Our UK Coaching 2023 Finalist podcast focuses on Junior Cricket Coaching and in it we hear from people who share a passion for developing the next generation of young cricketers. We will have guests from grassroots clubs, schools, district and county age group junior cricket. There will be guests who specialise in a certain age group, boys or girls, batting coaches, bowling, keeping, leadership, psychologists, parents, junior coordinators and many more.
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Our UK Coaching 2023 Finalist podcast focuses on Junior Cricket Coaching and in it we hear from people who share a passion for developing the next generation of young cricketers. We will have guests from grassroots clubs, schools, district and county age group junior cricket. There will be guests who specialise in a certain age group, boys or girls, batting coaches, bowling, keeping, leadership, psychologists, parents, junior coordinators and many more.
Adi's first experience of coaching was in south African townships in 1986 where he wasn't a very popular figure simply because he was white.
Post Mandela's release he got involved in coaching the Eastern Province youth from U13-18 and from there got into coaching at the top level of the game.
He is from farming background and never played first class cricket so uses his love of the land and wildlife to help him create messages and build themes fit for purpose in cementing team values, develop togetherness and address challenges and has never looked back.
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Jon has had a lifelong involvement in cricket culminating in becoming Chair of Eastbourne CC a year ago. One of his main goals for his first year in office was to get behind the ground breaking idea that Cricket District put to him which was about creating a cricket festival and league for state educated kids across the county of Sussex. In its first year this event has seen 50 children take part in a range of formats including pairs cricket, Hundred format and T20 and has been a great success.
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Tim loved the game of cricket from that first time he played as a six year old and took two catches in an U12s match. He very quickly got invited into the Netherlands junior programme and moved up to the full international team as a batter who was not afraid to hit the ball!
Tim remembers the positive impact coach Nolan Clarke had on him from a young age and in particular the questions he was asked that helped him think about his game in a different way.
Tim started coaching when his youngest son showed an interest and he has never looked back since then.
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Three friends share their views on The Hundred and why they believe it is not the way forward for all youngsters who enjoy playing the game.
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Mollie began her interest in cricket as a fan in the crowd at Headingley and Scarborough. Quickly this all changed as she was invited to a junior cricket academy and over that Winter she properly fell in love with the game.
After being coached so positively she finds herself on a journey into the Yorkshire CCC junior age groups and from there to Chance to Shine where she coached for the first time and fell in love with it.
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Will went to school with Jos Butler and like JB wanted to become a pro cricketer until aged 13 he got more involved with rugby. Fast forward to the age of 16 and his school rugby coach instilled the idea of considering coaching as a career plan which he has now been doing for over a decade already which has seen him coach in Africa and China.
He now mentors other coaches in pro sports including cricket and finds it fascinating learning about the challenges they face day to day in their coaching environments many of which are similar regardless of the sport or level at which they are coaching.
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This is a first for the podcast series as I chat with a high level coach from football to hear his story and find out the challenges he faces and the values he holds dear when it comes to supporting young players in the game.
This is a great episode to listen to for all those recreational club cricket coaches many of whom will also coach other sports including football.
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A remarkable story to listen to for so many reasons and yet ultimately as someone who still advocates the importance of having fun when coaching younger players having had a career as a county player before turning his attention to coaching first of all in SA and then on to numerous other countries around the cricketing globe.
Andy now has a book out called Round the World in 40 years and if you are interested please email him on andymoles@rocketmail.com
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Jamie grew up in North Shore Auckland in New Zealand and got into cricket through friends at school although his first love was rugby!
In those formative years he got to see and experience first hand the addictiveness of cricket, appreciate the camraderie and understand the spirit of cricket.
He started coaching aged 17 but then after leaving school found himself detached from the game for what amounted to 13 years before Charlotte his now wife suggested he back involved and since then he has never looked back although they now live in NYC USA and have three children of their own.
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Dean comes from a famous cricket family background but that did not mean he was going to make it in the game. In fact as a youngster he was far more interested in football until he moved to RGS Worcester where he immersed himself in the cricket environment and excelled for the school and for his local club Old Hill CC. He was then offered a pro contract by Worcestershire at the age of 18 only to have that taken away aged 19 and was left feeling let down and angry. But everything happens for a reason and within a year he was offered a club contract in Staffs where he had a tremendous season and this got the attention of other counties whereupon Dean was offered a contract at Middlesex.
Since hanging up his playing boots Dean spent 10 years in sales and since then has been in schools as a lead coach at Stamford and Blundell where he has learned much about himself as a coach as well as much about coaching youngsters of all abilities. He has seen how his dry sense of humour is perceived differently by certain individuals and how mentoring is something he really enjoys.
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Chris shares loads of important soundbites including the importance of developing your ability to solve problems as a cricketer eg where and how to score a single and rotate the strike.
He stresses the importance of knowing your audience as a coach and teacher and being able to adapt your approach according to their needs.
He also shares this simple yet powerful coaching mantra:
"Coach bowlers from the feet up + coach batters from the head down"
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Nathan is very much a coach who is interested in making a positive difference to the person he coaches by adopting a personable, approachable and relaxed style. By his own admission Nathan has picked up learnings from different people along his journey and continues to do this currently. He is a big believer in bringing music into practice as he has seen the positive impact it has had with lifting the energy and atmosphere.
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Chris is someone who by his own admission has to pinch himself to recognise his achievements in the coaching world. Having had a number of set backs along the way and moments when he did not think he was going to make it, he picked himself up and kept on going and is now relishing the opportunity with Derbyshire CCC.
In this episode Chris looks back on his time when he first started out coaching in primary schools and the time when he coached disabled cricketers as pivotal moments in his coaching journey.
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James grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and played cricket with his three brothers as a youngster and ended up going to play at his local club. He still loves the game as much today as when he first started playing but sees that money and time have become prohibitors to people to getting into the game and he wants to do something constructive to address this: hence starting Community Cricket Enterprise where the focus will be on shorter format matches for kids and adults, costs will be kept low, coaching approaches will use the likes of baseball to help kids learn to hit powerfully and in control, and where the importance of human interaction and connections will be central to it. Want to find out more, please listen to this episode.
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From the age of seven Stevie had a poster on his bedroom wall saying he wanted to play cricket for Scotland and by the age of 20 he realised this dream when he represented Scotland 4 times before dislocating his shoulder and struggling with his fitness thereafter.
He studied Sports Science at University and went on to do a Masters in Performance Psych seeking the applied aspect of it and as a coach he looks to help take pressure off players, help them enjoy the game, express themselves and focus on a process to keep themselves grounded and in a bubble.
As a coach he is very keen to help people achieve their goals, achieve their potential and be involved along the way in their journey.
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Ben coaches in the Dorset County Age Group Pathway and is also Head of Cricket at King's School Bruton where both boys and girls cricket is thriving. He sees that communication as a coach is vital in relation to players, parents and other coaches. He also adopts an honesty policy when communicating decisions relating to a player or providing feedback and in our chat explains how he does this.
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Madeleine first got involved with her local cricket club as a parent when her 7 year old son expressed an interest in playing. 30 years on she is Chair of a very successful junior section and in her time in this role has overseen and led on decisions which have considerably moved the junior section of the club forwards.
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Tom is a second year undergraduate University student at the Uni of Worcester and yet he has already started his own cricket coaching company called Vortex; he has already worked in county age group coaching with Herefordshire; and he has already established a base from which he can coach 121 at a club. How has he done this? Simply put, Tom has achieved this by approaching decision makers and talking to them about what he can offer and how this will help others. This is no small thing and something that will set him up well for the future the next chapter of which sees him about to go off to New Zealand to coach.
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