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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 132
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 131 with Dean Headley on how important honest mentoring of young cricketers is today as the game is not a "fairy tale"
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 Worce…
00:43:30 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Episode 130 with Chris Partridge on how every aspect of the game is so appealing and how this led to him getting into coaching
Chris shares loads of important soundbites including the importance of developing your ability to solve problems as a cricketer eg where and how to score a single and rotate the strike.
He stresses …
00:41:45 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
Episode 129 with Nathan Scarff on how to develop your ability to build trusted relationships with players and to always remember to check in with them from time to time to see how they are getting on in cricket and outside of the game
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…
00:37:22 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Episode 128 with Chris Highton how important it is to be resilient, have a good network and adapt your coaching to suit your audience
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…
00:45:34 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Episode 127 with James Taylor, Founder of Community Cricket Enterprise
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 s…
00:34:31 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Episode 126 with Kevin Sharp: how learning how to coach primary school kids at the start of his coaching career stood Sharpy in good stead for a return to the professional game
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00:47:04 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Episode 125 with Stevie Gilmour: How to help take pressure off players as a coach. Performance Pysch and Breathwork Consultant and Director of Cricket with Carlton CC in Edinburgh
From the age of seven Stevie had a poster on his bedroom wall saying he wanted to play cricket for Scotland and by the age of 20 he realised this dream when he represented Scotland 4 times before dis…
00:41:40 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Episode 124 with Ben Crump: how to create and imbed a coaching culture which embraces the mantra of it is "Safe to Fail"
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…
00:37:48 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Episode 123 with Madeleine Ward. How to get involved with a club's junior cricket with no prior experience of cricket at all and still be able to make a positive impact
Madeleine first got involved with her local cricket club as a parent when her 7 year old son expressed an interest in playing. 30 years on she is Chair of a very successful junior section and in her …
00:36:05 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Episode 122 with Tom Pilkington who shows how having the confidence to reach out to others has led to many exciting coaching opportunities
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 …
00:34:53 |
Fri 04 Jul 2025
Episode 121 when we go #global and connect with three individuals who coach in three different parts of the cricketing world
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 w…
00:48:37 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Episode 120 with Dr John Price who shares his story as a former Head Teacher in schools where he championed sport as an invaluable life lesson
John comes from a family where cricket was already in their DNA. He describes himself as an educator who places a great deal of importance on the role of sport in adding value to young people's lives…
00:36:39 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Episode 119 with Mithun Kundu a mental toughness coach on a mission to demystify what mental toughness means and how he applies it to the players he supports
Mithun shares his coaching journey with us in this episode and in doing so educates us around the meaning of mental toughness as far as he sees it. Mithun supports hundreds of young players on their …
00:42:01 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
Episode 118 with Andy Griffiths. The key ingredients as a coach that Andy has learned are How to build connections and how to adapt to your coaching environment.
Andy is the Head of Pathway Coaching at Somerset CCC and has worked with the county for 8 years. He started his coaching journey as an 18 year old in club cricket and saw a means to get into the pro …
00:40:33 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Episode 117 with Andy Bennion: how to enable a club to be self-sustainable by prioritising the growth of the junior section over a ten year period.
Benners took the lead in creating the strategy for growth within the club by developing a 10 year vision at the heart of which was growing the junior section in terms of both players and coaches.
Ov…
00:35:59 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Episode 116 with Stuart Barnes: how to surround yourself with good people to help yu on your coaching joruney
Stuart is a former professional cricketer who has coached for 25 years as a specialist fast bowling coach.
Stuart talks about how through coaching, the game of cricket remains firmly in his heart an…
00:42:05 |
Fri 23 May 2025
Episode 115 with Dan WIlliams: how by creating the right environment in your club leads to growing the numbers of junior cricketers
Dan started coaching when his son Freddie started showing an interest in the game aged 9.
At Whimple CC Dan is one of 12+ coaches who support over 100 kids play cricket where there is a real Team ef…
00:35:52 |
Fri 16 May 2025
Episode 114 with Mike Lucas: how patience and resilience and a few wonderful mentors helped Mike develop his own cricket coaching philosophy
Mike is a proud parent of twin cricket-loving boys who now is a passionate coach of younger players in Barbados at Wanderers CC.
At the centre of his coaching is fostering a strong sense of discipl…
00:40:02 |
Fri 09 May 2025
Episode 113 with Paul Shaw MD of Inside Leadership: How to always have a positive purpose with your coaching.
Paul is now Head of the Specialist Coach Programme (Level 4) with the ECB so comes with tons of experience in coaching and leadership.
In this episode Paul talks about the importance of always ensur…
00:35:19 |
Fri 02 May 2025
Episode 112 with Ole Passant: how a wish to help other led to Ole coaching cricket
Ole has already seen a number of wonderful opportunities present themselves to him through cricket as a 17 year old. He clearly remembers how as a 13 year old he received some 121 coaching support ov…
00:36:23 |
Fri 25 Apr 2025
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