The Sports Initiative Podcast

Sarah Borwell is a former Great British women's tennis player. She specialised in doubles and was ranked number 1 in the country. Competing in major competitions including Wimbledon and the Commonwealth games, Sarah travelled the globe as a professional player after graduating the University of Houston. Now working with Keystone sports, she helps young player transition out to the United States collegiate system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tosh Farrell is a a highly regarded Youth Developer following his long standing role as part of Everton FC's academy. He helped develop the likes of Wayne Rooney, Jack Rodwell and Callum McManamam. He now works for FIFO, Robbie Fowler's Football academy, which looks to help develop the holistic individual at the college age group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Ryland is a former collegiate Football player at Penn State. After his college career he then transitioned to become a member of the United States Rugby team. Andrew specialises in teaching tackling technique and how to create a strong fundamental base for players throughout the pathway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Butt is the Lead Foundation Phase Coach at Sheffield Wednesday. Chris has fulfilled a variety of roles both at Sheffield Wednesday and Chesterfield FC and holds a Masters degree from Leeds Beckett University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain Brunnschweiler is the Coach and Player Development Manager at Southampton FC. In this role he aims to support players and coaches in their professional development and preparing them for the riggers for full time academy and first team football. Prior to this he had also worked for UK Coaching, England Cricket and Hampshire Cricket. Formally a professional cricketer with Hampshire, Iain has played and worked alongside some of the worlds greatest circketers such as Shane Warne and Kevin Piertersen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Hartley is a performance coach developer at UK coaching. In this role he aims to challenge and support coaches from a wide range of sports focusing on improving their planning, delivery and evaluation. Alongside this role he also works as assistant coach at Oxford Women's FC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Harmon is an academy coach at Red Bull New York. He works with both the U12's and U14's age groups and aims to implement the high octane Red Bull transitional play. Prior to this, he coached at Barcelona in Arizona as well as playing/trialling at a variety of US and European clubs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhys Denton is a Youth development phase coach at Reading FC. He is also an Academy Manager at Hungerford Town as well as running his own business Perform 23 which runs a host of football camps which players from all different football academies attend. Rhys also recently received the Ugo Ehiogu 'ones to watch' from Football Black List. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Phil Kearney is lecturer of sport and exercise sciences at the University of Limerick. Specialising in the field of skill acquisition, Phil has an in depth theoretical and practical knowledge as to how skills are learnt in a youth development context. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Rob Bell is a coach, podcaster and author on mental toughness. He works with college and professional athletes trying to help them prepare and address psychological challenges in their athletic career. He has also written 7 books including 'puke and rally' and 'the hinge' which provides readers with practical insights into the world of mental toughness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.