Explore every episode of the podcast Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Podcast

In this 100th episode of Coach 365, Ian Livingston (from the Premier League Cricket Show) steps in as host, flipping the script on Tom Jones. Ian congratulates Tom on the milestone, and Tom reflects on the podcast’s beginnings during lockdown when he started informal webinars about cricket. Encouraged to turn them into a podcast, Tom shares his gratitude for the journey and the support he's received along the way. This episode offers a quick look at how the podcast came to life and its growth to 100 episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan coaches boys and girls in school and in clubs. He sees that as a coach your role Is to provide a supportive environment, be inclusive, use positive psychology, and empower the people you support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From starting playing garden cricket with the family in Hertfordshire to meeting an English Turf farmer in Spain to creating the junior cricket strategic arm of European Cricket Network with local schools in Andalusia. Jay pinches himself when he looks back on his journey in cricket Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I will be chatting with guests from the world of junior cricket coaching. They could be from grassroots clubs, schools, district or county age group cricket in the UK and around the world and will all share the passion for helping develop the next generation of young cricketers. We will hear about their reasons for coaching, their challenges and rewards as well as their advice for those considering getting involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Played cricket for Lancs as a pro between the age of 18 and 26 but by his own admission didn’t really live up to his potential. Came away from the game and moved into business but reconnected to the game after becoming a Personal Trainer. Became immersed in finding out more and more about the craft of coaching and ended up leading the ECB Level 4 Coaching Qual. Always remember to ask yourself as a coach: What is my purpose today? Is it to help a player develop skills or confidence? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adnan will be known to many people already through his part in Andrew Flintoff’s tv series Field of Dreams. What people won’t know is how quickly he has immersed himself in the game and forged an ambition to make a career in the game since arriving in the UK from Afghanistan a little over three years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian is a head coach for Oxted and Limpsfield CC who has dedicated most of his adult life to the development of youngsters at the clubs he has worked at. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matty is a sixteen year old lad brought up in Hungary where he plays multiple sports including cricket. In this episode he tells us more about opportunities for cricket in Hungary in club and school as well as for the national team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Qasim is the current Head Coach of Cricket in Kuwait Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karl is a former professional cricketer who has found coaching as his full time career after retiring. He is a massive believer in keeping the coaching of kids as unstructured as possible and keeping fun at the centre of every session. His goal now is to help kids want to continue to play cricket beyond school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will is still only 20 years of age but aged 11 he went on a cricket tour to Sri Lanka and came up with the idea of starting a charity whose purpose was to provide clothing and equipment to cricketers overseas who had nothing. In this episode we hear how the charity has grown and developed since then and what is in the pipeline for the future with Will very much at the helm as CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris is club junior coordinator at North Weald CC. Through his early involvement in coaching kids at the club he saw himself forging a career in teaching which he now does. Chris is very grateful to Bob Wood for his mentorship and stresses the importance of the kids having fun and enjoying themselves when they practise. Seeing the look on their faces when they enjoy their cricket is the thing that makes all the investment in time so worth it. Chris’s coaching mantra is all about: Dealing with the cause not the symptom Have a lot of patience Ask good questions Intuition Keep things simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sara is by her own admission not very outgoing and quite shy. In cricket she found a safe place to be herself and for it to become her second home. As she became more involved in coaching she realised how cricket helps interaction between boys and girls and she has done so much to use cricket to help people’s communities for the better and to help other women to take on a coaching role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie is the leading run scorer in Dunstall CC’s club history and a genuine club cricket legend. As a youngster he aspired to play professionally and although never quite releasing this dream he has always prided himself on trying his hardest to be the best version of himself on and off the pitch. He now advocates this as a central part of his coaching philosophy with all the kids he coaches Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Liam is the Head Coach of Brazil Cricket Women’s team and still pinches himself when he wakes up each morning and reflects on this. When he looks back at his cricket coaching journey which started back at a university he still finds it amazing how the game has taken him to South America to be one of the key stakeholders in helping the game grow and in doing so create so much good for the community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris is Chairman of cricket and second team captain at Adwalton Cricket and Athletics Club in Yorkshire. He sees his role as being a custodian of the game and in this episode he describes how he goes about creating a safe place for kids to play and developing an environment where they feel at home. We also hear about the loan system in place in the cricket league system around Adwalton which enables clubs to work together to enable players to play more cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amy is the Mum of two cricket mad sons who play 4-5 times a week in the Summer. In this episode Amy gives us an insight into her world of how she manages her time and balances everything at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan has undertaken the role of club junior coordinator and in doing so has taken it upon himself to develop a culture that prioritised togetherness and community. A definite must listen for all club cricket junior coaches and coordinators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 76 with Asif Mujtaba. How Asif having reached the top of the game in representing his country Pakistan found the love of coaching and after loving to USA got immersed in coaching the youth of Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Graham started his career in accountancy but after ten years felt the need for a change. Ten years on he is working in Further Education and helping young adults with their cricket and their career options as well as coaching juniors in a local club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to start your cricket journey in Brazil and see how far reaching the sport is in providing education and sport to many who previously had neither Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dom is in his GCSE year at Charterhouse School and is part of then Sussex County Age Group Pathway. It is fascinating to hear his thoughts on what drives him to become better as a youngster who plays school, county and club cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jenny Thompson is driven by the purpose of sharing stories about women in society and through cricket. This has inspired her to travel the world starting with the 54 countries that have an ICC ranking for women’s cricket. What she has witnessed and observed first hand are amazing examples of people introducing cricket to kids where before they had nothing and in this episode we hear some wonderful examples of this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Itai is such a wonderful role model for young cricketers under his care. He sees cricket as much more than a game in which you bat and bowl. He understands the importance of enabling kids to have fun through playing sport and goes far beyond this to show them the important life skills it teaches kids as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Growing up in Scotland was not the environment conducive to following a passion for cricket and yet it was for Barry. In fact he used this as inspiration for setting up a cricket club where there had never been one before. Listen more to Barry’s fascinating story in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ross grew up in Zimbabwe and played cricket at school from the age of five. The education system in the mid 1990s prioritised sport from junior school through high school and presented so many wonderful experiences for youngsters like Ross to develop a passion for sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Henry is a coach with a great breadth of experience in Australia and the Uk who is motivated by the aim to positively influence a young person’s life through the medium of cricket. In this episode he talks about the challenges faced by remote small rural towns in New South Wales re getting more kids into cricket and compares this to his experiences in the UK to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yusuf is a people developer and a leader with a great heart. In his time as a cricket coach developer he has helped hundreds of people build that inner belief that they can make a positive difference to others as he sees something in them that they don’t see themselves. A really uplifting conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Curtin is the CEO of The Lord’s Taverners and is passionate about demonstrating the inclusiveness of cricket through the community programmes the Charity delivers across the country. He acknowledges the challenges that the charity faces but sees that the way forward is through purposeful collaboration and a commitment to change organisational culture in a positive way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Darren is a self- confessed cricket lover who plays, umpires, analyses and coaches the game. He has a real passion for helping others enjoy the game as much as he does and a real instinct for seeing skill and ability in everyone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In his final talk with me Chad runs through his reflections of all the key component parts of his strategy to grow Ealing CC Junior Cricket Section. He shares what went well and what didn’t across a number of different projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tanvir Ahmed has an amazing story to tell about how he began with supporting 3 kids in his local club in 2015 to now where he oversees a junior section that caters for 150+ U7-19s. Not only this but he has also recruited 13 qualified coaches from his junior and senior sections to help deliver the sessions needed to coach all these kids. Enjoy the listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shrikant Wagh is a former first class professional cricketer from India who came from a very small town and worked his way into the system using his left arm bowling and left handed batting to help him stand out from the crowd. He used the experience of not getting selected for his age group when most of his friends did as a motivator for him to prove he could do it and went on to represent his state for 10+ years. He now coaches club juniors in Yorkshire and brings his experiences from India into his balanced coaching and mentoring style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben is a development and coaching officer with Cheshire Cricket Board and is involved with their Emerging Players Programme as well as leading on their U11s pathway. In this episode Ben shares his views on what is important for the development of players from the earliest stage through to pre academy level and packs a vast amount of personal and professional insight into our talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chad provides us with a number of key themes which he implemented with great success in his time at Ealing CC as Director of Cricket to help junior cricket thrive and grow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sophie had her first experience of cricket aged 11 in school when Chris from Cheshire Cricket Board came and delivered some sessions. She was so inspired by this that she took up playing cricket in the county system which she is still involved in today. Having epilepsy she plays in the county disability squad and has made progress not just in terms of her own playing ability but also in terms of friends and personal ambitions to forge a career in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yohan gives us an insight into how he fell in love with the game from a very young age but struggled when Covid brought a stop to all sport. Then through an opportunity to play and coach in the Uk he rediscovered his love for the game again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chad is a former first class cricketer turned coach and cricket consultant. He is also the founder of Playup.coach. In this episode he talks through his approach to taking on the role of Club Director of Cricket at Ealing CC and all the areas he looked to move on and improve with an eye for detail and a leadership style of engagement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris is now Head of Talent Pathway at Lancashire and has a wealth of experience behind him within the game at recreational, England men’s and women’s levels. His approach is to tailor his coaching to suit the individual player and challenge in a constructive way to help the player find out more about their “why” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hutch has just been appointed Interim Director of Cricket with Jersey Cricket but much of his experience and time as a coach has been in the support of junior cricketers. He has a simple but focused coaching philosophy of combining learning with enjoyment and has a very high team ethic as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Surinder’s role as UK fan ambassador for the IPL’s Punjab Kings means he will be in India for the IPL when this gets released. However Surinder speaks so eloquently about the challenges of accessibility in the game and how programmes like the Lords Taverners Wicketz are so important in helping people gain access to the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2015 saw the banks of the river Tyne overflow and completely flood the outfield and pavilion at Corbridge CC in Northumberland. Over a two year period members of the club worked together to fight back and create a new beginning for the club which focused around premises, people and purpose. This is a brilliant example of how people working together in the aftermath of adversity can produce something to be proud of for generations to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lewis is a former first class cricketer now turned mindset and mental performance coach. Having had a dream by the age of 14 to become a pro cricketer he has learned much along his journey to date including the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people and immerse yourself in a positive environment. He speaks openly about the health condition he was born with as well as his anxiety and how by coming to terns with both by using them as a motivator for pushing himself forwards he has made so much of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlie is a County Age Group Coach with Cornwall and a junior club coach at Weybridge CC. He discovered his love for coaching aged 16 and feels he is continually learning his craft and sees coaching as a privilege to help people feel good about themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jimmy is former captain of the West Indies and currently part of the coaching team who is helping plant the seed of progress with the current Test Team Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ty has over 25 years of coaching experience behind him and an enthusiasm to enhance and develop the next generation of cricketers that is second to none. His coaching business All Round Cricket Coaching has expanded over the years to include residential and festivals as well as camps and winter training programmes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julian has been coaching for several decades already but is not afraid to still learn and this is how the story behind the creation of Runmaka came about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris is the lead disability coach with Cheshire Cricket Board and also the current England Learning Disability Cricket Captain. In our chat he reflects on his time as a coach from when he first started getting involved at his local club as a 14 year old to now where he is the go to senior coach in the region for all matters relating to disability cricket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lee has over 25 years experience in coaching and yet feels as though he is only just starting his understanding of what’s involved! He coaches junior cricketers at his local club as well as being involved with England at U15-19 ages. One of the many golden nuggets he shares with us is that coaching is all about “raising awareness and giving them responsibility” 👏👏👏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom started his coaching half his life ago aged 18. He has learned lots about himself as well as coaching since then and in this episode chats about the art of coaching, his coaching fundamentals and communicating with parents as well as how he has forged ahead with his coaching business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices