Play Their Way
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Dive into child-first coaching with The Play Their Way Podcast! If you're a coach passionate about young lives, this is for you. Join Laura-Jane Jones as she explores the core of coaching children and young people: voice, choice, and journey. Expert guests share their top coaching strategies, best practices, and philosophies focused on children's unique paths. Tune in and delve into how to empower their individual voice, respect their choices, and guide their journeys, cultivating a deep passion for sport and physical activity, while helping them reach their full potential.

1 "Our job as coaches is to create places where people belong" - Russell 'Rusty' Earnshaw on helping young people help themselves 2024-08-16
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2 “If you only talk about trophies, you’re alienating the majority of kids” – Eamonn Newell on building an inclusive football club for girls and women 2024-08-06
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3 “Shoving all this pressure on a young child is not helpful at all” – Scarlett Dewar on finding her voice as an athlete and a person 2024-07-30
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4 "If you measure smiles, engagement and movement, you'll coach differently for the rest of your life" - Jack Rolfe on the transformative impact of child-first coaching 2024-07-23
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5 “If we have to shout instructions from the sidelines, I’d say we’ve failed as a coach” – Dr Alex Twitchen on why ‘voice, choice and journey’ are more than buzzwords 2024-07-16
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6 “Sport is one of the only areas in society where children can develop themselves as leaders” – Rashan McDonald on sport as a vehicle for advocacy 2024-07-09
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7 "It's like giving back to our younger selves" - Siham and Sagal Abdullahi on creating safe spaces in sport 2024-07-02
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8 “You can see them shrinking into their shells” - Professor Adam Nicholls on the impact of negative coaching behaviours 2024-06-25
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9 “If you don’t listen to the kids, you might be the reason they stop doing what brings them joy” - Ryan Miskovics on youth voice and coaching with a disability 2024-06-18
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10 "If we adopt this approach, we'll reap the rewards for years and years" - Pete Sturgess on the powerful legacy of child-first coaching 2024-06-11
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