

The Coaches Network Podcast
Coach Yas
🎙️ Welcome to The Coaches Network Podcast — your go-to destination for expert insight, real conversations, and practical strategies to elevate your coaching game.Hosted by CoachYas, a leading voice in coach and athlete development, each episode brings you powerful interviews and rich discussions with some of the biggest names in sport — from Shaquille O’Neal and Jack Wilshere to Sol Campbell and beyond. Tune in every Friday for exclusive stories, lessons learned, and actionable takeaways that will challenge and inspire you as a coach, leader, and learner.🔥 Want more? Join us most Wednesdays on Twitter Spaces for #TCNTalks, a live, unfiltered coaching conversation co-hosted with Gerard Jones. It’s your chance to listen in, ask questions, and engage with our community in real-time.🚀 Unlock even more value with The Coaches Network Patreon — for just £3.50/month, you’ll gain exclusive access to bonus content, early episode releases, and members-only discussions. It's the ultimate resource for driven coaches ready to level up.🎓 Looking to invest in your continued growth? Check out our Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes, crafted to provide you with the tools, frameworks, and guidance to succeed in any coaching context.Subscribe now on your favourite podcast platform, follow us on social media, and be part of a vibrant, like-minded community focused on coach development, athlete performance, and personal growth.📲 #TheCoachesNetworkPodcast #CoachDevelopment #AthleteDevelopment #TalentDevelopment #SportsCoaching #GrowthMindset #FootballCoaching #JoinTheJourneyCoach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - Podcast
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Feb 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
Insights with Lee Garlick (West Bromwich Albion FC)
Episode #78 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Lee Garlick. Lee currently operates as an Assistant Lead Youth Develpment Phase coach for West Bromwich Albion FC and is the former head of coaching at Northampton.Lee also is the host of the coaches coffee club podcast, Lee joins CoachYas to discuss his journey both as a coach and coach developer, sharing insights gained, lessons learned along the way and some golden nuggets for listeners to apply in their own journeys. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 9, 2021 • 1h 15min
Staying safe with Rick Shuttleworth (How to Create an Environment Safe Uncertainty)
Episode #77 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Rick Shuttleworth.Rick has a diverse experience supporting performance development coaching, athlete and team dynamics, and sport development and education in Europe and Australasia. He contributed to several successful Olympic sports campaignes at the Australian Institute of Sport (Australian Sports Commission) as Skills Acquisition Specialist spanning both Beijing and London Games. It involved supporting Olympic coaches and athletes, World Cup sports, Super Rugby Franchises, National Rugby League, Football Federation Australia, Australian Rules Clubs and number of National Sport Organisations.Rick joins CoachYas to discuss how to create a safe learning environment for athletes to thrive in. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 7, 2021 • 1h 24min
Insights with Micah Hyde (QPR)
Episode #76 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Micah Hyde. Micah is currently a professional development coach with QPR.Micah joins CoachYas and CoachBen to discuss a successful playing career as a Professional footballer with Watford, Burnley, Cambridge United, Peterborough United and Barnet FC. Winning promotion twice with Watford ultimately to the Premier league, promotion twice with Peterborough United and representing Jamaica in World Cup qualifying campaign being the highlights of a distinguished playing career. Along with his transition into coaching, the challenges of being an ethnic coach and playing in the same team as former England, Man United and Real Madrid legend David Beckham. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 5, 2021 • 1h
Insights with Alf Galustian (Coerver Coaching)
Episode #75 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Alfred Galustian.Alf started his career as a youth player for Wimbledon.He is the Co-Founder and International Director of Coerver® Coaching To date Alf has worked as a Coach Instructor with 17 National Federations including the French, English, Japanese and Brazilian. During the 2010/11 Season Alf was the Specialist Skills Coaching Advisor to the Premier League. He received an award from FIFA in 2014 for 40 years contribution to the development of the game around the WorldAlf joins Coach Yas to discuss a career which has seen him work with over 50 top professional clubs including Bayern Munich , Manchester City, Real Madrid , Benfica, Roma,OlympiqueMarseille,Juventus and Arsenal. Enjoy!Please could you also say, For more about Coerver's NEW online video subscription go NOW to https://www.coervercoaching.com/playersclub/ Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 2, 2021 • 53min
My Super Power with Drewe Broughton (How To Become More Emotionally Intelligent)
Episode #74 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Drewe Broughton. As a former Professional Footballer tipped for the top, Drewe, 42, admits his career was dogged and undermined by soul searching and Fear. After a 17 year playing career and nearly 600 professional matches representing a host of clubs in the EFL & culminated in the big centre-forward going into rehab for addictions and an emotional breakdown after retiring in 2011.Drewe uses his vast experiences coupled with an exceptionally high natural emotional intelligence and sensitivity, to educate, guide and lead a host of professional players on how to cope with the daily pressures of the Industry but, most importantly to fulfil their potential. His Heard earned wisdom and ability to nurture players has helped Drewe build a portfolio of clients including PGA Tour golfers, as well as international and Premier League stars. Articulate Drewe has also become a go-to person for media to interview as more players start to publicly admit to mental health problems. Appearing on Sky Sports to features on his work in The New York Times, Drewe believes it is the tip of an epidemic in the game, which chews up and spits out talent and is still woefully lacking in coach education leaving so many leaders in the dark.He has strong opinions he will share after more than a decade guiding some of the nation’s best footballers. He entered the corporate world in 2016 mentoring CEOs and senior management on how they can master that inner battle to win on the outside. He found that the leaders who were contacting him all had the same traits. That strong moral compass, sensitive yet fiercely driven, traits Drewe hugely relates to having to battle that himself for so many years.Many of his lessons in his book’s ( ‘And Then What?’ ) chapters on self-belief, ego, winning and vulnerability are as applicable to life and to business as they are football.Today Drewe combines his athlete mentoring work with coaching in corporations in the city of London, and motivational speaking, which has taken him around the world. He is also an ambassador for mental health charity The Kaleidoscope plus group.Drewe joins CoachYas to discuss the ups and downs, lessons learned and insights from of a challenging journey in the life of professional footballer. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 31, 2021 • 1h 12min
Insights with Lee Waddington (1st Team Football Group)
Episode #73 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Lee Waddington.Lee is the founder, and co-owner of 1st Team Football Group which utilises a unique development methodology, blending the cultural and football characteristics of each country in which it operates, with a professional development system underpinned by the science of childhood learning.Lee is a UEFA ‘A’ licensed, FA Advanced Youth Award qualified coach with a Masters’ Degree in Sports Psychology, and has worked for several Premier League clubs including; Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Burnley where he has been constantly involved in the UK professional academy system for nearly 30 years.Lee has a verifiable track record of exceptional player development, including assisting the following players to become current professional footballers: Joshua Harrop (Manchester United/Preston North End), Nathan Holland (Everton/West Ham United), and Dwight McNeil (Burnley) to name a few.In his time working for Premier League clubs, Lee has undertaken a number of key roles from being the head of coaching, and foundation phase lead to head of recruitment. The skills and experience acquired in these varying roles allowed Lee to progress to the positions of national and international academy director with the UK’s largest academy, where he successfully implemented strategies to grow the business from 1 to 50 academies nationwide and then onto the international stage with an exclusive partnership with the University of Central Lancashire.During his career Lee has worked in a variety of countries such as the USA, Australia, China, Canada and across Europe delivering coaching sessions, coach education programmes and classroom-based learning to children, young people and adults. From working overseas Lee has a greater understanding of not just the football landscapes in those countries but also, and more importantly, the cultural differences.Lee joins CoachYas to discuss a range of experiences, insights gained and lessons learned through his scenic journey. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 29, 2021 • 1h 2min
Insights with Phil Shead (Middlesbrough FC)
Episode #72 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Phil Shead. Phil is currently operating as the Head of Academy Coaching at Middlesbrough FC. Phil joins CoachYas to discuss his journey transitioning as a player into a coach and eventually the head of academy coaching. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 26, 2021 • 1h 8min
It’s Got To Be Unsolicited with Raf Baron (How to Give Effective Feedback)
Episode #71 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Raf Baron. Raf is a former pro-wrestler turned feedback coach. Raf is an expert at coaching managers into giving the gift of feedback during everyday work conversation.Raf joins CoachYas to share experiences, stories and practical tips to help in providing effective feedback to others. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 24, 2021 • 59min
Insights with Luke Chadwick (Ex-Man Utd, Cambridge & MK Dons)
Episode #70 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Luke Chadwick. Luke is an ex-professional footballer turned coach. Luke joins CoachYas to discuss a career which saw Luke become senior pro playing for Manchester United before eventually moving onto Reading, Burnley, West Ham United and his hometown Cambridge United just to name a few before eventually moving into coaching and undertaking qualifications through both The PFA and The FA. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 22, 2021 • 43min
Insights with Simon Grayson (Experienced Football Manager)
Episode #69 of The Coaches Network Podcast.The guest for this episode is Simon Grayson. Simon is an English former player and an experienced football league manager with over 650 matches as manager, a 41% win ratio, including 4 successful promotion campaigns into the Championship. Along with over 450 professional appearances as a player, including time in the premier league with a range of clubs from Leicester City, Aston Villa to Blackburn rovers just to name a few. Vastly experienced both on and off the pitch, Simon joins CoachYas to discuss his journey, key insights and lessons learned. Enjoy!Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network?The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here to find out more.Click here for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes.Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we’re doing.Coach Yas - Instagram - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook - Patreon - PodcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy