Podcasts are increasingly growing in popularity with the number of users currently estimated at 90 million every month. The mobile-friendly content provides interactive options for us so we can listen to them anywhere, they are free, they don’t eat our data and can gain so much advice as well as learn new things and still be just as entertained as watching a YouTube video. A few podcasts as coaches you may wish to explore are:
The Sports Coaching Podcast - Sam Holmshaw invites coaches from various sports and backgrounds to join him in exploring and discussing a wide variety of topics from the world of sports coaching (https://open.spotify.com/show/640w2rav5A33DNn67GpEdf?si=891ec004ede646da)
The Sports Coaching Skills Podcast – James Parris chats with coaches from a variety of different spots to find out what is working for them, exploring the roles of a coach, health and safety responsibilities and how to become a better coach (https://open.spotify.com/show/1WKzryBQM5L7FNqGCeLOaF?si=bb02fe4c096643d6)
Sports Thoughts – Wayne Goldsmith has influences the coaching, thinking and teaching of some of the world’s leading athletes, coaches and teams (https://open.spotify.com/show/3OkBA6K2AQ7QQxEU7vNt5K?si=a55a4c1eae284ba9)
The Sport Psych Show – Dan Abrahams aims to demystify sports psychology for players, coaches and parents by speaking with some of the most influential people in sports performance (https://open.spotify.com/show/4Pf4uOIQJhbel1kYNzz39z?si=519776c71d5c44e5)
The Great Coaches – this podcast by Paul Barnett and Jim Woolfrey explores leadership through the lens of high performance sport, by interviewing great coaches from around the world (https://open.spotify.com/show/3frloH0EQNaBas2PpYdeou?si=71fea06bb671436c)
Experts in Sport Podcast – this is a regular series, hosted by Applied Sport Management Lead from Loughborough University, Martin Foster, that brings together experts from across Loughborough University and external leaders to discuss the latest hot topics in sport and academia (https://open.spotify.com/show/0J74YTIIXGDd2YROSu4Ktl?si=0a77a3da8bd440d2)