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Olympian Adam Peaty's coach Mel Marshall considers how to develop an empowering environment that fosters greatness, all wrapped up in the importance of how to become the best coach you can be.
How do you take someone from having a fear of water to becoming a world record-holding athlete and the fastest swimmer in the world? In this session, Olympian Adam Peaty's coach Mel Marshall explores how to develop an empowering environment that fosters greatness, all wrapped up in the importance of how to become the best coach you can be.
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Stuart Armstrong (The Talent Equation podcast) and Kendal McWade (Golf Coach) explore the concept of skill acquisition.
To help people improve at their chosen activity, having some understanding of skill acquisition principles is essential. In this session, Stuart Armstrong (The Talent Equation podcast) and Kendal McWade (Golf Coach) explore the concept of skill acquisition and discuss practical solutions and ideas to help you put together effective coaching sessions, including in relation to distance coaching.
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Jack Rolfe, founder of The Coaching Lab, and Darren Lamon, Academy Coach Development Officer and Head of Women’s Rugby at Sale Sharks, join the Club to discuss the use of games principles in coaching.
It’s the question we possibly get asked most as coaches and leaders of sport and physical activity: 'but really, when are we going to play a game?'. In this session, Jack and Darren navigate the use of games principles in coaching. They explore supporting players to explore and learn, encouraging creative thinking and problem-solving, and creating environments for players to grow individually.
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Reflecting on their discussion in the previous podcast, Kevin Till and Chris Chapman consider what talent identification can look like for a coach.
Talent identification across a pathway is about preparing athletes for their long-term development – where are they likely to go in the sport over the next 10 or 15 years? Kevin talks through the performance model, which looks to understand the developmental components that athletes need to be successful, and can be used by coaches to develop a holistic approach to their groups.
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Performance Consultant Grant Downie joins UK Coaching’s Paul Thompson and Tim Hartley on the April 27 edition of the Curious Coaches’ Club.
Often as coaches we don’t work alone; at many levels of sport and activity we are usually coaching in a pair or within a bigger team of coaches. Grant, who has worked with Manchester City and Cirque Du Soleil, among many others, discusses how creating the right culture for how we work together can be difficult, but it has the potential to transform the experience of the people we coach.
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In this Curious Coaches’ Club, UK Coaching’s Head of Coaching, Nick Levett, is joined by pro footballer-turned head coach, Joey Barton, and ex-GB diver Georgia Davenport, now a talent coach.
Dealing with change can be difficult and a big challenge for many people. With ex-elite athletes Joey and Georgina, we explore the changes experienced, the challenges overcome and all the learning in-between, as they moved from athlete to coach, in what proves to be a fascinating and thought-provoking session.
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Coach Developers Tom Hartley and Alan Rapley lead the April 14 Curious Coaches’ Club discussion on developing yourself, the coach, and developing your athletes. Do you sometimes struggle to find time to put your thoughts into actions? We know it can be a real challenge for all of us! This discussion shares ideas that could help solve this and provides some examples and strategies for practically developing yourself and your athletes. It also explores a reframe of the classic ‘Plan, Do, Review’ approach, and how to turn those thoughts into reality.
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UK Coaching’s Paul Thompson is joined by colleagues Jenny Coady and Marianne Davies in this April 6 edition of the Curious Coaches’ Club. We know as coaches we can sometimes struggle to make time for our own learning and development. For many this proved even harder during lockdown, when all our normal routines and social networks were changed dramatically. This session focused on how we, as coaches, can nurture our social learning groups and build new ones.
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Join UK Coaching’s Mark Bateman and Andy Bradshaw for their Curious Coaches’ Club conversation about remote coaching. In this session, Mark and Andy share best practice and explore some of the essentials of working from home, discussing how you can support the people you coach despite the restrictions on movement. They also draw on some of the positive consequences of having to work in a different way, exploring how the new tactics you implement may become staple elements of your coaching craft.
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A professor of athletic development, vastly experienced strength and conditioning coach, and an expert in the field of talent identification, Kevin Till talks to UK Coaching's Chris Chapman about the role coaches, of all levels, have in athlete development.
Everyone has an opinion on what talent looks like, so how can sport science be used to accurately support and understand potential? Coaches need to look at athletes in a fully rounded way; their biological, social and psychological development, as well as their technical and tactical ability. Kevin explains how coaches can adjust their focus and the effect that can have.
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Pete Sturgess is the FA's National Lead Coach for the Foundation Phase (5-11 years) and in this Coach Developer Conversations with UK Coaching’s Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley, he discusses the value of player-centred coaching and his approach to coach development.
Pete has dedicated his coaching career to the development of foundation phase players. These young people are a 'mass' of potential, and coaches who work with these young players should be valued and appreciated for the great job they do. Especially, if their approach releases their potential and allows each player to become the best they can be. Pete also discusses why coaches of young players should support the development of the person, as well as the player.
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Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth and UK Coaching CEO Mark Gannon have joined together for a podcast to give their thoughts on the coronavirus situation from a coaching perspective. The gentlemen praised the innovative coaching practice that has kept the nation active during unprecedented social restrictions.
The wide-ranging conversation, which was released during Mental Health Awareness Week and hosted by Sport England's Head of Coaching Stuart Armstrong, examined the need for inspirational people in communities to drive increased activity; how the pandemic has brought into focus the way in which people can be supported; and the challenges that people may face as society moves forward.
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What does an ‘ideal’ parents' meeting look like? Gordon MacLelland from Working With Parents in Sport joins Chris Chapman for the final time, to discuss parents' meetings. Gordon highlights that a successful parents' meeting is about more than just updating them on their child’s progress, it can lay the foundations for an enjoyable, successful season or year. It’s never an easy thing, to stand in front of a group of parents; yet it is an important part of your development as a coach, which helps you focus and grow. Gordon discusses the key aspects of a parents' meeting, and ideas for how you can get these across.
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Inside Leadership's Paul Shaw joins UK Coaching Learning Experience Manager Chris Chapman to discuss how coaches should go about assessing and making changes to a new squad or organisation. From appropriate goal setting, which require stretching to reach but are always achievable, to strategies on how to approach strengths and weaknesses; a fully rounded analysis and refresh of a team can be a daunting challenge. Using his experience with the England women cricket team, Paul offers advice and key focus points for coaches who they find themselves in this situation.
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In this coach developer podcast, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley speaks to Richard Cheetham MBE (Coach Developer of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards 2018) about his journey through coaching and coach development. Richard discusses what an innovative and creative approach to supporting coaches looks like. Coming into coaching from a teaching background, via rugby, Richard talks about the importance of always being open to learning new things, about not taking the people you coach for granted, and where exactly his creative approach to coach development comes from – and why it works.
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Gordon MacLelland (Working With Parents in Sport) discusses with UK Coaching's Chris Chapman the importance on have the right conversations at the right time.
One of the most difficult parts of being a coach can be delivering difficult news – to parents and athletes – whether it's around selection, current performance or more specific issues around behaviours and attitude. Rather than be taken by surprise, coaches can lay the foundations for such conversations. How proactive are you being with your feedback? Do players and parents have an idea of how they are progressing? Are you prepared to have those conversations when they’re needed, not keep putting them off?
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Former Head of Performance of England Women’s cricket team, Paul Shaw talks to Chris Chapman and shares his experience of what transitions look like and why they’re important.
Transitioning into a new environment within a talent pathway is a vital part of a player’s development. How do you know if someone’s ready for that change? How do you get them ready? It’s doesn’t need to be all down to you as the coach. Creating a system of mentors and buddies can support people as they transition in, while transitioning out is made easier if you’re proactive in recognising when it’s going to happen, and understanding how it’s likely to affect them.
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Gordon MacLelland (Working With Parents in Sport) shares with Chris Chapman his experience of working with parents of athletes, focusing on the value of regular communication. How do you communicate with parents of your players? What information will you be wanting to get across? Are you being consistent with when you’re getting in touch? Are you sharing too much, or too frequently? What methods are you using to communicate? Have you built in time for face-to-face discussions? All these questions can help develop a strategy for you how can best communicate with parents.
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Chris Chapman is joined by Ed Coughlan (Sports Science lecturer, Cork Institute of Technology) and Stuart Lancaster (Senior Coach at Leinster Rugby, former Head Coach of England national rugby union team) as they discuss skill acquisition.
Skill development is at the heart of what a coach does – players and athletes go to a coach expecting to improve the sport or activity they’re involved in. So what is the key to that aspect of coaching? From coaching school children completely new to a sport, to working with elite professionals, improving technique and game understanding is always there – and the principles are always the same.
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Performance Coach Developer with British Rowing and British Triathlon Jurg Gotz discusses his route into coach developing, transitioning from an athlete to coach in canoe slalom – and explores how he connects coaches together and works day-to-day.
How does a Performance Coach Developer work? What’s their day-to-day role when the coaches they’re helping develop are in such a demanding and high-profile role? Jurg explains the value of meeting the coach on their terms, in their natural setting. He may not be able to tell them something new, but in listening and getting them to think and talk through answers to simple questions, they learn something new themselves. Jurg explores the value of that on-the-job learning, rather than the more traditional, certificated, CPD. How does coaching coaches compare with coaching athletes?
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Sarah McQuade (e.t.c coaching consultants), shares her insight on coach and system developing in the UK and the US. She covers role clarity; helping to facilitate learning; connection; great questions, and lots more! Originally a teacher and lecturer who also coached, Sarah joined UK Coaching (then Sports Coach UK) to support the technical development of the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC). From coaching systems to coach learning, Sarah talks about what works best in which situations. What does any given organisation or coach need?
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Rus Smith (Street Games, The FA and Coach Developer of the Year 2017) talks about his journey through and into coach developing. Helping young people from areas of deprivation into coaching is Rus’ day job, but it’s developing people that is his passion. Seeing change, empowerment and impact is a powerful output, and something that working in the community is great at bringing about. What skills are required to have a positive influence in that area? For Rus, it all starts with getting to know people, building a rapport, making a connection with the individual. What is their purpose? Why are they doing what they’re doing?
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The Summit Partnership's Director Dave Levine looks at developing productive relationships, sustaining them effectively and working through challenges. Dave has a background in a number of sectors, from education to big business, always looking at people and relationships. Being able to connect with people goes a long way to progressing and succeeding in all sorts of environments, so how can you connect better? How can you build an understanding of what makes people tick, to better help them achieve their goals? From key questions to ask, to getting to know the person in front of you, Dave offers advice on growing your relationships.
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In episode two of the Coach Developer Conversations podcast series, UK Coaching’s Coaching Manager Andy Bradshaw asks Performance Projects Manager at British Judo Karen Roberts about her background and how she got to her current performance role. At what point did coach development come into it? How and why did that become relevant to her? Like many coaches, the London Olympics shaped a large part of her career, and Karen discusses the fallout from that and how looking at coaches rather than at athletes gave her a fresh direction of travel.
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In the inaugural episode of the Coach Developer Conversations podcast series, UK Coaching’s Coaching Manager Andy Bradshaw explores the theme of observing coaches in action with Senior Coach Developer at UK Sport Andrew Gillott. Where does that action start? Is it in the act of coaching athletes? Is it the setup? The preparation? Andrew highlights the value of flexibility, of having a number of tools available (in language, approach, focus) and waiting to see which are most appropriate to use. Looking at the specifics of observation, Andrew explains what that means to a coach developer, what’s going on with him throughout an observation, and why.
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