UK Coaching Podcasts

  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 what is the key to that aspect of coaching? From coaching school children completely new to a sport, to working with elite professionals, improving technique and game understanding is always there – and the principles are always the same. Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community

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-profile role? Jurg explains the value of meeting the coach on their terms, in their natural setting. He may not be able to tell them something new, but in listening and getting them to think and talk through answers to simple questions, they learn something new themselves. Jurg explores the value of that on-the-job learning, rather than the more traditional, certificated, CPD. How does coaching coaches compare with coaching athletes? Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you.   Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community

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 coaching systems to coach learning, Sarah talks about what works best in which situations. What does any given organisation or coach need? Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you.   Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.

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 are required to have a positive influence in that area? For Rus, it all starts with getting to know people, building a rapport, making a connection with the individual. What is their purpose? Why are they doing what they’re doing? Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you.   Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.

  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 connect better? How can you build an understanding of what makes people tick, to better help them achieve their goals? From key questions to ask, to getting to know the person in front of you, Dave offers advice on growing your relationships. Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you.   Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.  

  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 part of her career, and Karen discusses the fallout from that and how looking at coaches rather than at athletes gave her a fresh direction of travel. Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.  

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 tools available (in language, approach, focus) and waiting to see which are most appropriate to use. Looking at the specifics of observation, Andrew explains what that means to a coach developer, what’s going on with him throughout an observation, and why.   Whatever your role, if you're helping people to be active and improve, we're here for you. Visit UKCoaching.org to grow your coaching skills and be part of the community.