Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Podcast

Episode 191 with Monali Patel on how cricket shaped her and her career as a coach educator and developer for ICC in Canada

Aged fifteen it looked like cricket was turning its back on Monali only for an opportunity to arise out of the blue and from that moment onwards she has not looked back.

Episode 190 with Rob Jones on how his career as a pro cricketer has led to him wanting to give back to the game as a coach

Rob grew up with cricket from a very young age as far back as 3-4 years old taking a red cricket bat on holiday with his parents to Wales. Aged 10 he wrote on an A4 piec

Episode 189 with Marc Ellison on how a chat with another coach led Marc to finding a way to help others in the cricket club he was playing at in a better place

Marc first experienced coaching when he was appointed as the overseas pro aged 22 at Radcliffe CC in Notts coming over from New Zealand. He had been challenged to find a

Episode 188 with Neil Dutton on how the importance of a junior cricket coach being captain of the club fourth team helps with junior successioning into senior cricket

Neil was a late starter to cricket but is now one of those individuals in club cricket who never sees a day go past when he is not down at the club in some capacity. He

Episode 187 with Mariyaam Mirza on how a promising pursuit of tennis led to playing and coaching cricket....

Mariyaam grew up in Lahore where she enjoyed tennis and horse riding. She played gully cricket too but it wasnt until she came to the UK that she started playing club cri

Episode 186 with Matt Bremner on how playing led to coaching and how coaching led to founding NetCaptain

Matt played prem cricket in Victoria and then found coaching as a calling. He is now Head Coach of Fitzroy Doncaster CC who play prem cricket in Victoria and is also the

Episode 185 with Ollie Patmore on how much he loves coaching cricket at school, club and with his girlfriend

Ollie is a PE teacher who loves sport. Cricket is a real passion for him and he sees his coaching as a means to give back to the game that has given him so much. His coa

Episode 184 with Nicolas Whitelaw on how coaching has given him a different perspective on the game he has loved playing since the age of 6

Nicolas has played to a very high standard of cricket in South Africa (all the way to the SA Lions standard) and still plays Prem cricket now. He started coaching aged j

Episode 183 with Shaun Brown on how forty years of coaching has continued to fill him with passion for his craft

Shaun says coaching is not about qualifications: its about the positive difference you make with players and I would agree with him. Shaun has been making a positive dif

Episode 182 with Nik Badkundri on how he is aiming to make the mental side of cricket accessible to any player or coach or parent

Nik grew up in India playing cricket like most kids and now lives in Australia practising as a mental performance coach for cricketers, their coaches and parents. He fra

Episode 181 with Shaun Siegert on how three coaching principles defines how he coaches

Shaun has been coaching top players from around the globe for over two decades including the likes of Joe Root. In that time he has based his approach on stripping things

Episode 180 with Patrick William-Powlett on how he got involved with South Shields CC and helped them grow their junior membership

Patrick did not get involved with cricket until the age of 28 when he was asked to help make up the numbers for a second eleven match. However he was immediately taken in

Episode 179 with Johnny Roberts on how starting to play cricket for the first time aged 11 inspired him to get coaching by the age of 17 and start up his own coaching company aged just 21

Johnny is one of those coaches who just wants to make cricket accessible and affordable to everyone. Living in a part of the North East of England where affordability is

Episode 178 with Seb Connor on his experience of setting up his own coaching business which is all about giving skills to youngsters to help them become better individuals

Seb started working with Kira Chathli at Surrey on the women and girls' pathway and has made it his mission to help coach in this area of the game and so founded Next Lev

Episode 177 with Chris Morgan on the importance of successioning junior club cricketers into senior cricket as second eleven captain

Chris has been a player, coach, a scorer, a captain and now an umpire all at Ponteland CC in Northumberland. Over time he has coached and supported many junior cricketer

Episode 176 with Sam Heazlett on how being self aware from a young age has helped him play cricket professionally and forge a career as a coach too

Sam is by his own definition a reserved, quietly spoken and reflective individual but with strong motivation to get better as a person and a competitive determination to

Episode 175 with Samara Afzal on how a supportive Father allowed her to continue playing cricket when others said it was not allowed

Samara remembers playing cricket with her brothers growing up with great pleasure but if it had not been for her supportive Dad she may never have played cricket again an

Episode 174 with Andre Burger on how and why he set up Neuro Batting as a focus for his coaching in Australia

Andre originates from South Africa but has lived in Australia for a while where he played and has coached for a number of years. Over time he saw a gap in the market to s

Episode 173 with Darius and Daniel Joseph on how cricket has offered them so much in their lives already and how there is much more still to come

Darius and Daniel are 19 year old twin brothers from Barbados who have been brought up with cricket since the age of four. They have experienced schooling in the UK at Ki

Episode 172 with Darryl Rebbetts on how a love of the game combined with a desire to help create opportunities for kids to enjoy sport through education has shaped Darryl's life

Darryl loves the team and individual dynamics of cricket and has played since he was 10 years old. After finishing University and going into PE teaching he has found how