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I had a conversation I've been looking forward to for a long time — Simon Harling, author o'f Good Coach, Bad Coach', joins me to explore wh...
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Want to help young people to unleash their potential? Need advice on the best approaches and the latest science? The Talent Equation podcast seeks to answer the important questions facing pa...

I had a conversation I've been looking forward to for a long time — Simon Harling, author o'f Good Coach, Bad Coach', joins me to explore wh...

In this conversation, I speak with Barry Jones, an ice hockey coach based in Australia who works with the Perth Inferno Women's team. Barry...

In this special 300th episode of the podcast my good friend Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett University delivers a ;Christmas Lecture for me...

In this Dog Walk Diary episode, I explore a powerful metaphor about bananas and talent selection to unpack why traditional coach education f...

In this episode, I sit down with Hayley Lever, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Moving, to explore what authentic leadership really loo...

In this episode, I sit down with Scott Benbow, a Football Fun Factory franchise owner in West Cumbria who's on a mission to transform grassr...

In this episode, I dive into a subject that's been weighing heavily on my mind, sparked by the writing of fellow ecological explorer, Steve...

In this fascinating conversation, I joined Keith Davids and Ian Renshaw, two of the 'founding fathers' of Ecological Dynamics and the Constr...

Jonathan Harding joins me to discuss his amazing book ' Mensch' which goes into a deep dive around the way that the German nation views coac...

In this conversation, I sit down with Mike Porteous, triathlon coach and author of the brillliant book 'Beyond Belief' - the art of confiden...

In this episode of The Talent Equation, I reconnect with Andy Kirkland from the University of Stirling to explore how our sporting systems b...

In this episode I reconnect with Dr. Andrew Wilson, Reader in Psychology at Leeds Beckett University and a leading voice in ecological psych...

In this ‘Dog Walk Diary’ episode, I dive deep into how narratives and slogans shape coaching approaches and talent development, particularly...

I had a fascinating conversation with Bren Veziroglu about ecological dynamics and how it's transforming coaching and movement practice. Bre...

I recently had the absolute pleasure of recording a conversation with Dr. Julia Blau and Dr. Jeffrey Wagman, authors of "An Introduction to...

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Paddy McQueen from Swansea University to discuss a fascinating paper he had authored explo...

Mark and I welcome Alan Keane to the show for an in depth discussion around the intersection of PDS and Ecological Dynamics, how Alan builds...

In this episode I speak with tennis coach Steve Whelan about his transformative journey from traditional technical coaching to an ecological...

Out on my morning dog walk (yes, the one where I have to put the flashing collar on my black dog ‘Flo’ so we can be seen in the dark!), I fo...

In today's episode, I'm thrilled to welcome back Richard Shorter, also known as 'Non-Perfect Dad', for a deep-dive conversation that every s...

Mark shares the PDS Action Review process and we discuss how coaches and leaders an use it to review performance but also how it is used for...

In this special New Year's Eve episode, I welcomed back Shawn Myszka and Tyler Yearby from Emergence to discuss a recent academic paper crit...

Mark and I get together before Christmas to talk about how this time of year offers the opportunity to recharge and replenish ourselves in o...

Mark and I talk about the origins of PDS from his time in the military and how we came together to embed the principles of PDS across the sp...

Taking an ecological approach to learning science, Danny Hatcher is an independent researcher currently based in the UK, sharing interesting...

In this conversation Mark and I discuss the challenge of establishing real clarity of the objectives that a person or group wants to set for...

Andrea Andrews is a swimming instructor with a specialist research interest in drowning prevention. Andrea describes herself like this... "M...

A new collaboration between Mark Bennett MBE and Stuart Armstrong that looks at topical news items and explore how they impact people in spo...

David Thomson is an ex army veteran who became a leading financial advisor turned education technology entrepreneur. David is the Founder an...

Troy Urdahl is an award winning high school athletic director, a hall of fame coach and a college professor with more than twenty years expe...

Stuart Morgan is a high performance coach and performance director working with elite golfers and aspiring players across Europe. Stuart mak...

In this episode, I discuss the changing nature of coach education, particularly focusing on the concept of 'deconstructed delivery.' As we m...

Tom Hartley is the Coaching Lead at UK Coaching and Foundation Phase Lead Coach at Oxford United women. In this very overdue episode (aren't...

In Episode 6 of the Coach Education is Broken series, I discuss the need for a significant shift in the way we think about and approach coac...

Alex Lascu is a cricket coach that has doen in depth acadmeic study in coaching and skill development before turning her attention to coach...

Reposting a classic episode! ------- This was recorded to reflect on the journey of the England Football Team during the previous European C...

In Episode 5 of the 'Coach Education is Broken' series,' I explore the importance of addressing systemic barriers in the sports workforce th...

In episode 4 of the 'Coach Education is Broken' series, titled 'Fixing the Leaky Bucket,' I delve into the systemic and mindset shifts requi...

Mauro van de Looij is a sports coach and performance psychologist from the Netherlands. He has worked as a youth coach at PSV Eindhoven and...

Alex Sarama makes a welcome return to the podcast to discuss his fantastic new book 'Transforming Basketball' and to unpack some of the idea...

In this episode, I talk about the necessity for a system shift from a coach education system that is almost completely dominated by 'qualifi...

Mark Bennett makes a welcome return to the podcast. This time to help me out with some challenges that I have experienced during my last sea...

Richard Burcuson and Dean Holden are the hosts of the Grass Roots Minor Hockey Podcast. A show dedicated to all things grass roots ice hocke...

In this episode I call for a complete rethink about the way that we think about support for coaches. I suggest that we need to 'turn the tel...

Episode 1 of 'Coach Education is broken' - 'Transformation not transaction' I take a hard look at the nature of coach education courses as a...

A new dog walk diary where I begin a new multi part series talking about all of the ways that coach education and development needs to chang...

Scott Young makes an extremely welcome return to the podcast having written a new book about learning that follows up on the smash hit ' Ult...

In this episode I am joined by Josh Peacock from 'Combat Learning' and the 'Combat Learning Podcast'. Combat Learning is about radically imp...

This episode features guest Kevin Mulcahy from Cork, Ireland, who is an S&C coach with experience coaching Gaelic Football and Hurling. The...

Reflecting on my conversation with Mike Jagacki and some of the thoughts it threw up!! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.sprea...