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Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Podcast

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 164 with Jenny Wilkes on how women's...

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2026/04/24

Jenny is the youngest of three daughters and remembers with great fondness how she was always playing sport with her Dad as a young girl.Very quickly Jenny found her way in football progressing from her local club side in the Tyne Valley to the Newcastle Utd FC Women's Academy to the England junior environment and then injury got in the way and she decided to move on from football. What she didn't expect was that cricket would be the sport that would fill the void and provide her with so much

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33:08

Episode 163 with Sab Muthusamy on how a lifelong love...

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2026/04/17

Sab has always been interested in cricket. He grew up playing in the back garden and went on to enjoy playing junior club cricket in North Wales before stepping into the senior ranks and remaining steadfast in his pursuit of success. To the present day and he has managed to move in to coaching the club U15s, captain the third team and at the same time start his first venture in to podcasts with Clean Bowled and launch a Men's Touring Team called Nomadic Kings. Learn more about your ad choices

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36:59

Episode 161 with Callum Jackson on how having started...

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2026/04/03

Callum went through all the junior CAG programmes with Sussex after which he was offered a first pro contract and represented England U19s alongside Ben Duckett and others. Callum then started to coach at high end academies in the UK and Abu Dhabi alongside which he worked as a qualified PT for high net worth clients in London and from these two experiences Callum formed the idea of NET. Soon after opening its doors for the first time he welcomed Jos Buttler to NET's premises and this got him

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34:29

Episode 160 with Dan Creasey on how a personal...

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2026/03/27

Dan openly admits he found cricket unexciting and dull up to the age of 14 but believes this helped him create the desire to do all he can to make the game more fun and entertaining through a coaching philosophy steeped in making the game competitive for boys and girls.Also he tells the story of how watching Hepmeyer bat for the West Indies gave him the idea of setting up Calypso Cricket which is a thriving cricket coaching business which Dan leads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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53:02

Episode 157 with Russell Perry on the changing face...

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2026/03/06

Russell brings 30+ years in coach development to this discussion in which he puts forward his view that the combination of the changing macro environment and ECB strategic priorities has seen a shift in coach development which he believes could well be impacting on cricket all the way up to and including the national team.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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40:00

Episode 156 with Ian Hawkins identity and performance...

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2026/02/27

Ian previously had a career in the corporate world in Australia but by his own admission it all felt a bit "mediocre" to him. He felt he could do more and provide more assistance to others so he started investing in his own knowledge and learning about coaching and this led to him starting his own business as a coach and sport found its way to be the central focus of his coaching work. Ian now coaches young athletes across many sports including cricket and he also hosts a pod called Sport is

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39:30

Episode 154 with Gio Calussi, batting performance...

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2026/02/13

Gio is from Cape Town and grew up playing cricket for Western Province CC where he also established their first academy which he ran for nearly 20 years before moving his focus online post covid. He is a massive believer in keeping things simple and has a three step process to helping batters improve:1. Mind, 2. Fundamentals, 3. Match Play In our talk Gio shares more detail behind this process including his SIMPLE model Set up to Score Intent Movement Plan Look and Learn Enjoyment Learn

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39:30

Episode 153 with Joe Lowe coach with New Era Training...

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2026/02/06

Joe grew up in Merseyside and idolised Shane Warne growing up. He made his club first team debut aged just 13 and by the age of 15 was being asked to coach junior cricketers at the club. After finishing sixth form college he went to Australia for a winter to play and coach and whilst there made the decision to move to London where he found a club who offered him the chance to play and coach. 10 years on he is still as keen as ever to push on and find an opportunity to play in the game

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40:27

Episode 150 with Richard Shorter the Non Perfect Dad...

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2026/01/16

Richard is a Baptist Minister, hockey coach, Motivational Interviewing expert and parent of three sporty children.He is interested in finding ways of helping athletes get more curious about their own performance and learning through non judgemental acknowledgement and asking more questions as opposed to jumping in to help straight away. This is a fascinating look in to an area that will be new to most cricket coaches but one worth investigating further for sure which I will will be doing. Learn

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36:39

Episode 147 with Marcus Smith on how he has taken the...

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2025/12/26

Marcus started playing cricket when as an 8 year old he was invited to the club where his Dad was junior coordinator and he just instantly fell in love with the game.He now plays first team club cricket and takes the lead on all matters relating to the re-build of the junior section starting with the thriving All Stars and Dynamos programmes. His vision is to see Woodbridge produce enough juniors to play senior cricket ten years from now and nothing is going to stop him achieving this goal. Learn

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31:48

Episode 146 with Luke McLaughlin on how an...

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2025/12/19

Luke grew up in a very sporty family and cricket was one of the sports he got introduced to very young.He played cricket at school and remembers coaches and teachers who encouraged him to have fun when it came to sport. Going to Uni he needed to find a placement opportunity to help him with his Spanish so reached out to a friend who knew someone at the MCC who put Luke in touch with someone at the Argentinian Cricket Association and before long Luke found himself in Buenos Aires working in

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57:02

Episode 145: Coaching across cricket, rugby, football...

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2025/12/12

A wonderful panel of guests representing the coaching and leadership community in Cricket (Dinesha Devnarain), Rowing (Cath Bishop), Football (Lewis Nightingale) and Rugby (Will Webster).We hear each of the guests views on the following three questions: 1. How is success measured as a coach in your sport? 2. Describe your greatest challenge as an athlete and compare that to your greatest challenge as a coach. 3. How much emphasis is there placed on Winning in your sport? Learn more about your

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40:49

Episode 144 with Dane Vilas on how an incredibly...

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2025/12/05

Dane is a massive believer in how the culture and environment you create as a coach directly links to how players perform and behave. He has seen this first hand good and not so good as a player and now wants to ensure he does all he can to create the best culture and environment for those players he coaches. He is also a great believer in a coach being a support role to players who leads by example from the front, so that means if a player needs you to be there to throw balls at 6am you are

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39:16

Episode 143 with Graeme West on how his first...

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2025/11/28

Graeme's first recollection of coaching in London was to a group of primary school kids on the fifth floor roof of a building in Hampstead!Fast forward a few years and he is coaching in the nets with Middlesex academy and chatting with Toby Radford and from this conversation an opportunity arises which Graeme takes with both hands which takes him and his family to the Caribbean for 7 years during which time he leads the West Indies U19s to World Cup success in Bangladesh. He now is Director of

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46:52

Episode 140 with Jon Purdey on how as Chair of local...

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2025/11/07

Jon has had a lifelong involvement in cricket culminating in becoming Chair of Eastbourne CC a year ago. One of his main goals for his first year in office was to get behind the ground breaking idea that Cricket District put to him which was about creating a cricket festival and league for state educated kids across the county of Sussex. In its first year this event has seen 50 children take part in a range of formats including pairs cricket, Hundred format and T20 and has been a great success

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Episode 138 with Tim de Leede how being asked to...

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2025/10/24

Tim loved the game of cricket from that first time he played as a six year old and took two catches in an U12s match. He very quickly got invited into the Netherlands junior programme and moved up to the full international team as a batter who was not afraid to hit the ball!Tim remembers the positive impact coach Nolan Clarke had on him from a young age and in particular the questions he was asked that helped him think about his game in a different way. Tim started coaching when his youngest son

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Episode 137: Three young friends discuss how The...

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2025/10/17

Three friends share their views on The Hundred and why they believe it is not the way forward for all youngsters who enjoy playing the game.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode 135 with Will Webster how a school rugby...

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2025/10/03

Will went to school with Jos Butler and like JB wanted to become a pro cricketer until aged 13 he got more involved with rugby. Fast forward to the age of 16 and his school rugby coach instilled the idea of considering coaching as a career plan which he has now been doing for over a decade already which has seen him coach in Africa and China.He now mentors other coaches in pro sports including cricket and finds it fascinating learning about the challenges they face day to day in their coaching

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40:31

Episode 133 with Andy Moles: how Bob Woolmer...

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2025/09/19

A remarkable story to listen to for so many reasons and yet ultimately as someone who still advocates the importance of having fun when coaching younger players having had a career as a county player before turning his attention to coaching first of all in SA and then on to numerous other countries around the cricketing globe.Andy now has a book out called Round the World in 40 years and if you are interested please email him on andymoles@rocketmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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51:08

Episode 132 with Jamie Lloyd: how Jamie's wife...

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2025/09/12

Jamie grew up in North Shore Auckland in New Zealand and got into cricket through friends at school although his first love was rugby!In those formative years he got to see and experience first hand the addictiveness of cricket, appreciate the camraderie and understand the spirit of cricket. He started coaching aged 17 but then after leaving school found himself detached from the game for what amounted to 13 years before Charlotte his now wife suggested he back involved and since then he has

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