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November 11, 2020Glass Half Full: The women's game, challenges and opportunities
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Andy Stevens, in his first Glass Half Full podcast, looks at the challenges and opportunities around the women's game.

His guests are Bryony Cleall, an England international, Duncan Johnson, leading the girls' section at Ellingham and Ringwood, and Mary Ann Collins, Kids First Mentor and still playing at Crowthorne Ladies.

The conversation talked around:
The historical challenges faced by girls and women wanting to play the game they love at a higher level.
The potential future of the game with the new Allianz deal supporting the Elite and Grassroots game and with RWC2021 on the horizon.
The seemingly simple changes needed to nudge the female game across the whitewash to bring it more in line with the male game.
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1 hr 9 min
November 08, 2020Roundup Rodeo Ep27: Reviewing the best content
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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests:
Ed Coughlan, lecturer Cork Institute of Technology and Movement & Skill Acquisition Ireland co-founder, Rick Shuttleworth, coaching developer and skill adaptation specialist and Mark O'Sullivan, AIK Head of Youth Football (8-12) and Youth Player and Coach Developer.
The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.
This week's content:
South Africa Rugby documentary - Chasing The Sun Episodes 1 to 4 (Available for 7 days from 6th November)
South Africa Rugby documentary - Chasing The Sun – Episode 5 Part 1 (Available for 7 days from 6th November)
South Africa Rugby documentary - Chasing The Sun - Episode 5 Part 2 (Available for 7 days from 6th November)
An Ecological Approach to Learning in (Not and) Development – Adolph, 2019
Learning to be adaptive as a distributed process across the coach–athlete system: situating the coach in the constraints-led approach – Orth, van der Kamp & Button, 2018
SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
‘Knowing as we go’: a Hunter-Gatherer Behavioural Model to Guide Innovation in Sport Science – Woods, Robertson, Rudd, Araujo & Davids, 2020
Learning in Development Framework – Mark O'Sullivan (AIK Football Club)
Foundations of Task design slide - Mark O'Sullivan (AIK Football Club)
PEAQ slide – Ed Coughlan (Cork Institute of Technology and Skill Acquisition and Movement Ireland)
The Magic Academy Episode 16 with the Miami Sun 10s – Dave Ross and Ian Gibbons chat with Russell Earnshaw
The Sport Psych Show Communication that Builds Rapport – Dan Abrahams speaks with Laurence Alison
Rugby Hive with Clark Laidlaw – Dallen Stanford & Robin MacDowell
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1 hr 49 min
November 04, 2020Coaching Laid Bare Episode Nine with Jo Yapp and Sian Moore
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Liza “Bird” Burgess and LJ Lewis discuss a round of questions about the practicalities of the game. In this episode, they are with Worcester Warrior coaches, Jo Yapp and Sian Moore.

LJ's team Wasps had just beaten the Warriors, so there was a bit of fun to be had before they delved into these questions:
How have you grown women's rugby across all your roles?
What are your thoughts on the player pathway?
What are the key skills for young players, especially those aspiring to the pro-game?
How do you transition from player to coach?
What strengths do you feel you bring to your team?
How do you refine and develop your coaching?
What's your best Covid-19 compliant activity?
Who are your mentors?
Are you a ruthless coach when it comes to selection?
Tips for team talks.
What are coaches getting better at these days?

Jo won 70 caps for England and was captain at the 2006 World Cup. She was head coach at Exeter University, England U20s and has been director of rugby at Worcester since 2019. She is also a level 4 coach.

Sian won 19 caps for Wales. She was an assistant coach at UWE mens before moving to the Warriors to be the lead coach. She is still playing.
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59 min
November 01, 2020 Roundup Rodeo Ep26: Reviewing the best content
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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests:
Paul Westgate, Nottingham Uni DoR and RFU Mentor, Giles Heagerty Assistant Head of Sport and Head of Rugby at Cheadle Hulme School and Ben Wills, Reading RFC Head Coach
The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.
This week's content:
The High Performance Podcast with Shaun Wane – Jake Humphrey and Damien Hughes
The High Performance Podcast with Jonny Wilkinson - Jake Humphrey and Damien Hughes
The Language of Coaching: The Art and Science of Teaching Movement – Nick Winkelman
SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
The Playbook with Patrick Mouratoglou - Netflix
Jocko Willink Leadership and Discipline – Jocko Willink
The Sports Psych Show with Cath Bishop – Dan Abrahams
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1 hr 14 min
October 28, 2020 Reviewing research into what keeps good young players in the game
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Dan Cottrell caught up with Jonny McMurtry of coachingthecoaches.net to talk about his current research.

Having been involved in high-performance age-grade rugby programs across Australia for nearly 10 years, he is currently completing research in conjunction with the University of Queensland and Rugby Australia, looking at age-grade player's engagement and understanding what motivates, engages and drives players' participation.
In the podcast, they explore some of his findings and align it to coaching. They pick out how individuals can sit within a team structure, what makes for a happy player in a high-pressured environment and why conversations have different outcomes depending on which position is played.
Drawing on their own lived experiences, Dan and Jonny delve into motivation and coaching styles.

Jonny is an experienced rugby coach and NLP practitioner. He has worked extensively with the ARU to develop coaching and player experiences.
If you want to contact him directly, his email is [email protected].
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51 min
October 25, 2020 Roundup Rodeo Ep25: Reviewing the best content
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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests:
Richard Cheetham MBE, senior fellow at Winchester University and Derek O'Riordan, Coaching Partnership Manager at Sport Scotland
The team pick out the key takeaways from each piece of great content and say how to use it on the pitch, at all the levels of the game.
This week's content:
Feedback for coaches: Who coaches the coach? - Nash et al., (2016)
Coaches’ perceived pitfalls in delivering psychological skills training to high-level youth athletes in fencing and football – Fedderson et al., (2020)
SUGGESTED CONTENT/WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
The High Performance Podcast – Frank Lampard with Jake Humphrey and Damien Hughes
The Learner Lab – Emotions, Learning and Resilience - with Susan David and Marc Brackett
A Communal Language for Decision Making in Team Invasion Sports – Ashford, Abraham & Poolton. (2020)
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1 hr 2 min
October 21, 2020Si Nainby's Deep Dive with Jamie Taylor
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Si Nainby talks in-depth to Jamie Taylor PhD.

Jamie is the former head of Academy at Leicester Tigers and now working with Grey Matters as a Senior Coach Developer and the English Institute of Sport as the coaching and curriculum lead. He is a Coach, Coach Developer and Researcher in Coaching Science with a particular focus on Talent Development.

@jattaylor
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In this podcast we discuss:

Part I: Psycho-behavioural Characteristics of Developing Excellence - the mental traits and states that underpin Talent Development
Why are they important? Jamie discusses his research showing how a lack of mental skills was a key factor in players who were expected to make it to the top but didn't
How PCDEs can be used to evaluate Players' needs analysis
Practical Implementation of PCDEs

Part II: Deep Dive on Coach Development

Jamie's reflections on his early Coaching & Teaching career - the importance of declarative and procedural knowledge
How his early mentors supported him via challenging him
The importance of "Why?" in appraising & implementing methods & knowledge
The value for Coaches in Teacher training
Developing Professional Judgement & Decision Making as a Coach
Cognitive Load Theory

LINKS

The role of psychological characteristics in facilitating the pathway to elite performance. Part 1: Identifying
mental skills and behaviours
http://bit.ly/PCDEPart1

The Role of Psychological Characteristics in Facilitating the Pathway to Elite Performance Part 2: Examining Environmental and Stage-Related Differences in Skills and Behaviors
http://bit.ly/PCDEPart2

Talent Development: A Practitioner Guide - http://bit.ly/TalentDevTextBook

Coulda, Shoulda, Didnae - Why Don’t High Potential
Players Make it? http://bit.ly/CouldaShouldaDidnae

“I Didn't Make It, but…”: Deselected Athletes' Experiences of the Talent Development Pathway
http://bit.ly/DidntMakeItBut

Professional Judgement & Decision Making - http://bit.ly/PJDMPhd

Developing coaches’ professional judgement and decision making: Using the ‘Big 5’ http://bit.ly/Big5ReflectivePractice
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1 hr 27 min
October 18, 2020 Roundup Rodeo Ep24: Reviewing the best content
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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests:
Dan Abrahams, Freelance Sport and Exercise Psychologist and Dr Abbe Brady, Sport and Exercise Psychologist and Head of Psychology and Pedagogic Science at St Mary's University
The team dissect the book The Long Win: The Search for a Better Way to Succeed by Cath Bishop.
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
The Leaders State of Play Series - Owen Eastwood
The Knowledge Project; Less Certainty, More Inquiry - Maria Konnikova
SUGGESTED CONTENT
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men – Caroline Criado Perez
Fear Less: How to Win at Life Without Losing Yourself – Pippa Grange
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1 hr 19 min
October 11, 2020 Roundup Rodeo Ep23: Reviewing the best content
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Host Phil Llewellyn with guests review some of the many great podcasts, books, articles and webinars from the last week.

This week's guests:
Sam Jarman, professional Golf coach, Chris Campbell, Hinckley RFC Head Coach, Paul Archer, Newbury RFC Head Coach
The team dissect Jonny Wilkinson's performance on the Jake Humphrey High Performance Podcast.
This week's content:
The High Performance Podcast with Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes - Jonny Wilkinson
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED
Malcolm Gladwell's 12 Rules for Life – Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell
The Big Man Can't Shoot – Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell
Is Confidence Overrated? - Eighty Percent Mental with Dr Pete Olusoga and Hugh Gilmore
SUGGESTED CONTENT
Thinking Fast and Slow – By Daniel Kahneman
Clarity: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results – By Jamie Smart
Pressure Myths: Performance Psychology Inside-Out – By Rich Hudson
Sam Jarman's suggested websites on Non Duality
https://non-duality.rupertspira.com/home
https://www.bernardokastrup.com/
https://advaitachannel.francislucille.com/en/about/
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1 hr 5 min
October 09, 2020The Haunted House hosted by the Eighty Percent Mental podcast team
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We are delighted to host the guys from Eighty Percent Mental to run their own version of the Haunted House, where coaches have to say how they will deal with tough situations.

Here are the scenarios the group discussed:
A 17-year-old is transitioning into the senior team but the senior team has a strong drinking culture. How do you advise the coaches and teams?
A verbally abusive committee member constantly berates the team and staff at training but is friendly with the manager. This is causing an underperformance and training attendance is dropping.
The captain has said that the team must kneel for black lives matter. Some of the players disagree and refuse too.
The players get fined for being fat after returning from offseason. One of the better players refused to pay his and then finally the club gives in. This causes a disturbance in the club.
Eighty Percent Mental

Dr Pete Olusoga host of EightyPercentMental.com podcast has been a Senior Lecturer in Psychology for the past 15 years and worked in sport, consulting with athletes from boxing to table tennis. His research area of expertise is coach burnout, and he has played basketball competitively for most of his life.

Hugh Gilmore is an applied performance psychologist and has worked with Olympic and Paralympic Athletics for the past two Olympic games, primarily in athletics and para-powerlifting. He is the co-host of Eightypercentmental.com podcast.

Guests

Andrew Wood is a Practioner psychologist, who spends his time based at Manchester Met University, as well as working as the lead psych for the England B1 football team.

Ross Shand is a Sport and Exercise Psychologist/PhD student at Leeds Beckett University.

Twitter
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@PeteOlusoga
@HughJGilmore
@woodington89
@RossShand
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1 hr 17 min