Welcome back to the believe move grow podcast!  I am back with a great episode from a guest I’ve been looking forward to chatting to for some time!  Today’s episodes theme will explore the notion of play and creativity in young people.  There are many, many coaches but how do you coach to inspire and motivate?  To answer this question, I invited along Richard Cheetham MBE, who is a Senior Fellow in Sports Coaching at the University of Winchester.  Richard has developed a strong reputation on creative thinking and innovation within coach education and development and a real passion for the power of play.    In todays, conversation with Richard, we discussed how coaching is a process of letting go, how you can write  a story together without losing sight of the end goal, the power of co-creation in coaching, how creativity is a mind set free and much more!  So without further ado please enjoy my conversation with Richard Cheetham.

Resources

Twitter Richard: @twowheelprof

Richard website: Richard Cheetham MBE – Leading Coach Educator and Consultant

YouTube video: National Games Development Conference 2019 - Richard Cheetham

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Hi everyone and welcome back to the Believe Move Grow podcast. I’ve been on a mini hiatus but I’m back with a cracker of an episode!  Today’s episode is centred around the notion of teenage athletes’ mental fitness.  This is a timely episode with the increased prevalence of high-profile athletes opening about their mental health struggles.  I think it is key that those involved in a young athlete’s journey, including the athlete themselves, have an awareness of the importance to train the mind as well as the body.  My guest today is Josie Perry who is a Chartered Psychologist. Josie works with those in sport, on the stage and in business.  I invited Josie along to chat about her fantastic book ‘I Can: The Teenage Athletes Guide to Mental Fitness’.  In my conversation with Josie, we discussed how Josie prioritises wellbeing first and performance second, her personal experience with PE, self-identify in a youth athlete and the importance of young athletes being confident to ask questions. So, without further ado please enjoy my conversation with Josie Perry. 

Resources:

Josie Perry Twitter @Josephineperry  

Josie’s website: Performance In Mind

Josie’s book:I Can: The Teenage Athlete’s Guide to Mental Fitness

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Hi everyone and thanks for taking the time to join me today! Today’s topic is all about emotional regulation in youth academy football.   To highlight the degree of complexity in this area, I have pinched a quote from my guests PhD, from the influential scientist James Gross, which reads “The ambitious study of emotion has been described as trying to catch butterflies, only harder”. So, If you work with adolescents, or have adolescent children, then you will undoubtedly have encountered a pupil, athlete, son or daughter who is navigating  through this tumultuous time of emotional challenges.  The question is how do we mange these challenges and why do they occur in the first place? To answer these questions, my guest today is Dr Philippa McGregor, who is a performance psychology consultant, who has worked with youth players at Fulham FC, Man city FC and currently works with the U17 England Football Women’s team. Philippa wrote a great PhD titled ‘The development, implementation and evaluation of an emotion focussed intervention in youth academy football’.  In my conversation with Philippa, we discussed how well-being and performance are intertwined, focussing on the person first and foremost,  normalising emotional experiences and the emotional, cognitive and social challenges during the 3 stages of adolescence. I really hope you gain some nuggets from our conversation so without further ado please welcome Dr Philippa McGregor.  

Resources

Philippa McGregor twitter: @Philippa1606

Philippa's PhD:  The development, implementation and evaluation of an emotion-focused intervention in youth academy football (lboro.ac.uk)

Message in a bottle – life is a journey and full of highs and lows, embrace the ride, no limits on what you can achieve except the limits your put on yourself  

Once again thank you for taking the time to listen. If you enjoyed todays conversation, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes as well as sharing with a friend or colleague who you think would benefit from the episode. It’s been great to hang out with you today and as always keep believing, moving, and growing!   

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