Another intriguing podcast from ECB Coach Development, this time with Pete Sturgess, formerly National Lead for the Foundation Phase with the FA.
Author: Andrew Beaven
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What makes a good football coach? And how are they made? Might the same be true for cricket coaches?
I read a thought-provoking article from Alan McKay of the Centre for Football Research in Wales at the University of South Wales on “What makes a good football coach ?.
Various factors were identified, specifically around coaching behaviours and connections with players.
The author’s starting point was, in fact, not coaching, but coach education, and a project with the UEFA Academy — What does a world-class coach educator look like?’
Exploring effective coach education within a European context.And it got me thinking about what the new Coach Development team at the ECB might want to put in place.
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Belonging; learning together
Fascinating post from Harry Curtin, on Substack, on how he modified his school rugby coaching sessions to focus on promoting connectedness within a team environment and to move from having the coach explicitly coaching to allowing the players (collaboratively) to learn.
And it set me trying to think of a similar approach in cricket.
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The Teesra 