Neil Plimmer is a golf coach and the co founder of 'JOLF', a golf coaching organisation dedicated to providing brilliant experiences for children. In the past year JOLF has been enjoyed by more than 12,000 children in schools, community settings and and at golf clubs around the country. The concept and what they offer continues to change as they learn and grow.

Neil has been invited to speak across the world to about JOLF and share his knowledge and experiences. He is happiest with a group of 30 children in a school delivering sessions and coming up with different experiences that will engage children and create a love for golf, and sport in general.

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I can hardly believe that I have reached the milestone of 200 episodes of the Talent equation Podcast. To celebrate I was joined by several previous guests, some members of the Conclave Community of Learning group and some members of 'The Ecological Explorers Club'. We reminisced about some favourite things about the podcast and then discussed some topical issues that we face into the future.

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Jonathan Harding makes a welcome return to the show to share insights from his new book 'Soul: Beyond the Athlete'.

Jonathan describes himself as "A sports writer who cares about the person and the player, the coach and the community. I speak German, am a father and try to look after the planet. Seagulls and San Francisco."

Jonathan's first book 'Mensch' which explored the sophistication of the German Football Coach Education System...was a massive hit and is still one of my favourite books on coaching. His follow up book 'Soul' delves deep into the footballing sub cultures of some of the environments around the world that are bravely standing up against the tide of 'premature professionalism' and a 'perform at all costs' mentality that has not only affected professional football but also seeped into the grass roots.

It's a great conversation. I hope you enjoy.

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Phillip O'Callaghan is a tennis coach from Cork in Ireland. As he says in this podcast, people from Cork are very humble (even though Cork might well be the most represented city on my podcast!) so he describes himself on his bio on his website www.mrtenniscoach.com as being..."Really passionate about learning how to be a better coach and spend a lot of my free time learning about coaching. I'll be sharing lots of content here that will also help you improve or learn more about coaching".

This doesn't really explain properly what Phillip does...he actually takes really dense academic articles or book chapters and creates simplified blog posts and twitter threads that the rest of us could understand...he is a great source of knowledge.

Follow him on Twitter at @Mr_tennis_coach https://twitter.com/Mr_Tennis_Coach

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Dr Amy. E Whitehead, PhD is Reader (Associate Professor) in Sport Psychology and Coaching at Liverpool John Moores University. Amy also delivers sport psychology support and coach development to a range of athletes and coaches, and also brings this work into her teaching in the classroom.

Jenny Coe is Head of Performance and Wellbeing with West Ham United Women’s Team. She also works across a number of Olympic sports as a high performance coach developer and performance analyst. Her athletic career spanned 15 years of international basketball, and she also has a wealth of experience coaching internationally. On the back of that, she is a founding member of the company Impact the Game that aims to support athletes and coaches in all areas of performance. She is an advocate for mental health and women in sport, and she continues to support and influence change in these areas.

'Myths of Sport Coaching' is an edited book that brings together international researchers and practitioners sharing theoretical and practical guidance by challenging some commonly held perspectives and ideas that have become resilient in coach education.

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Happy New Year - welcome to 2022!!

Ian Renshaw and Peter Arnott make a welcome return to the podcast. If you haven't heard them before then I recommend checking out these other episodes where they have made appearances before (Links below).

In this episode we discuss Ian and Peter's latest project 'Swing Like Tiger' which is a course that they have created for players and coaches to learn all about the little known secrets of how Tiger became so great.

This isn't just a golf podcast - there are lessons galore.

Listen to the end to get a discount code from Peter to access the course.

Peter, Ian and Greame MacDowell
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/improving-impoverished-practice-environments-a/id1209549739?i=1000502085156

Ian
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/exploring-representative-practice-design-a/id1209549739?i=1000499156547

Peter
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/when-i-am-coaching-on-the-range-i-can-feel-myself/id1209549739?i=1000499156452

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Jia Yi Chow is the Associate Dean within the Office of Teacher Education at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Jia-Yi is most well known for being one of the originators of the concept of 'Non-Linear Pedagogy' which was articulated in a seminal book he co wrote with Keith Davids, Ian Renshaw and Chris Button in 2015 https://amzn.to/3GXgdPA

In this podcast we dive into the key concepts of non linear pedagogy and explore applications and some common misconceptions related to this theory.

This was a great conversation to end the year on. Hope you enjoy.

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Martyn Rothwell is a lecturer in sports coaching at Sheffield Hallam University. He is the national coach for the England Wheelchair Rugby League team and has worked in the fields of coaching and talent development since 2003.

His latest research looks into the practices and behaviours of coaches in professional rugby league academies and explores how stated aspirations around the development of creative players actually manifest when the coaches are at work.

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Olympic Champion, Amy Williams MBE joins me to explore the entire sporting journey from someone with potential to Olympic glory. Using her own experiences & those of some of Britain’s greatest athletes to help young athletes turn their ability into performance.

We talk about mindset, confidence, teamwork, overcoming barriers & setbacks, dealing with injuries, longevity, training & preparation. We also take a deep dive into what it takes to drive a skeleton bob sled, the skill involved and the embodied cognition that is required.

You can buy the book here https://amzn.to/3DSV2wJ (this is an affiliate link using this link helps the show as a small contribution is made)

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Jack Rolfe is the founder of 'The Coaching Lab' a hothouse of coaching innovation including the creation of the Coaching Lab 'Matchplay Cards'. MatchPlay Cards support coaches to change the game and coach through games, add in-game challenges and set player missions.

Jack shares his story about how he created these cards and also the research and theory behind them. We also geek out on various ways that we apply these ideas and actually design a session in the course of the discussion.

The cards can be purchased here https://www.thecoachinglab.org/

Hope you enjoy

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