This week I'm joined by David Baird, Girls & Women’s club developmental officer at the Scottish Football Association and Academy Coach at Hearts FC. In this episode, we discuss David's learning design concept 'Scoreboard Soccer'. David provides an overview of the concept, as well as discussing learning design theory behind the concept and the benefits of its implementation within youth development. We also discuss 'bridging the gap between being competitive and having fun within youth development, and of course, provide the implications for coaching practice.

In the latest episode of The Sports Coaching Podcast, I am joined by Sam Gevaux, MSc Sports Coaching alumni student at Leeds Beckett Univeristy who is currently Director of player and coach development for Waterloo United in Ontario, Canada. In this episode, we first chat around the similarities and differences in culture and capital between the UK and Canada. We then discuss how both culture and capital should be considered for the construction of a performance model (more commonly known as a Game model). Implications for coaching practice are also discussed!

This week i'm Joined by Elliot Foweraker, Director of Hockey at Taunton School in Somerset. Elliot holds a wealth of experience in Hockey Coaching, with previous roles such as assistant coach for Sweden U21 men's indoor hockey, Senior coach for Sweden men's outdoor hockey & Wales assistant indoor coach coaching senior women which included the European championships! In this episode we discuss 'traditonal approaches to practice design' ranging from discussing what we often term 'blocked prescriptive practice' and challenge these training methodologies against new learning designs that have recently been introduced from academia.

Great episode! thanks to Elliot for his time!

This week I’m joined by Tayler Wilkinson, Performance Coach for Dronfield netball club, graduate netball coach for Worksop college and U15’s &U17’s HUB coach for Loughborough Lightning Netball. In this episode, we discuss Tayler’s undergraduate dissertation which was focused around the subject of 'Experiences of Inequality for Elite Female Coaches'. Tayler shares her research into the topic and her research findings from the study. We then discuss several implications for NGB’s to consider in various sports.

In the latest episode of The Sports Coaching Podcast, I'm joined by Paul Johnson, Tennis Co-ordinator and Assistant coach at Leeds Beckett Tennis.  In this episode we discuss coach & player development, Paul gives us a fascinating insight into how Leeds Beckett Tennis incorporates both coach and player development in their working model. We finally discuss the implications for both coaching, and coach education practice. 

In this weeks episode, I'm joined by Dan Walker, Host of the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast and a 1st Year Sports Science, Coaching and Physical Education student at Loughborough University. In this episode we chat all around the topic of contextual interference, providing an introduction to the topic, discussing the effects on skill acquisition/development, and of course as always providing guidance on how to begin implementing contextual interference into your coaching practice!. 

And were back! 

Season 2 of The Sports Coaching Podcast kicks off with Jonny McMurtry. Jonny is a rugby union coach currently based in Queensland, & holds Masters of Philosophy degree, which he completed at the University of Queensland. Jonny has worked with Rugby Australia since 2010, and is the creator of the 'Coaching the Coaches' platform. In this episode, Jonny shares with us his research into 'Personal Strivings in Rugby Union Elite Youth Players, giving us an introduction to the study, and the findings from his research. Finally, Jonny talks around the implications for coaching practice based on athletes personal strivings! 

Thankyou to Jonny for his time and sharing his research in this episode. 

Thanks to both Pixie Drew & KIS Health & Safety services for sponsoring this episode!