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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 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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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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38:24

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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33:27

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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43:02

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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43:30

Episode 131 with Dean Headley on how important honest...

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2025/09/05

Dean comes from a famous cricket family background but that did not mean he was going to make it in the game. In fact as a youngster he was far more interested in football until he moved to RGS Worcester where he immersed himself in the cricket environment and excelled for the school and for his local club Old Hill CC. He was then offered a pro contract by Worcestershire at the age of 18 only to have that taken away aged 19 and was left feeling let down and angry. But everything happens for a reason

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37:22

Episode 129 with Nathan Scarff on how to develop your...

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2025/08/22

Nathan is very much a coach who is interested in making a positive difference to the person he coaches by adopting a personable, approachable and relaxed style. By his own admission Nathan has picked up learnings from different people along his journey and continues to do this currently. He is a big believer in bringing music into practice as he has seen the positive impact it has had with lifting the energy and atmosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode 128 with Chris Highton how important it is to...

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2025/08/15

Chris is someone who by his own admission has to pinch himself to recognise his achievements in the coaching world. Having had a number of set backs along the way and moments when he did not think he was going to make it, he picked himself up and kept on going and is now relishing the opportunity with Derbyshire CCC. In this episode Chris looks back on his time when he first started out coaching in primary schools and the time when he coached disabled cricketers as pivotal moments in his coaching

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34:31

Episode 127 with James Taylor, Founder of Community...

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2025/08/08

James grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and played cricket with his three brothers as a youngster and ended up going to play at his local club. He still loves the game as much today as when he first started playing but sees that money and time have become prohibitors to people to getting into the game and he wants to do something constructive to address this: hence starting Community Cricket Enterprise where the focus will be on shorter format matches for kids and adults, costs will be kept low,

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47:04

Episode 126 with Kevin Sharp: how learning how to...

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2025/08/01

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37:48

Episode 124 with Ben Crump: how to create and imbed a...

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2025/07/18

Ben coaches in the Dorset County Age Group Pathway and is also Head of Cricket at King's School Bruton where both boys and girls cricket is thriving. He sees that communication as a coach is vital in relation to players, parents and other coaches. He also adopts an honesty policy when communicating decisions relating to a player or providing feedback and in our chat explains how he does this.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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34:53

Episode 122 with Tom Pilkington who shows how having...

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2025/07/04

Tom is a second year undergraduate University student at the Uni of Worcester and yet he has already started his own cricket coaching company called Vortex; he has already worked in county age group coaching with Herefordshire; and he has already established a base from which he can coach 121 at a club. How has he done this? Simply put, Tom has achieved this by approaching decision makers and talking to them about what he can offer and how this will help others. This is no small thing and something

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48:37

Episode 121 when we go #global and connect with three...

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2025/06/27

In this episode we listen to Dinesha, Mike and Marty and what their underpinning coaching principles are, why they enjoy coaching so much and much more. It is fascinating to hear from three coaches who place high levels of importance on the human side of coaching and we hear things like heart-performance, emotional intelligence, mental wellbeing etcLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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