In this episode I'm joined by Dr Andrew Abraham, head of subject in sport coaching and physical education at Leeds Beckett University. We discuss the tricky and perhaps over bracketed topic of ethics in coaching.

Issues discussed include:

- The need for coaching to evolve with ethics in its next stage of professionalisation

- Positively conceiving of ethical coaching practice beyond pure legality, for greater reflective conversation and development

- Ethical conundrums in the coaching role, and practical frameworks to consider decisions

- Question of centralised or localised ethical governance in coaching, and fair representation for coaches (do we need a coach's union?)

- Plus more!

DISCLAIMER: The views, thoughts, and opinions I express on the podcast are my own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of my employers. Similarly the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by my guests do not represent my own as the host. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only.

Music - Winter Legacy. The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi from White Records

In this episode I'm joined by Kevin Nicol, Manager of Mjøndalen who compete in Obos Ligaen, the second tier of the Norwegian football pyramid.

In this episode we discuss the connections between Kevin's lived experience of senior performance coaching and insights from a recent study Kevin published looking at Norwegian perspectives on competence support in football.

Topics discussed include:

- Structure in tactical planning and execution

- Player-coach closeness essential to setting up effective competence support

- Distinctions between structure and control (and whether semantics is getting in the way of being effective)

- Knowing what situations call for and acting through feel and experience

- Plus more!

Link to Kevin's paper:

Coaches’ Provision of Structure for Players’ Competence Development: Perspectives of Professional Soccer Coaches and Players in Norway in: International Sport Coaching Journal - Ahead of print DISCLAIMER: The views, thoughts, and opinions I express on the podcast are my own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of my employers. Similarly the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by my guests do not represent my own as the host. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only.

Music - Winter Legacy. The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi from White Records.

In this episode I chat with Matthew Watson, a coach and PhD researcher in Esport Coaching. We use our time together to explore and discuss the interesting, growing, but not overly dissimilar coaching domain of Esports.

Themes discussed include:

- Evolution of Esport coaching

- The Esport coaching process (as we know so far)

- What mainstream sport coaches can learn from Esport coaches, and vice versa.

- Future of Esport coaching practice and research

- Plus more!

Link to Matthew's paper: Introducing esports coaching to sport coaching (not as sport coaching): Sports Coaching Review: Vol 0, No 0 DISCLAIMER: The views, thoughts, and opinions I express on the podcast are my own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of my employers. Similarly the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by my guests do not represent my own as the host. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only.

Music - Winter Legacy. The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi from White Records.