Walker Talks Coaching Podcast

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by QPR legend and Technical Director at the Bahamas FA Marc Bircham. Marc give an insight into his time playing for Millwall and his beloved QPR, as well as his experiences playing international footabll for Canada. Alongisde this Dan and Marc discuss topics such as what it's like coaching in different cultures. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT ---------------------------------------------------- Follow Marc: Twitter - @marcbircham

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by Premier League Winner, Cambridge United super fan and the Head Coach & Director of Community Growth at the Football Fun Factory Luke Chadwick. Luke gives a great insight into academy and first team football at Manchester United, the leadership of manager Sir Alex Ferguson and player Roy Keane as well as his experiences playing in Belgium and coaching in academy football. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT ---------------------------------------------------- Follow Luke: Twitter - @Luke_FFF

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by a Youth Development Officer, Under 9 & 12 coach and former host of The Soccer Coaching Podcast Mark Edwards. Mark and Dan discuss the biggest topics and talking points around grassroots football includng parents, coach education and winning vs development. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT ---------------------------------------------------- Follow Mark: Twitter - markpaedwards1

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by world famous thrown in coach Thomas Gronnemark. Thomas is a freelance throw in coach who has worked with clubs such as Liverpool, Ajax and FC Midtjylland. A true expert at his craft, Thomas gives an intriguing insight into his unique coaching role and discusses his world record, how he handles criticism and the three most common throw in mistakes. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT ---------------------------------------------------- Follow Thomas: Twitter - @ThomasThrowin Instagram - thomas_throwin

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by Head Coach of Loughborough Universities Mens Football Programme Alex Ackerley. We discuss Loughboroughs unique recuritment model and the challenges of dicipline along with the styles and pitches of non-league football and how to handle them.   ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching podcast by James Barlow who is an Senior Academy Analyst & Assistant PDP Coach at Portsmouth, a coach & performance analyst with England Futsal U19s and a FA tutor on the level 1 & 2 futsal course. We discuss the role of futsal within England, James' analysis roles and we touch on the role of free play. ---------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT -------------------------------------------- Follow James: Twitter - @jamesbarlow77

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching podcast by Gerwyn Griffiths who is the British Army Under 23s Head Coach,  an EFL Academy YDP Coach & an FA Coach Mentor. We discuss team leadership, values and standards that Gerwyn has taken from his time serving in the Army to his coaching roles. -------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT -------------------------------------------- Follow Gerwyn: Twitter - @GerwynGriffiths

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching Podcast by Sam Holmshaw from the Sports Coaching Podcast to discuss the topics of ecological dynamics and perceptual cognitive repertoire in relation to decision making.  Additionally Sam talks about the debate of dilerberate practice vs dilberate play and how donor sports can improve performance. ------------------------------------------------------- Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching                - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching                     - Dan_WalkerYT --------------------------------------------------- Follow Sam: Twitter - @SamHolmshaw_MSc               - @The_SC_Podcast Instagram -  samholmshaw_msc Blog - https://samuelholmshawfootballcoach.wordpress.com/

Dan Walker is joined on the Walker Talks Coaching podcast by Dr Lauren Sherar who is a reader in physical activity and public health and a lecturer at Loughborough. We discuss physical activity and sedentary behaviour levels of children and adolescents and possible solutions to combat these including the 'Daily Mile' scheme and fitness trackers. Additionally we also touch on the effect of the current lockdown situation on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. ----------------------------------------------------------- New YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching - @Dan_Walker9 Instagram - WT_Coaching - Dan_WalkerYT --------------------------------------------------------- Follow Lauren: Twitter - @LaurenSherar1 Research Gate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lauren_Sherar/2 Fitness Tracher Article - https://www.techradar.com/news/should-children-wear-fitness-trackers

We are joined by the founder of The Coaching Lab, Jack Rolfe, to discuss his Match Play Cards, game based approaches to grassroot sports and innovative ways coaches can work together in matches to improve development. Follow us:  Twitter - @WTCoaching Instagram - WT_Coaching YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw Follow Jack: Twitter - @The_CoachingLab Website - https://www.thecoachinglab.org/

We are joined on the podcast by Head Basketball Coach at Loughborough University & Assistant Coach at Leicester Riders and GB U20 men Mark Jarram. We discuss how team culture, unique coach development and coaching inspirations. Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching Instagram - WT_Coaching YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw

We are joined on the podcast by a senior lecturer in sport and exercise science at the university of Bath, who is also a consultant for the Premier League, FA, LTA and Bath Rugby, Dr Sean Cumming. With Sean we discuss how variation in maturity of young athletes causes large selection biases for talent identification, what clubs such as Ajax and Southampton have done to address this and why educating coaches on this topic is vitally important! Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching Instagram - WT_Coaching YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw Follow Sean's work: Research Gate - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean_Cumming

We are joined on the podcast by, the Director of Swimming at Loughborough University, Andi Manley to discuss building resilience in athletes, the importance of developing soft skills and how to set standards to become world class. Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching Instagram - WT_Coaching YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw Follow Loughborough Swimming: Twitter- @lboroswimming Instagram - lboroswimming

We are joined on the podcast by FA coach mentor Aaron Tyler to discuss how to create a club philosophy, the ins and outs of coach mentoring and ways to track player development. Follow us: Twitter - @WTCoaching Instagram - WT_Coaching YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4KbC068RL9rYYXEhfGHJw Follow Aaron: Twitter - @7Pro_Soccer Instagram - pro7_soccer Facebook - 7Pro_Soccer

A short introduction to the Podcast. Please follow us on Twitter: WTCoaching Instagram: wt_coaching and get in touch @ wtcoachingpodcast@gmail.com