The FA's Women's & Girls Coach Development Podcast

Mark Swales
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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.

Episodes

  1. Julie Chipchase & Paul McGuiness discussing scanning as a skill that needs to be taught!

    10/13/2021

    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

    55 min

  2. 09/07/2021

    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.

    48 min

  3. 03/24/2021

    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.

    39 min

  4. 02/05/2021

    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

    1h 10m

  5. 01/28/2021

    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

    51 min

  6. 11/16/2020

    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

    44 min

  7. 07/06/2020

    One touch Finishing - Kelsey Byrne (Women's National Coach Develop) & Joanne Williams (FA PE Unit & Watford Ladies FC)

    https://youtu.be/NeMNVFcubH8

    1h 1m

  8. 06/30/2020

    Charlie Baxter & Joe Sheehan (Ipswich Town Women) Discussing developing 1 v 1 Skills - Out of Possession

    An insight into how Charlie and Joe have worked with players to develop 1 v 1 defending skills and what they have learnt working across all age groups. Giving an insight into the technical and tactical needs of developing good 1 v 1 defenders across the pitch, pulling on experiences from last years WSL and FA Cup runs.

    56 min
  9. Understanding the transition from Grassroots coaching to RTC Coaching within the Women's & Girl's game

    06/22/2020

    Understanding the transition from Grassroots coaching to RTC Coaching within the Women's & Girl's game

    The podcast outlines fundamental challenges and experiences of RTC coaches and Technical Directors around developing young female players, drawing on their coaching experiences from grassroots and exploring how they developed over time through working within the RTC programme

    31 min
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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.

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