Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Pod...
Our UK Coaching 2023 Finalist podcast focuses on Junior Cricket Coaching and in it we hear from people who share a passion for developing the next generation of young cricketers. We will have guests from grassroots clubs, schools, district and county age group junior cricket. There will be guests who specialise in a certain age group, boys or girls, batting coaches, bowling, keeping, leadership, psychologists, parents, junior coordinators and many more.
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Episode 48: how to be a market disruptor & grow...
Tom started his coaching half his life ago aged 18. He has learned lots about himself as well as coaching since then and in this episode chats about the art of coaching, his coaching fundamentals and communicating with parents as well as how he has forged ahead with his coaching business.
47 min
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Episode 47: how to make your coaching inclusive...
Aisha is a PE Teacher in a secondary school brought up in a Moslem S Asian family with supportive parents enabling her to follow her interest in sport. She speaks so passionately about the importance that sport has for everyone whatever your background and race. Inspirational individual.
38 min
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Episode 46: how to use coaching as a way to boo...
Shorty is 19 years of age and first experienced coaching on a holiday camp back in 2018. Last year Shorty led the club U9s age group and has recently gained the ECB Foundation Qual and has signed up for the Core Coaching Badge
32 min
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Episode 45: how to develop a coaching philosoph...
Bobby is an ECB Level 4 coach who was formerly MD of Lancashire Cricket Board and now owner of Fylde Coast Cricket Coaching alongside Danny Gilbert. Listen to Bobby talk about his coaching philosophy and the four key component parts that underpin it.
38 min
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Episode 44: how to understand the role of paren...
Gordon is CEO and founder of Working With Parents in Sport. He has a background in coaching and education and is a parent of two sporty children himself.
39 min
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Episode 43: How to bring the fundamentals of S&...
Isaac is a S&C coach with a background in cricket. He is now looking to create a positive impact and add value to the volunteer coaches in grassroots cricket.
29 min
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Episode 42: How to coach your own kids alongsid...
Eben is a father of three boys and a parent coach volunteer at his local club in Pretoria. He talks passionately about the upsides of coaching kids as well as acknowledging the challenges of coaching his own sons!
40 min
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Episode 41: How to create opportunities for kid...
Junior is the Founder and President of the West Indies Cricket Development Academy whose primary objective is to create opportunities through cricket to youngsters who have potential but lack the financial support to stay in the game.
31 min
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Episode 40: How cricket is such a force for goo...
Russell has held numerous roles within cricket including a director with Chance to Shine, Secretary of the Northumberland County Cricket Board and Chairman of grassroots clubs. What he is all about is how sport and cricket can be such a force for good and what he shares in this podcast are several examples of how that has worked
46 min
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Episode 39: How to enable kids to make decision...
Briony is Manager and Head Coach of Girls Cricket at Sheherd’s Bush CC and is about to take up the lead role with a new MCC Foundation Hub for Girls Cricket in the same area of London. She has a passion for giving girls the autonomy to make decisions themselves and enable them to enjoy the sessions without fear of failure
37 min
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Episode 38: How to always be looking to learn a...
Gary has a wealth of knowledge and experience to call upon from his time as a former International cricketer for South Africa to his coaching experience in India and around the world. It is a genuine privilege to have the opportunity to chat with him. Enjoy the listen.
33 min
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Episode 37: How to help junior cricketers be th...
Boyd is a former International Cricketer who has always had a passion for helping younger players be the best version of themselves they can. He is now the Head Coach of a team in Northern Ireland called North West Warriors and is in his second year of his ECB Level 4 coaching badge
34 min
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Episode 36: How to lead a team of brilliant peo...
Guy is Headmaster of Scarborough College. His no 1 reason for becoming a teacher was because of his love of cricket and coaching youngsters across Durham when he was at University. Guy talks eloquently about the value of good people and provides great examples in our conversation
39 min
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Episode 35: How to create more opportunities fo...
Phil is Chair of the Halifax Junior Cricket League and Chair of the West Yorkshire Women and Girls Cricket League. In both roles Phil has done and continues to do so much fantastic work to create opportunities for people to play cricket.
38 min
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Episode 34: How to coach kids disability cricke...
Michael does a range of wonderful coaching activities in schools, clubs and county age group settings including disability sports and has his own sports coaching business called Michael Jacobs Coaching
40 min
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Episode 33: How to take cricket into the curric...
Judy is the Surrey CCC State School Sixth Form Lead for cricket but she is so much more then this job title. Please have a listen to find out more.
36 min
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Episode 32: How to use coaching as a means of d...
Jamie is the Resident Sports Professional at Cheltenham College specialising in cricket. His passion for coaching junior cricket started when he was just 14 but still burns as brightly today. He is a great believer in cricket being a platform for players and coaches to learn so much about themselves and is a real advocate of out of the box thinking.
36 min
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Episode 31: How to learn from other sports to c...
Julian is a former pro cricketer turned coach and pioneer in the field of #powerhitting. Listen to find out more about his background and approach.
42 min
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Episode 30: How to use coaching to help kids bu...
Matt is a former professional cricketer turned coach who has always had a keen interest in listening, watching and learning to better himself. He now applies this to his coaching of young players and sees his role as enabling players to build a lifelong love of the game
37 min
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Episode 29: How to overcome challenges & still ...
Darren has made it his mission to offer cricket coaching to kids in the Surrey region for the past 15-20 years with an emphasis on prioritising children from state schools. In my chat with him we hear how Darren has gone about developing this and overcome a number of challenges along the way
35 min
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Episode 28: How to use your coaching to make su...
James is a Primary School PE Teacher who has used his lifelong love of cricket combined with his motivation for creating opportunities through sport for children who wouldn’t otherwise get them to achieve some wonderful things in London. Please have a listen to his story: it is so heart warming and shows how much good can be done with the right approach.
35 min
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Episode 27: How to build a fulfilling career pa...
Rupes has a wealth of cricket coaching knowledge and experience ranging from club to school, from MCC to County, & from junior girls to Women’s. He loves helping others and sees coaching as the perfect vehicle to enable him to do this.
37 min
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Episode 26: How to engage kids in your coaching...
Martin is well known for his coaching of Harry Brook and others during his time as Head of Cricket at Sedburgh School. However he started his coaching in New Zealand when he went over as overseas club player/coach. In his talk with me he chats through his introduction to coaching from being an ex pro and many other things too.
40 min
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Episode 25: How to help young cricketers from a...
Gordon is someone who grew up in Johannesburg South Africa and played cricket from the age of ten. However it was the positive impact of two coaches that inspired him to take his interest in the game further to a point now where he coaches junior cricketers and represents the interests of young up and coming players to go and experience playing in the Uk.
40 min
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Episode 24: How to coach young cricketers as pe...
In this episode we hear Caroline’s perspective on coaching not only from a coach’s point of view but also from the player and person’s point of view. Consequently it is a fascinating and wonderful chat and one which I am certain everyone listening will enjoy.
41 min