Mark Curtin is the CEO of The Lord’s Taverners and is passionate about demonstrating the inclusiveness of cricket through the community programmes the Charity delivers across the country. He acknowledges the challenges that the charity faces but sees that the way forward is through purposeful collaboration and a commitment to change organisational culture in a positive way.

Darren is a self- confessed cricket lover who plays, umpires, analyses and coaches the game. He has a real passion for helping others enjoy the game as much as he does and a real instinct for seeing skill and ability in everyone.

In his final talk with me Chad runs through his reflections of all the key component parts of his strategy to grow Ealing CC Junior Cricket Section. He shares what went well and what didn’t across a number of different projects

Tanvir Ahmed has an amazing story to tell about how he began with supporting 3 kids in his local club in 2015 to now where he oversees a junior section that caters for 150+ U7-19s. Not only this but he has also recruited 13 qualified coaches from his junior and senior sections to help deliver the sessions needed to coach all these kids. Enjoy the listen.

Shrikant Wagh is a former first class professional cricketer from India who came from a very small town and worked his way into the system using his left arm bowling and left handed batting to help him stand out from the crowd. He used the experience of not getting selected for his age group when most of his friends did as a motivator for him to prove he could do it and went on to represent his state for 10+ years. He now coaches club juniors in Yorkshire and brings his experiences from India...

Ben is a development and coaching officer with Cheshire Cricket Board and is involved with their Emerging Players Programme as well as leading on their U11s pathway. In this episode Ben shares his views on what is important for the development of players from the earliest stage through to pre academy level and packs a vast amount of personal and professional insight into our talk.

Chad provides us with a number of key themes which he implemented with great success in his time at Ealing CC as Director of Cricket to help junior cricket thrive and grow

Yohan gives us an insight into how he fell in love with the game from a very young age but struggled when Covid brought a stop to all sport. Then through an opportunity to play and coach in the Uk he rediscovered his love for the game again

Chad is a former first class cricketer turned coach and cricket consultant. He is also the founder of Playup.coach. In this episode he talks through his approach to taking on the role of Club Director of Cricket at Ealing CC and all the areas he looked to move on and improve with an eye for detail and a leadership style of engagement

Chris is now Head of Talent Pathway at Lancashire and has a wealth of experience behind him within the game at recreational, England men’s and women’s levels. His approach is to tailor his coaching to suit the individual player and challenge in a constructive way to help the player find out more about their “why”

Hutch has just been appointed Interim Director of Cricket with Jersey Cricket but much of his experience and time as a coach has been in the support of junior cricketers. He has a simple but focused coaching philosophy of combining learning with enjoyment and has a very high team ethic as well.

Surinder’s role as UK fan ambassador for the IPL’s Punjab Kings means he will be in India for the IPL when this gets released. However Surinder speaks so eloquently about the challenges of accessibility in the game and how programmes like the Lords Taverners Wicketz are so important in helping people gain access to the game.

2015 saw the banks of the river Tyne overflow and completely flood the outfield and pavilion at Corbridge CC in Northumberland. Over a two year period members of the club worked together to fight back and create a new beginning for the club which focused around premises, people and purpose. This is a brilliant example of how people working together in the aftermath of adversity can produce something to be proud of for generations to come.

Lewis is a former first class cricketer now turned mindset and mental performance coach. Having had a dream by the age of 14 to become a pro cricketer he has learned much along his journey to date including the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people and immerse yourself in a positive environment. He speaks openly about the health condition he was born with as well as his anxiety and how by coming to terns with both by using them as a motivator for pushing himself forwards he...

Charlie is a County Age Group Coach with Cornwall and a junior club coach at Weybridge CC. He discovered his love for coaching aged 16 and feels he is continually learning his craft and sees coaching as a privilege to help people feel good about themselves.

Jimmy is former captain of the West Indies and currently part of the coaching team who is helping plant the seed of progress with the current Test Team

Ty has over 25 years of coaching experience behind him and an enthusiasm to enhance and develop the next generation of cricketers that is second to none. His coaching business All Round Cricket Coaching has expanded over the years to include residential and festivals as well as camps and winter training programmes.

Chris is the lead disability coach with Cheshire Cricket Board and also the current England Learning Disability Cricket Captain. In our chat he reflects on his time as a coach from when he first started getting involved at his local club as a 14 year old to now where he is the go to senior coach in the region for all matters relating to disability cricket.

Lee has over 25 years experience in coaching and yet feels as though he is only just starting his understanding of what’s involved! He coaches junior cricketers at his local club as well as being involved with England at U15-19 ages. One of the many golden nuggets he shares with us is that coaching is all about “raising awareness and giving them responsibility” 👏👏👏

Tom started his coaching half his life ago aged 18. He has learned lots about himself as well as coaching since then and in this episode chats about the art of coaching, his coaching fundamentals and communicating with parents as well as how he has forged ahead with his coaching business.

Aisha is a PE Teacher in a secondary school brought up in a Moslem S Asian family with supportive parents enabling her to follow her interest in sport. She speaks so passionately about the importance that sport has for everyone whatever your background and race. Inspirational individual.

Shorty is 19 years of age and first experienced coaching on a holiday camp back in 2018. Last year Shorty led the club U9s age group and has recently gained the ECB Foundation Qual and has signed up for the Core Coaching Badge

Bobby is an ECB Level 4 coach who was formerly MD of Lancashire Cricket Board and now owner of Fylde Coast Cricket Coaching alongside Danny Gilbert. Listen to Bobby talk about his coaching philosophy and the four key component parts that underpin it.

Gordon is CEO and founder of Working With Parents in Sport. He has a background in coaching and education and is a parent of two sporty children himself.