In this weeks episode Chris McGinn talks about working with players such as Cesc Fabregas and Dennis Bergkamp as well as coaches such as Arsene Wenger and Ian Holloway. He reflects on both his previous roles in elite football as well his current role for the Chelsea FC Foundation.

This week on we speak to Sam Page from Chelsea FC about the development and launch of the Perfect Play app. Sam discusses integrating differentiation in to the app and working with experts from a wide variety of industry to make the app as usable as possible.

This week Jim Hicks from the PFA joins us to talk about his role and the skills required to work in the professional game.

We also have our second View from the Bootroom feature with the spot light on Taehan Bae a student on the MSc in Performance Football Coaching at St Marys University.

Ben Franks first team coach at Sheppey United FC and PhD researcher talks goalkeeper coaching, perception-action coupling and using constraints in coaching

This episode we speak to Gemma Donnelly, the Blackburn Rovers Women first team manager. She discusses her role, gaining promotion and the challenge of the first season for Blackburn Rovers in the WSL Championship.

John Lucas Head of Fitness and Conditioning at Plymouth Argyle talks o the half space podcast about creating buy in with players and developing a multi disciplinary approach to winning.

Stuart English, assistant academy manager at Birmingham City FC, talks to St Marys University about his current role, coach development and his top tips for working in elite English football.

Jon Whittingham is currently the England Partially Sighted Squad team manager. Jon is also a coach educator and worked with the England Cerebral Palsy Squad and the England Learning Disability Squad. In this weeks podcast he talks about his coaching journey and adapting his coaching practice to work with players on the England Disability talent pathway.

This podcast is for coaches and will bring you conversations on cutting edge research topics and discussions on how you can embed these in to your coaching. Each week we will bring you a different conversation with an expert and consider how you can embed the concepts in your coaching. Please follow us on twitter @theHalfSpacePod for a research paper and session plan linked to this weeks podcast.

This week we will be chatting to Amy Price, a national womens coach developer for The FA and academic who specialises in metacognition and managing the coaching environment to encourage metacognition.