Shouting From The Sidelines

By Luke TowningParenting Kids & Family

Shouting From The Sidelines episodes

October 12, 2021#14 How To Choose The Right Football Team For Your Child
In this episode we discuss our recent experience of taking a Foot-Tech team to a tournament.
We saw a few things which we feel need to be highlighted in order to give parents a a good idea on how to pick the best team for their child.
We discuss:
Why putting children into positions early is NOT the best thing for them longer-term

How constant instructions from coaches/parents can actually damage their learning

Why we need to simply let them play
...and loads more.
Have a listen and let us know your thoughts.
33 min
September 22, 2021 #13 Stress Management for Parents & Kids
Life is generally quite stressful.
A parents life can be even more stressful!
Now we are seeing that kids are also becoming increasingly stressed-out with with everything from school to sports.
We sat down with Sophia Taylor from Apollo Nutrition who is an expert in all things mental-health, nutrition and stress management.
She shares with us some great tips on how we can all manage stress to make our lives that little bit easier and also help our children along the way.
42 min
August 18, 2021 #12 Why We Are Starting Girls Only Groups
We've been doing our bit to help girls football ever since we started.
But we now know we can do more and this has led to our decision to start our first-ever girls only groups at our weekly sessions.
In the episode we discuss:
Why now?
Why we haven't done it before?
When it will start
Enjoy!
14 min
March 18, 2021#11 How To Build Resilience in Your Child
Resilience is one of the most important things for our children.
It will help them in and out of sport and there are ways we as parents can help.
In this episode we discuss:
Why you don’t need to worry about your child catching up at school

Why comfort zones are so bad for children

Tips you can use to help grow a more positive mindset for your child (and you)
41 min
January 29, 2021 #10 Why We Started Foot-Tech
This was a request by one of our members.
She thought it would be good to know how and why we started Foot-Tech.
Nick and I sat down to talk all about it including what still drives us and what the future holds.
Enjoy!
48 min
November 13, 2020 #9 Creating a Black Belt Mentality - A Chat with Martial Arts Expert, Ricky Lam
Becoming a Black Belt means more than just fancy kicks and punches.
It's about a journey of building confidence, perseverance, resilience and character.
It doesn't just apply to martial arts, either.
Creating this mentality in our children will help them now and in the future. But how do we do it?
We chat to Ricky Lam, a martial arts expert and owner of Premier Martial Arts, who has trained 100's of black belts and met 1000's of parents and children along the way.
He tells us what separates the black belt children and parents from those who don't make it plus what parents can do to help their children build the habits needed to have a growth mindset.
48 min
August 27, 2020 #8: Are You A Joystick Parent?
Joysticking is becoming more common in children's sport.
In this episode we discuss:
What joysticking is
Why you need to stop doing it
What you can do instead
As always please leave your thoughts and feedback.
29 min
July 29, 2020 #7: Freestyle Legend John Farnworth
What can we say about John Farnworth?
He is a prime example of what happens when you focus on consistent practise and hard work.
John lived his dream of becoming a freestyle football world champion and has since gone on to be the host of Match Of The Day Kickabout (amongst other TV appearances) and has also broke several world records including juggling a ball across the Sahara Desert, up Mount Everest and across the largest frozen lake in the world!
Above anything else he is a humble guy who loves helping children fall in love with sport.
On this episode of Shouting From The Sidelines he talks through how he approaches his practise, how his parents helped him and tells us who he thinks is the best player he has ever met.
57 min
July 21, 2020 #6: How To Help Your Child Be More Athletic
Glen Thurgood is an expert in making people faster and stronger.
He has worked in professional football and rugby and was part of the backroom team when Northampton FC beat Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup.
Glen shares his knowledge and explains why all children need to be doing some sort of speed and mobility training to help them in sport and every day life.
1 hr 15 min
June 30, 2020 #5: Leeds Rhinos Women's Head Coach, Lois Forsell
Lois Forsell has achieved more before the age of 30 than most do in their lifetime.
She won the treble with Bradford Bulls, captained Leeds Rhinos and played for England at 2 World Cups.
She shares her story and has some amazing advice for parents and children in sport.
58 min