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In this conversation with Director of Football at Al Balad FC, Alejandro Sanchez, we explore Alex's long and interesting CV from coaching in different countries to creating a master's degree programme with Real Madrid FC, and discuss lessons and philosophy Alex has learned in career development and progression.

Takeaways

• Mental problems arise from unbalanced internal and external narratives across careers.
• Recognizing the narrative function of the brain is essential for mental health.
• Having multiple skills and interdisciplinary knowledge drives effectiveness and builds opportunity
• Travelling to open a closed mind is not effective; open mindedness is a mindset coaches must cultivate first, then travel to make the most of opportunities.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Career Aspirations

06:00 Coaching Journey and Development

08:37 Transitioning to International Coaching

11:33 The Importance of Sports Science in Coaching

14:08 Integrating Psychology and Coaching

17:15 Adapting to the Coaching Industry

19:56 Lessons from the Fitness Industry

22:58 Creating a Personal Narrative

25:50 The Role of Ego in Coaching

28:27 Personal Development and Mindfulness

36:47 Navigating the Tension Between Passion and Profit

44:37 Evolving from Coach to Leader

56:37 The Importance of Patience in Career Development

01:07:14 Empowering Others: The Role of a Head Coach

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Craig Clark - Breaking through in senior coaching

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This conversation with Dr Andrew Kirkland from the University of Stirling delves into how individuals cope with life's challenges based on their sense of coherence, offering a paradigm shift towards a health based approach to coaching and nurturing talent.

Takeaways

• Coping mechanisms are essential for navigating life's challenges.
• Sense of coherence is a framework for understanding resilience.
• Salutogenic perspective focuses coaches' attention towards the origins of good athlete health
• Understanding our athletes' challenges can help coaches nurture their development.
• Coping is a dynamic process that can change over time.
• A biopsychosocial lens is key to holistic coaching
• Coaches shouldn't think only about what an athlete lacks, but also what they can do and what qualities they do possess due to their life course, and build from there

Chapters

01:56 Introduction to Solutogenic Talent Development

10:23 Understanding Stress and Coping Mechanisms

14:09 The Importance of Meaningfulness in Performance

18:24 Life Course Perspective in Talent Development

22:08 Community-Based Models in Sports

26:37 Strength-Based Approaches in Coaching

39:53 Harnessing Leadership in Challenging Environments

45:31 Motivation and Performance in Sports

51:23 Balancing Sport and Life

56:04 Building Social Connections in Coaching

01:01:08 Expectations and Accountability in Coaching

01:05:31 Influencing Life Courses Through Coaching

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In this conversation with Head of Competitor Development at Motorsport UK, Tom Hartley, we delve into the benefits of exposing coaches to different coaching environments to enhance their understanding and effectiveness, based on Tom's insights of moving across to Motorsport from football.

Takeaways

• Coaches benefit from experiencing different coaching environments.
• Coaches, and sports, need disruptors in the form of alien voices and ways of working
• Failing to filter out noise in alien sporting environments can distract coaches from key transferable insights.
• Sports move at different evolutionary rates, but past approaches shouldn't always be forgotten or abandoned
• Exploratory frameworks can help coaches focus on relevant information when on a coaching 'exchange'.
• Coaches need to train themselves on how to learn from different sports and perspectives
• Changing sports as a coach is possible

Chapters

00:00 Transitioning Between Sports: A Coach's Journey

10:06 The Importance of Intentionality in Coaching

15:45 Shared Learning Across Contexts

21:34 Emotional Intelligence in Coaching

26:58 Exploring Flow and Performance in Sports

39:00 The Evolution of Instruction in Motorsport

46:52 The Time Traveler's Perspective in Coaching

57:15 Overcoming Barriers to Learning as a Coach

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Russell Earnshaw - Entrepreneurship in sport coaching

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