The icoachcricket Podcast

Coach Development @ England and Wales Cricket Board
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The official coaching and coach development podcast from the England and Wales Cricket Board sharing coaching stories from recreational to international cricket.

  1. Andrew Griffiths: Skilful, adaptable, problem solvers...

    JAN 6

    Andrew Griffiths: Skilful, adaptable, problem solvers...

    Andrew Griffiths is Head of Pathway Coaching at Somerset CCC. The club has a rich history developing youngsters into top level first class cricketers. How do they do it? Tim Dellor visited Taunton, where there's lots of work going on during the off season, to try and find out....

    27 min
  2. Caroline Foster: Connecting with players...

    12/23/2025

    Caroline Foster: Connecting with players...

    20 years ago Caroline Foster was opening the batting for England. 10 years ago she was doing the ECB level 4 coaching qualification.. Now she's one of the most respected coaches in the south west and working at a school in Taunton, with women's Hundred teams and in the boy's and girl's pathway. She's taken time out to talk to The icoachcricket Podcast about her work, her beliefs and how coaching is moving forwards....

    26 min
  3. Richard Johnson: It's very easy to coach people how you did it...

    12/09/2025

    Richard Johnson: It's very easy to coach people how you did it...

    Richard Johnson has been coaching for the last 18 years. After a very successful time playing for England, Somerset and Middlesex, he's been coaching bowlers at Surrey and Middlesex. He finished his role as Head Coach at Middlesex during last season. He's been telling Tim Dellor about what he looks for when coaching young seam bowlers, what he thinks will happen in the Ashes, and what it's like to be sacked from a high profile coaching role.

    25 min
  4. Ian Renshaw: Designing the environments...

    11/25/2025

    Ian Renshaw: Designing the environments...

    Ian Renshaw is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in skill adaptability and coaching. Based in Brisbane and dad of Australian batter Matt Renshaw, he's honed his skills coaching his son, researching at universities, and working around the world over 40 years. Ian has just released a book summarising his coaching beliefs. He's been sharing his thoughts on communication, constraints-led coaching and a whole range of other key issues.

    28 min
  5. Mark Garaway: The power of story telling...

    11/11/2025

    Mark Garaway: The power of story telling...

    Mark Garaway was part of Duncan Fletcher's coaching team exactly 20 years ago, when England Men's historic Ashes victory took place. He's since been working in county and school set ups, and he's been a busy contributor to the ECB Coach Development programmes. He met Tim Dellor at Millfield School, where he's Director of Cricket, to tell some stories about coaching over the years.

    25 min
  6. Kyle Hogg: I saw myself in some of those kids...

    10/28/2025

    Kyle Hogg: I saw myself in some of those kids...

    Kyle Hogg was a seam bowler for Lancashire, before retirement in 2014. Since then he's worked in the entertainment industry, and is now back in cricket. He had a spell coaching on the Lancashire Women's pathway, and now looks after the England Young Lions seamers. He's back in the spotlight as the lead coach on the hit TV show "Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams". He's been talking about that series, and what he's learned on his journey back into cricket and coaching.

    25 min
  7. Martin Dighton: We need to redefine what coaching is...

    07/29/2025

    Martin Dighton: We need to redefine what coaching is...

    Martin Dighton, Senior Coach Developer at UK Coaching, talks to The icoachcricket Podcast about communication skills, and the importance of listening. Martin explores noticing, observing players, and how building relationships and problem solving is central to good coaching. Amongst other ground covered, how coaches react to their players winning and losing, and the importance of mentors for coaches at all levels of experience, is attention grabbing.

    28 min
  8. Peter Sturgess: The power of play is disregarded at your peril...

    07/03/2025

    Peter Sturgess: The power of play is disregarded at your peril...

    Peter Sturgess is a foundation stage coaching guru in football having spent 17 years working at the FA. Based in Wigan, supports Walsall, set up the Derby County FC Centre of Excellence, and has worked in lots of other football environments. He has studied how best to accelerate the learning and development of young footballers, by modifying practices, and encouraging learning free from structure and organisation so often imposed by coaching systems.

    31 min
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The official coaching and coach development podcast from the England and Wales Cricket Board sharing coaching stories from recreational to international cricket.

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  • Creator
    Coach Development @ England and Wales Cricket Board
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © England and Wales Cricket Board
  • Show Website
    The icoachcricket Podcast

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