Another intriguing podcast from ECB Coach Development, this time with Pete Sturgess, formerly National Lead for the Foundation Phase with the FA.
Category: Coach Development
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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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UK Coaching Week 2025 — Pass It On : Lifelong learning
On completing my level 2: “You’ve got your ‘badge’. Now go and learn to coach!”
Which, at the time, seemed a dreadful indictment of the coach education system – perhaps it was – but you don’t become a more effective, a more experienced coach by delivering the same session 10,000 times!
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
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