The Coaching Seminar Podcast with Sam Holmshaw

In the final episode of Season 2 I'm joined by Scott Martin all the way over in Wisconsin USA. Scott is a soccer coach who holds a wealth of experience within coaching, from working with US Soccer to his current role coaching in a high school and U15's select boy's teams in Wisconsin. In this episode we discuss 'the current issues with modern coaching', ranging from areas such as 'over-coaching', creating 'soccer robots over soccer players', 'coach-centred over player-centred approaches' and 'the perception that good coaching involves a high use of  instruction and feedback'. Really fantastic listen and a great episode to conclude another great season of the podcast!

In the latest episode I'm joined by Geraint Davies, Head of PE & Games at Leicester Grammer School, Head Coach at Nuneaton RFC, Senior Coach Developer and Senior Coach Developer at England Rugby. In this episode we talk 'performance analysis and its benefits for coaching practice'. Geraint firstly provides an introduction on performance analysis and its how it can be used within coaching practice. Geraint then offers an insight into the importance and general benefits to using and implementing PA into your coaching practice, and finally provides tips on how to begin setting up and using PA within your coaching!

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!.