The Curve Mindset Podcast with McGinley Coaching

Alan Tonge is a former professional footballer, playing for Manchester United & Exeter City.  He now lecturs in football and research as well as appearing on radio and running his own podcast "I Can't Explain".  Follow Alan on Twitter @Alan_Tonge and listen to his podcast below: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-cant-explain/id1446517296

In today's podcast we sat down with (very recent!) Scottish League One winner, teacher, journalist and podcaster...Danny Denholm. Danny has played for Stirling University, Forfar, Livingston & has recently clinched promotion to the Scottish Championship with Arbroath.  We spoke about the highs and lows of being a part-time footballer, the legend that is Dick Campbell (THE Gaffer) and his...

Simon Mundie is the host of the Don't Tell Me The Score podcast- 'using sport to explore life's bigger questions' - highly recommend giving the series a listen after this podcast! He also presents sport on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4, and on TV. Follow him on Twitter @simonmundie.

Kieran is a Professional UEFA A coach with experience at Spanish, EPL & SPFL clubs. Kieran is the author of "Rondos- How to use Spain’s secret weapon" and is in the process of launching playpositionally.com, an online e-learning course, allowing coaches to learn and develop their knowledge and understanding of positional play. Follow Kieran on Twitter @KieranSmith1

Our latest podcast with Eric Suter! Erica is soccer performance coach, freelance strength and conditioning writer, author of total youth soccer fitness. Check out her website https://ericasuter.com/ and follow her across social media @fitsoccerqueen.

Interview with Simon Austin (Twitter - @sport_simon)Freelance Journalist and current Director of Training Ground Guru, the go-to destination for news and insights into the performance side of professional football.  (Twitter - @ground_guru)

Interview with former professional footballer and current Black Leopards Manager, Dylan Kerr (Twitter - @ legend3 )

In today’s podcast we spoke to Sarah Lowdon. Sarah is the University of Florida Gators Soccer Manager. Sarah moved from Newcastle to the states and has achieved a lot of success over the pond. These include the USSF B licence and United Soccer Coaches 30 under 30 diploma. Follow Sarah on Twitter @SarahLowdon

In today’s podcast we spoke to Gary Curneen. Gary is the assistant coach at Red star Chicago and the owner of Modern Soccer Coach. He holds a UEFA A licence and is considered one of the best coach educators in the business. Check out Gary's website - where you can check out all of his published works as well as links to his podcast at the link below. https://www.modernsoccercoach.com/ Follow Gary...

In today’s podcast we spoke to Duncan Smillie. Duncan is the owner of the Glasgow Rocks basketball team. Duncan has lots of expertise managing corporate companies and provides his experiences in the business and sporting world.

In today’s podcast we spoke to Darryl Wood. Darryl is the head coach of the Glasgow Rocks Basketball team. Darryl has lots of experience working in the basketball as a development officer and as an assistant before coming head coach. Follow Glasgow Rocks on Twitter @rocksglasgow

In today’s podcast we spoke to Jordan McCann. Jordan is the Head of Academy Coaching at Luton Town Football club. Jordan has worked through the ranks at Luton, starting as U14's coach, progressing to Lead Coach at the Youth Development Phase, before starting his new role in June 2016.

In today’s podcast we spoke to Chris Ramsey. Chris is the technical director and head of coaching at QPR. Previously, Chris worked as Head of Player Development with the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Reserves and Academy. He has had experience working in the Premier League as manager of QPR. Chris is recognised as one of the best coach educators in the world, with many coaches having mentioned him as an...

In today’s podcast we spoke to Donna Fishter.. Donna is considered an architect of team culture & player development and is a certified leadership specialist. Her passion is to build relationships and join the journey with coaches, providing an intentional focus on what she calls the intangible side of the game. She is often referred to as the “the Coach’s Coach”. Donna believes if you’re going to...

In today's podcast, we spoke to Gérard Jones. Gérard is an FA UEFA A & FA Advanced Youth Licensed Coach, with 13+ years experience in curriculum & Club development, player development & coach development, working in the UK, US, Italy, Norway & NZ. Gérard holds a Masters degree in Performance Coaching, is a Qualified Teacher & Published Author in Communication Psychology with his book titled: Let’s...

In today's podcast we spoke with Professor Damian Hughes. Damian is an international speaker and best selling author who combines his practical and academic background within sport, organisational development and change psychology, to help organisations and teams to create a high performing culture. The Curve Mindset recommends checking out Damian's range of books, check the links below of some of...

In today's podcast we spoke to Dr. Matt Pain. Matt is a Sports Psychology consultant and has previously worked for the English FA as Psychology Manager. Matt believes in developing the 5 C's player (Commitment, Communication, Concentration, Control and Confidence). Follow Dr Matt on Twitter @drmattpain

In today's podcast we speak to Euan McTear. Euan is a Scottish journalist, author of Eibar The Brave: The Extraordinary Rise of La Liga's Smallest Team, which was named among the Guardian's best sporting books of 2015. Euan has covered Spanish football for a number of publications, and has also worked as MARCA In English's Atletico Madrid correspondent, which put him in an excellent position to wr...

In today's podcast we speak to Manisha Tailor MBE. Manisha is the founder of Swaggarlicious and uses the power of football and education to engage with diverse community groups and organisations, including women and girls and adults with mental illness, hopefully leading to a healthy lifestyle and develop life-long learning skills. By profession Manisha is a qualified head-teacher, primary school...

In today's podcast we speak to Harry Watling. Harry is a 28 year old UEFA A licence coach who has worked in the professional game for 9 years. Previously with Premier League giants Chelsea FC, Harry is now working at fellow London club Millwall with the clubs U15/16s. Harry is also a successful business owner, setting up his own soccer academy as well as Advance Player Development. APD is a techni...

In today's episode we speak to Dr. Fergus Connolly. Fergus is a premier thought leader in the arenas of team performance and winning in sports. Currently, he is the performance and operations director for the University of Michigan football programme but has also used his approach to winning as a performance consultant around the world for Liverpool FC, Blackburn Rovers FC, Jacksonville Jaguars, C...

In today's podcast we speak to Mollie Hughes... On Tuesday 16th May 2017, at 4:45am, in temperatures of minus 35°C, Mollie successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest from the North side. However, this wasn't Mollie's first time standing on top of the world as she already had summited the South side of Everest back in 2012. Achieving this feat at the age of 26 made Mollie the youngest woman i...

In todays podcast we speak to Tony Elliot (@TEGK1 ) Tony is an Award Winning International Goalkeeping Coach who currently works across Six different formats of the game for the English FA. Tony holds his UEFA GK 'A' License and will be a special guest at the National Goalkeepers Conference 2018. Stay tuned to the event on Twitter @NGKConference Tony is a self-proclaimed Futsal GK aficionado and l...

In todays podcast we speak to Ross Ballantyne. Ross is a freelance Professional Goalkeeping coach who is currently the Lead of academy goalkeeping at Scottish Premier League Side Heart of Midlothian. Ross is also a Performance goalkeeping coach with the Scottish FA. On top of all that, Ross is the Owner of the Save Hands Goalkeeping Academy - check out his website below(https://www.savehandsgk.com...

Fraser Reynolds is a Cricket Development Officer in Scotland. In his day to day role, Fraser works with a variety of children with different levels of ability and believes that to develop a positive mindset you must 'practice'. Furthermore, if you are able to master this you will be able to achieve those much sought after marginal gains. Find Fraser on Twitter @FrasReynolds