Rio 2016 Olympian, 70+ Caps for the New Zealand Black Sticks and now Talent Development Officer at North Harbour Hockey, James Coughlan OLY jumps on the podcast.

Using MatchPlay Cards to imbed a games-based approach and develop the future skills of players. Discover MatchPlay Cards here: https://www.thecoachinglab.org/shop

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A must listen with your notebook at the ready! Danny Fowler of DF Coaching chats on the podcast about his work at Middlesbrough Football Club and throughout the grassroots Foundation Phase as he uses games as a learning tool for players to explore their game.

• Setting team challenges
• Themed pitches and games
• The making of the best 60 minutes a week

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Middlesborough Football Club Head of Coaching, Phil Shead shares why the famed academy is renowned for player development and how the first team famously once fielded a whole starting lineup of academy graduates.

Using MatchPlay Cards across the Foundation Phase and into the Youth Development Phase, The Coaching Lab has supported Middlesborough FC coaches throughout 2021 to get the most out of a games-based approach to coaching with our MatchPlay Cards.

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A podcast special to wrap up 2021! Professor Stephen Harvey (Ohio University), Rus Smith (Wolverhampton University), and Paul Barry (Crystal Palace FC) join us to share tones of ideas of using games in sessions and ways to get the most out of MatchPlay Card in your sessions. 

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Live from The Stoop, Schools Manager at Harlequins Rugby Foundation Matt Williams is on the podcast to chat about coaching interventions and how we can be more inclusive.

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Jaxon Hogan; leader of awesome primary school physed experiences, lover of functional movement skills and University Western Australia Masters student exploring impactful Physical Education environments. Jaxon supported us to create our NEW Animal MatchPlay Cards! Challenging our thinking, sharing tones of ideas and ways to develop young people through play and games. 

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Coaching, Health, & Physical Education, Professor, Dr Stephen Harvey of Ohio University connects theory to practice of MatchPlay Cards, top tips for first-time coaches and the role coaches play in building sessions that look and feel like the game.

Stephen's research is focused on teacher/coach pedagogy and practice and its influence on student/player learning. Co-author of Positive Pedagogy for Sports Coaching (2019), Advances in Rugby Coaching: An Holistic Approach (2015), and co-editor of two additional books, Ethics in Youth Sport (2012) and Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching (2014)

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