How often do you take time to reflect on your own behaviours and biases as a coach? Self-awareness is a critical skill for coaches, impacting everything from how you communicate with your players to how you design your practices. In this episode, we're joined by Geoff Noonan, regional FA youth coach developer, to dive deep into understanding and managing yourself as a coach, as well as offering practical tips on how to enhance your coaching. Geoff brings decades of experience working in football, and currently supports five professional clubs and academies, developing their coaches. Through his work in coach development, Geoff offers valuable insights into what it takes to truly grow and learn as a coach and ensure you're leading your players in the most effective way. In this episode, we cover: What self-awareness is and why it’s vital for coaches. How to identify and address your own blind spots and biases to become a better coach. The key questions to ask yourself when self-reflecting so you can better understand your coaching style. Geoff's journey in identifying his own blind spots and how it improved his coaching. How body language can change how your players feel. Tips on becoming more self-aware when time is limited. Practical tips for brand-new coaches. And more… ————— Do you have any coaching questions you’d like answers to? Or perhaps you’re facing a coaching challenge that you’d like help with? Simply head over to our England Football Community forum (https://community.thefa.com/coaching/f/youth-club-football-forum) and post them there. We can then put them to our guests in future episodes to get their advice! Already listened to this episode or the previous seasons of Coachcast? We’d love to hear from you! Pass on your feedback by contacting us via [email protected]. LEARN MORE Transcript on ⁠England Football Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - (https://bit.ly/4gpddh6) England Football Learning - https://learn.englandfootball.com/ England Football Community - https://community.thefa.com/ England Football Learning on YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCisPO86aEIhWRTnTS1vrSVw England Football Learning Twitter/X - https://twitter.com/EnglandLearning Email - [email protected] LISTEN Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4sA9fHoldaH1x5Wn3vdmsB Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coachcast/id1591804808 Editing and show notes by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Claricast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. (https://www.clarioncast.com/)