UK Coaching Podcasts

Inside Leadership's Paul Shaw joins UK Coaching Learning Experience Manager Chris Chapman to discuss how coaches should go about assessing and making changes to a new squad or organisation. From appropriate goal setting, which require stretching to reach but are always achievable, to strategies on how to approach strengths and weaknesses; a fully rounded analysis and refresh of a team can be a dau...

  In this coach developer podcast, UK Coaching Senior Coach Developer Tom Hartley speaks to Richard Cheetham MBE (Coach Developer of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards 2018) about his journey through coaching and coach development. Richard discusses what an innovative and creative approach to supporting coaches looks like. Coming into coaching from a teaching background, via rugby, Richard talks a...

Gordon MacLelland (Working With Parents in Sport) discusses with UK Coaching's Chris Chapman the importance on have the right conversations at the right time. One of the most difficult parts of being a coach can be delivering difficult news – to parents and athletes – whether it's around selection, current performance or more specific issues around behaviours and attitude. Rather than be taken by...

  Former Head of Performance of England Women’s cricket team, Paul Shaw talks to Chris Chapman and shares his experience of what transitions look like and why they’re important. Transitioning into a new environment within a talent pathway is a vital part of a player’s development. How do you know if someone’s ready for that change? How do you get them ready? It’s doesn’t need to be all down to you...

  Gordon MacLelland (Working With Parents in Sport) shares with Chris Chapman his experience of working with parents of athletes, focusing on the value of regular communication. How do you communicate with parents of your players? What information will you be wanting to get across? Are you being consistent with when you’re getting in touch? Are you sharing too much, or too frequently? What methods...

  Chris Chapman is joined by Ed Coughlan (Sports Science lecturer, Cork Institute of Technology) and Stuart Lancaster (Senior Coach at Leinster Rugby, former Head Coach of England national rugby union team) as they discuss skill acquisition. Skill development is at the heart of what a coach does – players and athletes go to a coach expecting to improve the sport or activity they’re involved in. So...

Performance Coach Developer with British Rowing and British Triathlon Jurg Gotz discusses his route into coach developing, transitioning from an athlete to coach in canoe slalom – and explores how he connects coaches together and works day-to-day.   How does a Performance Coach Developer work? What’s their day-to-day role when the coaches they’re helping develop are in such a demanding and high-pr...

Sarah McQuade (e.t.c coaching consultants), shares her insight on coach and system developing in the UK and the US. She covers role clarity; helping to facilitate learning; connection; great questions, and lots more! Originally a teacher and lecturer who also coached, Sarah joined UK Coaching (then Sports Coach UK) to support the technical development of the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC). From co...

Rus Smith (Street Games, The FA and Coach Developer of the Year 2017) talks about his journey through and into coach developing. Helping young people from areas of deprivation into coaching is Rus’ day job, but it’s developing people that is his passion. Seeing change, empowerment and impact is a powerful output, and something that working in the community is great at bringing about. What skills a...

  The Summit Partnership's Director Dave Levine looks at developing productive relationships, sustaining them effectively and working through challenges. Dave has a background in a number of sectors, from education to big business, always looking at people and relationships. Being able to connect with people goes a long way to progressing and succeeding in all sorts of environments, so how can you...

  In episode two of the Coach Developer Conversations podcast series, UK Coaching’s Coaching Manager Andy Bradshaw asks Performance Projects Manager at British Judo Karen Roberts about her background and how she got to her current performance role. At what point did coach development come into it? How and why did that become relevant to her? Like many coaches, the London Olympics shaped a large pa...

In the inaugural episode of the Coach Developer Conversations podcast series, UK Coaching’s Coaching Manager Andy Bradshaw explores the theme of observing coaches in action with Senior Coach Developer at UK Sport Andrew Gillott. Where does that action start? Is it in the act of coaching athletes? Is it the setup? The preparation? Andrew highlights the value of flexibility, of having a number of to...