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The Sports Initiative Podcast — 223 episodes

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222 - Justin Richards - The death of number 9

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221- Mark O'Neill - The history and future of football ownership

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220 - Chris Oliver - Connect with players by playing the game

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219 - Ross Jackson - How the Brazilian culture creates football magicians

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218 - Mikey Harris - Understanding 'Kairos Time' for young athletes

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217 - Mark Cascio - How decision making is like poker

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216 - Matt Weston - The mind of a gold medalist

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215 - Cody Alexander - How to breakdown NFL Defence

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214 - Nick Shedd - Preparing the Boston Red Sox for a 162 season before the playoffs

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213 - Marcus Daws - Coaching mavericks

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212 - Sarah Leslie - The MDT behind Olympic Champions

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211 - Mark Hopley - Coaching chaos in preparation for first team rugby.

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210 - Alex Cattini - Life at London's top football academies

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209 - Laura Turner-Alleyne - The world of International Sprinting

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208 - Michael Jagacki - Breaking down NBA defenses

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207 - Tim Stegmann - How Xabi Alonso changed the game with Leverkusen

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206 - Craig Thompson - How to travel down a track at 80mph

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205 - Keiron Conway - Why 1v1 dribblers should play in defence.

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204 - Simon Letchford - How to create open and honest feedback

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203 - Amy Shelley - Researching for the RFU

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202 - Robin Taylor - How do sibling's effect talent pathway's

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201 - Des Ryan - How do Arsenal physically develop their players

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200th Special - Best bits from the last 100 episodes

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199 - Dr Simon Moore - If we want players to be consistent, why don't we praise them when they are?

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198 - Dan Howells - How to cut from the nonsense in Strength and Conditioning delivery

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197 - Ray Power - Trying to teach street footballers the 11v11 game

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196 - Hisashi Kuwahara - In Japan players find there own way to training at 13

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195 - Charlie McCall - The balancing act between performance and wellbeing

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194 - Danny Maye - The importance of coaching behaviours

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193 - Ben Lucas - Navigating the world of Pre-Academy football

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192 - Steve Peters - How does neurology effect the CLA

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191 - Steve Peters - Why movement is key to neurology

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190 - Dre Baldwin - How your mindset can be key to success

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189 - Dallas Mix - 'Harnessing' Olympic climbers

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188 - Dave Love - NBA shooting coach

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187 - Martyn Rothwell - How to effectively work in Interdisciplinary team

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186 - Jacob King - Why ineffective coaching kills talent

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185 - George Ross - How to create a syllabus for the brilliant basics

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184 - Dr Alice Hunter - How to effectively question for improved decision making

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183 - Chris McCosker - The misconceptions of skill acquisition

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182 - Mike Avery - Why being player centric is at the heart of Fort Wayne FC

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181 - Ben Chase - How NIL will change the game in collegiate sports

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180 - Daniel Sellitti -How Puerto Rico plan success on the biggest stage!

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179 - Eric Fawcett - Pattern recognition in Elite Basketball

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178 - Rob Simpson - Athletes can't be treated like robots

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177 - Tim Baghurst - Coach education in the US

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176 - Stuart Morgan - How to manage Ryder Cup Nerves

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175 - Mark Bennett - How does culture effect performance?

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174 - My Diary - Coach educating in Thailand on Carabao's Coach the Coaches Programme

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173 - Gary McDermott - Navigating the IDP blizzard

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172 - Scott Parkinson - The difference between the good and the elite is ....

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171 - Brian Slugocki - Do NHL players work on their strengths or weaknesses?

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170 - Karl Sanderg - Diaries of a Sporting Director

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169 - Darren Warner - How do you create problem solvers ready for the Olympics

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168 - Olly Logan - 'Embracing the arena' Preparing Swimmers for the Paris 2024 Olympics

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167 - Alex Odowd - The utilisation of position specific training

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166 - Stuart McClaren - Preparing players for the Old Firm

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The exciting future of the Sports Initiative

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165 - Dr Adam Kelly - There are multiple ways to address RAE both in and outside of development pathways

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164 - Greame Mathie - The best performing environments I have been in have an edge!

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163 - Kevin Mannion - Andy Farrell and co created a culture and pathway that resonated with fans

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162 - Andrew Cresci - You fail more than you win in baseball

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161 - David Garcia - In Spain they link the technical and tactical together constantly

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160 - Dave Whitmore - It's important to challenge the captains so the understand what good looks like

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159 - Ian Costello 'The Munster Way' creating the future of Irish Rugby

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158 - Steve Thompson - The introduction of Velocity Based Training in S+C

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157- Greg Revak - Rotating and the power positionless hockey

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156 - Paul Felton - How international cricket is developing the next Jimmy Anderson

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155 - Brenton Del Chairo - Creating adaptable athletes is the key to success

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154 - Wayne Goldsmith -'Commitment is an athletes decision to choose the hard over easy consistently'

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153 - Cody Royle - Breaking the coaching mold

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152 - David Tenney - From Seattle to Austin via the NBA

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151 - Philip O'Callaghan - How you get the variety in repetition

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150 - John Pascarella - Sir Alex Ferguson and observing from a distance

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149 - Nick Scott - Developing rugby from the countryside of England to coast of Italy

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148 - Richard Cheetham - Encouraging kids to play their own way

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147 - Alan Murdoch - The preparation of your Ferrari type athletes

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146 - Dr Zoe Wimshurt (part 2) - Why shouting scan probably does not help players take in information

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145 - Dr Zoe Wimshurt (part 1) - Why sight may an underutilised skill

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144 - Jorge Couto Reis - The Porto way - understanding the methodology of European giants

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143 - Fabrizio Piccareta - From Inter to Sunderland, the life of a football coach

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142 -Alex Porter - 'Players with self awareness understand themselves, their limitations and strengths'

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141 - Jim Haverstrom - Using constrained competition to support players in their Ice Hockey development

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140 - Jamie Taylor - Why context is key and his work with Leicester Tigers and Wasps

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Trystan Bevan - The aura of Jonah Lomu and Sam Warburton shows you mean business

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Fraser Stewart - Why 2 good goalkeepers can be better than 1

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Damian McGrath - Why the brilliant basics are so important to Leicester Tigers and Leeds Rhinos

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Joe Baker - The Tyranny of talent

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Charles Ruiz - From the pitching mound to the boardroom

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Amy Price - Video game design in a sports coaching

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Chris Pipe - The cat between the posts - Developing the modern goalkeeper

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Lauren Ammon - Challenging and supporting the individual athlete

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Dr Anna Stodter - Critiquing formal coach education

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Richard Shorter - How clubs, players and parents can work together in harmony

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Phil Relf - Developing the next Ashes match winners

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Tadhg Leader - From Professional rugby to American Football kicker

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Aaron Gershenfeld - Creating defensive demons ready for the MLB show

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Karl Marius Askum - Visual perception within football

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Michal Pujdak - Developing players ready for Elland Road

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Tony Casella - Finding and nurturing the next NBA star

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Kevin Mulcahy - Early elitism vs prolonged sporting participation

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Stuart Wilkinson - 'The All-black culture is the greatest trophy they have ever won'

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Jasmine Baba - Analysing German football

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David Sharkey - The power of storytelling in sport

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Jenny Coe - Preparing West Ham to perform

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Alex Auerbach - Developing the minds of Toronto Raptors

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Adam Commens

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Tom Brown

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Oliver Gage

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Duane Allen

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Tony Miller

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Kris Goodman

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Carlon Carpenter

114

Warren Abrahams

115

Andy Halliday

116

Dr Alex Lascu

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Jordan Gardner

118

Cameron Campbell

119

Christian Day

120

Caleb Cousens

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Dave Kline

122

Peter Motzenbecker

123

Alex Sarama

124

100 Not Out - Best bits

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Johnathan Davies

126

Jeff Stanek

127

Davide Igono

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Craig Morris

129

Jason Filippi

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Dan McNally

131

Sarah Borwell

132

Tosh Farrell

133

Andrew Rylland

134

Chris Butt

135

Iain Brunnschweiler

136

Tom Hartley

137

Chris Harmon

138

Rhys Denton

139

Dr Phil Kearney

140

Dr Rob Bell

141

Nick Gearing

142

Paul Barry

143

Sam Hudson

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Rich Hudson

145

Ricky Simons

146

David Baird

147

Lee Hodge

148

Jimmy Adams

149

Phil Llewellyn and David Kilcoyne - Rugby Coach weekly

150

Simon Turner

151

Mark Robinson

152

Michael Loftman

153

Keaton Wood

154

Alan Keane

155

Todd Beane

156

Geoff Noonan

157

Cam Meighan

158

Andrew Brownhill

159

Brian Hemmings

160

Michael Morton

161

Greg Mannion

162

David Hughes

163

Tom Gale

164

Kylie Stannard

165

Ryan Jorden

166

Bobby Muuss

167

Lee Smith

168

Steve Simmons

169

Walter Grandez

170

Lucy Jane Matthews

171

John Haime

172

Sam Holmshaw

173

Gerwyn Griffiths

174

Eric Laurie

175

Andrew Wiseman

176

Tom Smith

177

Mark Wilson

178

Sam Dejonghe

179

Marc Mclaren

180

Larry Sunderland

181

Steve Guinan

182

Alex Ball

183

Josh Bednash

184

Ian Hughes

185

Dan Wright

186

Rod Underwood

187

Leanne Skarratt and Richard Ward

188

Darren Higgins

189

Joel Moody

190

Megan Hill

191

Brian Rzeppa

192

Steve Devereux

193

Dr Richard Elliott

194

Lee Conroy

195

Steve Lilley

196

Lee Collier

197

Ebun Thomas

198

Graham Mills

199

Nathan Loader

200

Tom Donati

201

Russell Earnshaw & John Fletcher

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Greig Paterson

203

Tom Drowley

204

Oli Higginson

205

Fraser Franks

206

Danny Talbot

207

Megan Fletcher

208

Takumi Nishida

209

Kevin Bowring

210

Barry Maddocks

211

Che Wilson

212

Aaron James

213

Tom John

214

Ben Fletcher

215

Barry Scollo

216

Toby Booth

217

Jake Britton

218

Tyler Sibbick

219

Tom Reed

220

Amelia Coltman

221

Billy Clark

222

Marvin Brown

223

Kate Grey