The Sports Initiative Podcast

Mark Robinson is the current Head coach of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Formally a coach for the England Lions and Women's national side, Mark has a wealth of experience in individual player development and performing on the international stage. A successful player in his own right, Mark represented Sussex and home county club Yorkshire in the late 1990's, early 2000's. During his time in the sport his has worked with some of the cricketing greats including Michael Vaughan, Jonny Bairstow and Sachin Tendulkar to name a few. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Loftman is a coach educator currently based out of South Africa, Formally a coach with the Orlando Pirates, Michael has also spent time at Watford and Tottenham Hotspur on his coaching journey. Also an author, Michael wrote the book 'Theories and concepts for Football coaching and management' in which he discusses a variety of topics including decision making processes in football. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keaton Wood is an academy coach at Southampton FC. Formally a professional player with Millwall FC, Keaton now works within the Foundation phase at the Cat 1 academy. With a distinct passion for defending, Keaton looks to pass this enthusiasm onto the players so they are holistic in their in possession and out of possession skills Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Keane is an assistant coach at Glasgow Rocks basketball team. Also a coach for GB and England U20, Alan has a wide range of experience in both a developmental and performance based coaching. He utilises his vast array of experiences in a coach development capacity with MVMT sports of which he is a ci-founder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todd Beane is Founder of TOVO Training and Academy Barcelona. Todd worked with Johan Cruyff for 14 years to create the Cruyff Institute for Sport Studies and to deliver total football training programs to professional clubs worldwide. In TOVO academy he combines proven pedagogical practices with the visionary components of Cryuff's well known style of play to create a dynamic and practical training methodology. As an athlete, Todd played NCAA Division I soccer at Dartmouth College before playing professional soccer in the USISL Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geoff Noonan is a FACYD for the English Football association. Supporting coaches with their NGB and Uefa qualification's, Geoff aims to challenge and support coaches with their craft relative to their individual environment. Formally a coach in his own right, Geoff has worked of the likes of Crystal Palace and Fulham where he helped produce players like Ryan Sessognon and Omar Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cam Meighan is a specialist Set piece consultant in football. Working with a very successful and prominent team in the WSL, Cam analyses future opponents strengths and weaknesses and provides a report for the team to use in the upcoming fixture, This type of role is becoming increasingly interesting with Thomas Gronnemark at Liverpool setting a trend that Manchester United and Arsenal have followed this off season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Brownhill is the Player Pathway Coach for Gloucester Rugby. In this role he focuses on player and skill development for players within the academy hoping they can transition into the first team. He also works for the Scottish Rugby as an age group coach. Within this role he focuses on player identification and then engrossing players in the national teams style of play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian is a sports psychologist who has worked with some of the best English golfers including Danny Willett, Chris Wood and Tommy Fleetwood. Brian also has a wealth of experience in other sports, having worked with 12 medallists in Olympic and Commonwealth Games boxing, podium winners in single seat motor racing/sportscars including LeMans, F1 and professional cricket players. Alongside his work as a practitioner, he has become an accomplished author with books such as ’Mental Toughness for Golf: The Minds of Winners’. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Morton is the Lead Under 15/16 coach at Leeds United. During his 2nd stint with the club Mike has had a pitch side view of Marcelo Bielsa and his team as they have turned Leeds from a Mid table Championship side to one of the Premier League's most enjoyable teams to watch. An A license team in his own right, Mike also spent time at Manchester City where he engrained himself in their academy philosophy which can be largely attributed to Barcelona and it's world renowned La Masia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.