Best Sportsplayer Podcasts (2024)

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#279 Allan Steele - Reflections on Coaching and Leadership at the Elite Level 1:00:23

2h ago1:00:23

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I’m delighted to speak with Allan Steele this week. Allan has held many positions in football including Director of Football, Technical Lead, Academy Manager in the Premier League and pro-licence coach. Allan was Director of Football at Forest Green Rovers Football Club. Previously he held roles at Brentford Football Club – as B Team Technical Lead…

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#278 Dr Noel Dempsey - Coaching for Performance and Life 1:10:18

4d ago1:10:18

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I’m delighted to speak with coach educator and coach, Dr Noel Dempsey this week. Noel is a Senior Lecturer at the University Campus of Football Business (UCFB). UCFB is dedicated to the delivery of ground-breaking undergraduate degree programmes in the football and sports industry. Noel is a UEFA A Licence coach and has coached in range of settings…

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#277 Olivia Bramley & Dr Laura Healy – Discussing Mental Ill Health in Sport Settings 55:19

11d ago55:19

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I speak with Olivia Bramley and Dr Laura Healy in this episode. Olivia is a PhD student at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) with an interest in positive sporting environments and experiences. Olivia completed her BSc in Sports and Exercise Science at Nottingham Trent University where she was also Women's Football Club President, W…

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#276 Sarah Green - Broadening your Coaching Skillset 1:04:47

23d ago1:04:47

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I’m delighted to speak with Sarah Green this week. Sarah is a UEFA A Licence Coach, coach developer and MSc student who is passionate about developing people. Sarah is Performance Coach Developer at England Netball where she works with coaches in the performance pathway (Roses Academy & Franchise Pathways) providing individualised support to develo…

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#275 Jon Mackey - Coaching for Learning and Skill Development 1:05:56

25d ago1:05:56

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I’m delighted to speak with Jon Mackey this week. Jon is High Performance Director for Canoeing Ireland – managing the Olympic programme across two Olympic sports: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. Jon is also national coach for ring sports (all full contact disciplines) and lead of the coach development program. Jon’s interests revolve around researc…

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#274 David Horrocks - Preparation, Deliberate Practice and Decision Making: Inside the Mind of an Elite Competitor 1:03:31

1M ago1:03:31

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I’m delighted to speak with David Horrocks this week. David is a coach educator and formerly head of R and D and part of the senior management at Manchester United Football Club. Over the years, David has engaged with many organisations such as British Cycling, Borussia Dortmund, The DFB, Milwaukee Bucks, Cricket Australia, London School of Contemp…

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#273 Katie Crawford - Coaching Teamwork 1:00:06

1M ago1:00:06

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I’m delighted to speak with Katie Crawford this week. Katie and I discuss how coaches can facilitate teamwork within their teams. Katie is a PhD student at the University of Bath. As part of Katie’s PhD research, she led a paper entitled “Coaching teamwork: Team sport athletes’ and coaches’ perceptions of how coaches facilitate teamwork” along with…

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#272 Josh Frost - The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches 52:17

2M ago52:17

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I’m delighted to speak with Josh Frost this week. Josh is a PhD research student at The University of Melbourne. His research is also affiliated with the Elite Sports and Mental Health Centre at Orygen, a not-for-profit Youth Mental Health Centre located in Melbourne. The centre conducts research with athletes, coaches and high-performance support …

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#271 Karin Hägglund - Starting a Conversation about Vulnerability in Elite Sport 53:21

2M ago53:21

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I’m delighted to speak with Karin Hägglund this week. Karin is a Former Swedish National team coach and National team athlete in karate. She is a five-time Swedish champion and three-time Nordic karate champion. Karin now researches how we can maintain well-being and health while performing at a high level over time. She is a PhD-student in Sustain…

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#270 Jen Harris - Examining the Experiences, Views, and Needs of Highly Committed Children in Youth Sport 1:02:29

2M ago1:02:29

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I’m delighted to speak with Jen Harris this week. Jen is an expert in the field of parenting in youth sport. As the mother of a child athlete Jen was struck how little help there is for parents and decided to help change this. She undertook a Masters degree in Sport Psychology, the focus of which was parenting in youth sport. For her dissertation s…

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#269 Dr Paul Mansell & Dr Katie Sparks - Performing Under Pressure 1:05:19

2M ago1:05:19

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In this episode I’m delighted to speak with Dr Paul Mansell and Dr Katie Sparks. Paul is a lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University. Paul completed his PhD in 2023 at the University of Birmingham which investigated the role of trait beliefs in determining stress appraisals, performance and well-being. Paul continues to …

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#268 Ben Freakley - A Coaches Toolkit: Developing Self-Awareness, Mastery and Resilience 1:02:01

2M ago1:02:01

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I’m delighted to speak with Ben Freakley this week. Ben is a highly skilled and experienced sport psychology professional, helping athletes, coaches, and teams to achieve peak performance and reach their goals. Ben is also the founder of Ready.Set.Resilient. Ben has coached individuals, athletes, teams, soldiers, and businesses on the psychology of…

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#267 Matthew Layton - Development Practices in Professional Academies 1:01:31

3M ago1:01:31

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I’m delighted to speak with Matthew Layton this week. Matt is head of youth development phase at Swansea City Football Club. He manages the multidisciplinary staff departments and the players within the youth development phase to support and coordinate their pathway throughout the programme into the professional development phase. Matt and I discus…

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#266 Dr Sam Thrower - Enhancing Wellbeing, Long-Term Development, and Performance in Youth Sport 1:06:04

3M ago1:06:04

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I’m delighted to speak with Dr Sam Thrower this week. Sam is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Oxford Brookes University. His main research interests lie in the area of youth sport and specifically the psychosocial development of young athletes. He is particularly interested in topics such as parenting in sport, sport-confidence…

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#265 Dr Shakiba Moghadam - Mental Health Literacy 1:08:32

3M ago1:08:32

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I’m delighted to speak with Dr Shakiba Moghadam this week. Shakiba is a chartered psychologist with a specific focus on community psychology, as well as sport and exercise psychology. Shakiba currently lectures in psychology and Sport and Exercise psychology at Solent University. Shakiba graduated with a first-class honours degree in BSc Psychology…

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#264 Dr Charlie Corsby, Prof Robyn Jones & Dr Andrew Lane - Contending with Vulnerability and Uncertainty: What Coaches Say About Coaching 1:03:52

3M ago1:03:52

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This week I’m delighted to speak to Dr Charlie Corsby, Prof Robyn Jones and Dr Andy Lane. Charlie is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Charlie holds a UEFA ‘A’ Licence coaching qualification. Alongside his academic responsibilities, Charlie is the Head Coach for Cardiff Met FC BUCS1 programme. The focus of Cha…

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#263 Prof Chris Harwood - Settings Goals for Competition and Achieving Them Through Mental Skills 1:20:50

4M ago1:20:50

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I’m delighted to speak with Prof Chris Harwood this week. Chris is the Director of the Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). He is a Professor of Sport Psychology at NTU where his research focuses on the psychosocial aspects of athlete development, wellbeing and performance including…

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#262 Dr Ian Peek - Ill Mental Health: The Dark Side of Professional Sport 1:03:22

5M ago1:03:22

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I am delighted to welcome back Dr Ian Peek in this episode. Ian has been a golf coach for 35 years. He is currently consulting with the Swiss Golf Federation supporting the coaches at national and regional level and supporting parents at some of the leading juniors in the country. Ian helps his clients achieve their goals whether that’s transitioni…

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#261 Prof Mark Williams & Prof Nicola Hodges - A Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence 1:23:20

5M ago1:23:20

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In this episode I’m delighted to welcome back Prof Mark Williams and Prof Nicola Hodges to speak about skill acquisition in sport. Mark Williams is a Senior Research Scientist at The Institute of Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)- a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System and is affiliated with several Florida universiti…

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#260 Dr Daniel Fortin-Guichard - What Makes a Great Athlete? Psychological Characteristics of Talented Players 58:08

5M ago58:08

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I’m delighted to speak with Dr Daniel Fortin-Guichard this week. Daniel works as a Postdoc fellow at the University of Toronto where he specialises in talent identification research through psychological characteristics. Daniel received his PhD from Université Laval in psychology with a specialty in perceptual-cognitive skills in sports. In paralle…

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#259 Dr Keith McShan & Dr Whitney Moore - The Coach-Athlete Relationship From the Coaches’ Perspective 1:00:13

5M ago1:00:13

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In this episode I’m joined by Dr Keith McShan and Dr Whitney Moore. We talk about coach-athlete relationships. Keith is Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Missouri State University. Before joining MSU, Keith was an active high school basketball and football coach in Canada. Keith has worked for organisations such as Football Canada, Duke Univers…

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#258 Dr Mark Aoyagi - Exploring Performance Excellence 1:03:33

5M ago1:03:33

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I’m excited to speak with Dr Mark Aoyagi this week. Mark is the Co-Director of the Master’s programme in Sport and Performance Psychology and Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. He is also the founder of the Center for Performance Excellence. Mark’s areas of expertise include performance excellen…

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#257 Dr Alison Maitland & Jenna Ashford - Achieving Your Potential in Sport and Life 52:27

6M ago52:27

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In this episode I’m joined by Dr Alison Maitland and Jenna Ashford to talk about their new book “Drop the Struggle: A Transformative Approach to Achieving Your Potential in Sport and Life”. Alison is a widely recognised and experienced HCPC registered and BASES accredited Sport Psychologist. She has a PhD in elite sport and uses her expertise in hu…

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#256 Dr James Munnik & Prof Leon Van Niekerk - Developing Psychological Skills and Rational Thinking 1:21:17

6M ago1:21:17

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In this episode I’m joined by Dr James Munnik and Prof Leon Van Niekerk. James is a Counselling Psychology Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. James has worked with a number of athletes in his own private practice as a high performance mental coach in psychotherapy and counselling. He has special interests in sport/exercise…

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#255 Dr Chris Mesagno - Choking Interventions in Sports 1:06:56

6M ago1:06:56

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On this week’s episode I speak to Dr Chris Mesagno. Chris is a sport psychologist, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Victoria University, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University. Chris has over 20 years of research expertise in stress, anxiety, attention and concentration skills and has s…

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#279 Allan Steele - Reflections on Coaching and Leadership at the Elite Level 1:00:23

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#278 Dr Noel Dempsey - Coaching for Performance and Life 1:10:18

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#277 Olivia Bramley & Dr Laura Healy – Discussing Mental Ill Health in Sport Settings 55:19

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#276 Sarah Green - Broadening your Coaching Skillset 1:04:47

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#275 Jon Mackey - Coaching for Learning and Skill Development 1:05:56

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#274 David Horrocks - Preparation, Deliberate Practice and Decision Making: Inside the Mind of an Elite Competitor 1:03:31

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#273 Katie Crawford - Coaching Teamwork 1:00:06

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#272 Josh Frost - The Mental Health of Elite-Level Coaches 52:17

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#271 Karin Hägglund - Starting a Conversation about Vulnerability in Elite Sport 53:21

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#270 Jen Harris - Examining the Experiences, Views, and Needs of Highly Committed Children in Youth Sport 1:02:29

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#269 Dr Paul Mansell & Dr Katie Sparks - Performing Under Pressure 1:05:19

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#268 Ben Freakley - A Coaches Toolkit: Developing Self-Awareness, Mastery and Resilience 1:02:01

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#267 Matthew Layton - Development Practices in Professional Academies 1:01:31

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#266 Dr Sam Thrower - Enhancing Wellbeing, Long-Term Development, and Performance in Youth Sport 1:06:04

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#265 Dr Shakiba Moghadam - Mental Health Literacy 1:08:32

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#264 Dr Charlie Corsby, Prof Robyn Jones & Dr Andrew Lane - Contending with Vulnerability and Uncertainty: What Coaches Say About Coaching 1:03:52

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#263 Prof Chris Harwood - Settings Goals for Competition and Achieving Them Through Mental Skills 1:20:50

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#262 Dr Ian Peek - Ill Mental Health: The Dark Side of Professional Sport 1:03:22

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#261 Prof Mark Williams & Prof Nicola Hodges - A Skill Acquisition Framework for Excellence 1:23:20

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#260 Dr Daniel Fortin-Guichard - What Makes a Great Athlete? Psychological Characteristics of Talented Players 58:08

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#259 Dr Keith McShan & Dr Whitney Moore - The Coach-Athlete Relationship From the Coaches’ Perspective 1:00:13

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#258 Dr Mark Aoyagi - Exploring Performance Excellence 1:03:33

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#257 Dr Alison Maitland & Jenna Ashford - Achieving Your Potential in Sport and Life 52:27

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#256 Dr James Munnik & Prof Leon Van Niekerk - Developing Psychological Skills and Rational Thinking 1:21:17

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#255 Dr Chris Mesagno - Choking Interventions in Sports 1:06:56

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