Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Podcast

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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.

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Episode 63: How to overcome the setback of not getting selected when your friends do & keep going

May 17 2024 27 mins  
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

Episode 62: How to develop young cricketers with Ben Tomlinson

May 10 2024 43 mins  
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.

Episode 61 How to Grow Your Club Junior Cricket Section with Chad Barrett

May 03 2024 47 mins  
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

Episode 60. How to rediscover your love for the game through coaching with Yohan Mendis

Apr 26 2024 23 mins  
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

Episode 59 How to approach the role of Club Director of Cricket with Chad Barrett

Apr 19 2024 47 mins  
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

Episode 58. How to help a player find out more about their Why with Chris Benbow

Apr 12 2024 35 mins  
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”

Episode 57. How to combine learning with enjoyment as your key coaching drivers with Paul Hutchison

Apr 05 2024 36 mins  
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.

Episode 56. How to embrace accessibility to the game of cricket with Surinder Singh

Mar 28 2024 30 mins  
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.

Episode 55. How Corbridge CC fought back after the River Tyne flooded its ground and pavilion

Mar 22 2024 62 mins  
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

Episode 54. How to surround yourself with positive people and learn from them with Lewis Hatchett

Mar 15 2024 51 mins  
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