9 episodes
The FA's Women's & Girls Coach Development Podcast Mark Swales
-
- Sport
Supporting the development of coaching within the Women's & Girl's game, through insightful interactions with leading coaches and experts on topics that will be thoughtful and challenge coaches to think more about their coaching knowledge.
-
Julie Chipchase & Paul McGuiness discussing scanning as a skill that needs to be taught!
Extra resources: Paul McGuiness - Under the microscope webinar with Matt Bishop - https://youtu.be/xWrMFrqziFM
-
UEFA A License Journey - Experiences of Female coaches with Kim Stenning & Charlotte Young
This episode of the women's and girls coach development podcast talks to Kim Stenning (Manager of Crawley Wasps 1st Team) and Charlotte Young (Brighton RTC U16 Coach) about their experiences working towards doing their UEFA A Licence but also their experiences on course, and finally offering advice and thoughts to other female coaches aspiring to achieve their UEFA A License in the future.
-
An insight with Mel Phillips - London City Lionesses FC Manager
An insight into Mel's coaching journey and how she has evolved as a coach moving from the Penn State, USA to London City Lionesses. Mel also describes what she thinks are the biggest differences between football in the USA and England, as well as giving advice to English players that aspire to attend an American College.
-
Understanding Peak Game Pace with Martin Evans & Lydia Bedford
What is Peak Game Pace
How do we use it to develop the physical performance of players
Why is it important to understand Peak Game Pace -
Talking about the menstrual cycle with Dawn Scott
We are joined by Dawn Scott (Senior Women's Physical Performance Manger at The FA), Abbie Sadler (Bristol City Women's Super League Academy Coach), and Dan Waldron (P.E Teacher and Grassroots U13 girls' football coach).
In this episode, Amy Price (FA Women's National Coach Developer) facilitates a conversation with Dawn, Abbie and Dan to discuss how the menstrual cycle can impact performance & wellbeing of female players. We discuss this from the point of view of performance, talent & grassroots settings.
Some of the topics discussed were:
-importance of building awareness of the menstrual cycle
-how coaches & players can be more confident in speaking about the menstrual cycle
-how the menstrual cycle can impact different people in different ways
-why better menstrual cycle management has the potential to impact player performance & well being
-what coaches may consider in their coaching practice to support menstrual cycle management -
Tom Hartley - Understanding the development of the female brain when coaching
Discussing the importance of understanding the differences between boys and girls when coaching
Podcast content:
White Matter : Integrating Information
Memory : Hippocampus Size
Intelligence : Verbal emotive functioning