Left Field Thinking
By Will Murray & Elliot Foweraker
Coaching content and interviews from the world of sport. We may have a field hockey bias!
Left Field ThinkingFeb 08, 2024
The Shona McCallin One
Leon Haywardisms
Men's Olympic Qualifiers Review with Leon Hayward
Women's Olympic Qualifiers Review
Olympic Qualifiers Chat with Tom Sorsby
The Gav Byers one
At the Commonwealth Games with Canada Women’s Coach Rob Short
Live update from CG2022
Commonwealth Games Special: Ghana, South African and Kenya with Ross, Brin and Moses
Commonwealth Games Special: Scotland Women with Susan McGilveray
Commonwealth Games Special: England Men with Ollie Willars
Commonwealth Games Special: Team Canada with Scott Tupper and Keely Dunn
Commonwealth Games Special: India Women, India Men, and Pakistan Men with Nick Davey
Commonwealth Games Preview
We are back
The Jason Butcher one
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This week Will & Ell interview FIH Coach Educator and Antipodean hockey coaching guru, Jason Butcher.
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The Fiona Crackles one
The Katrina Powell one
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This week Will interviews the current interim Head Coach of the Hockeyroos. A double olympic gold medal winner as a player with Australia and Head Women's Hockey Coach at the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
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Katrina Powell's wonder goal from the final of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
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The Markus Weise one
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This week Will & Ell interview a titan of German Hockey, legendary coach, Markus Weise. At the London Olympics in 2012 and in 2008 in Beijing Markus won the Gold Medal with the German Men’s National Team. In 2004 in Athens he also won the Gold Medal with the German Women’s National Field Hockey Team thus becoming the first coach in field hockey history to win an Olympic Gold medal in both the Men’s and Women’s competitions. Having successfully qualifying with the men's team for Rio 2016, Markus left hockey in 2015 to serves as head of concept development for DFB football academy.
As a club coach in the German Bundesliga (1st Division) he was the head coach for many years with TSV Mannheim. He was awarded coach of the Year in 2011 by the German Olympic Sports Association. In 2011 and 2013 he became European Champion with the Men’s Field Hockey Team and 2 x World and European Champion with the Men’s Indoor Hockey Team.
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The Steve Bradley one
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Steve is the current coach of Streetly Hockey Club ladies team and was the founder and coach of the Flyerz hockey programme at Midland Mencap, a charity working and campaigning for accessible and inclusive services and a better quality of life for everyone with experience of learning disabilities and additional needs. Steve's had fabulous success there nationally and internationally, through which he’s really been able to shine a light on Flyerz hockey.
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The Demy Dowley one
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Interview with GB Hockey Coach Developer and Ben Rhydding HC Men's & Juniors' Coach, Demy Dowley. Follow us on Twitter: @willmurray86 and @FowerakerE Sign up here for the LFT Workplace: https://forms.gle/z1yu99DnB996EN51A
The Sarah Kelleher one
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Will and Ell interview Sarah Kelleher. Sarah is a former Ireland national team player and captain. She is the co-coach of Hampstead & Westminster Ladies in the English Prem and former Head Coach and innovator of the England U18 Girls environment. Join the Left Field Thinking Workplace. Memberships available now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9XtfdYBk2MLN_bqrfzJ3P1oIwZZlypxK7UasHCMaPA_B-Vw/viewform
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The Adam Commens one
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Will and Ell interview Hockey Belgium’s Performance Director, Adam Commens. Adam played 143 times for the Kookaburras, and as a coach had successful spells with Royal Antwerp, The Belgium Men Red Lions and the Hockeyroos. Join the Left Field Thinking Workplace. Memberships available now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9XtfdYBk2MLN_bqrfzJ3P1oIwZZlypxK7UasHCMaPA_B-Vw/viewform
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The Lily Brazel one
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Will and Ell in conversation with former Hockeyroo, Lily Brazel on mental health and support for athletes.
Reflections on her career and a discussion around her article, Upstream.
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The Mark Dekker one
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Will & Ell interview the Netherlands U15 Girls Head Coach and Head Coach of Were Di Tilburg Dames 1, Mark Dekker. Follow Will on Twitter @willmurray86 Follow Ell on Twitter @FowerakerE The Left Field Thinking Workplace is available now! Sign up here: https://forms.gle/z1yu99DnB996EN51A Use the referral code PODCAST
The Ric Charlesworth one
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Will and Elliot interview Ric Charlesworth. Ric's an Australian sporting legend, who as an international hockey player was a World Champion and selected for 5 Olympic Games, winning a Silver medal at Montreal in 1976. He was also a First Class Cricketer, a member of the Australian parliament and is a qualified doctor. As a coach he has won 4 World Cups, 2 Olympic Gold Medals, 7 Champions Trophies and 2 Gold Medals at the Commonwealth Games. He is also the author of 4 fantastic books on his experiences of coaching: The Coach, Staying at the Top, Shakespeare the Coach and World’s Best. Follow us on Twitter: @willmurray86 and @FowerakerE Sign up here for the LFT Workplace: https://forms.gle/z1yu99DnB996EN51A
The Christmas Special 2020
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Our Christmas Wrap Up of 2020 with Britt Broady (UC Davis), Mark Egner (Dartmouth), James Bateman (Oakham School & Nottingham University) and Brett Holland (Loughborough University).
Plus special appearances from Rob Farrington (Surbiton), Andrew Gibson (Loughborough), Keely Dunn (Umpiring Superstar), Paul Caddy (UCONN), Phil Roper and Brendan Creed (Let's Stick Together Podcast and GB Internationals).
The Janneke Schopman one
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Will interviews the Assistant Coach of the India Women’s National Team, Janneke Schopman.
A Dutch hockey legend, Janneke retired as a professional hockey player in 2010, having won Olympic Gold (Beijing) and Silver (Athens), in addition to one World Cup Gold (2006), one European Gold (2005) and 3 Champions Trophies (2004, 2005, 2007).
Post retirement, Schopman became the head coach for the women's squad of the Dutch club SCHC. In 2014, she led the team to their first appearance in the final of the Hoofdklasse, the top league in The Netherlands. In 2014 Schopman was assigned to be the head coach for the U21 US Women's National Team and assistant coach for the United States women's national field hockey team under Craig Parnham. In January 2017 she became the US Women's National Team head coach.
Since the winter of 2019, Schopman has been the Assistant Coach of the India Women’s National Team.
The David Passmore one
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Will interviews Dr David Passmore. David joined Dublin City University in 2012 following 13 years in elite sport working first with British and then Irish Hockey where he had coached at all levels achieving success at European (U21 Silver and U18 Gold) level. He was Head Coach to the Irish Senior Men's team for four years leading them from 25th to 18th in the world rankings. Since 2008 David was High Performance Director of Irish Hockey whilst also overseeing the development of a new player development model and coach education system.
David also worked as teacher for seven years and worked as a consultant with the Irish Institute of Sport on their Elite Coach Education program (Pursuit of Excellence Programme) and the International Rugby Board in their development of high performance systems. David undertook a MSc in Sports Coaching at Loughborough University and completed his doctorate in Elite Performance (UClan) which investigated elite coach development (awarded 2016).
He continues to be involved in coaching and is currently Ireland U21 Women's Head Coach and Assistant Women's Coach
The Stuart Armstrong one
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Will interviews Head of Coaching at Sport England and host of The Talent Equation podcast, Stuart Armstrong.
The Brett Holland one
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Interview with Women’s Performance Head Coach at Loughborough University, Brett Holland.
The Andreu Enrich one
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Interview with former Spain international, Mannheim Men's Head Coach and author of the books Hockey a Philosophical Game & Small Sided Games, Andreu Enrich.
The Garreth Ewing one
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Interview with South Africa Hockey Men's Head Coach, Garreth Ewing.
The Bernardo Fernandes one
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Interview with Head Coach of the Portugal men’s team, Founder of Self Pass and FIH Coach Educator, Bernardo Fernandes.
The Mark Egner one
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Interview with Head Coach of Dartmouth College and all round Irish gent, Mark Egner.
The James Bateman one
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Full length interview with Director of Hockey at Oakham School and Will's England Hockey DiSE DiSE Baby Co-Coach, James Bateman.
The Nick Clark one
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Interview with England U18 Boys manager and former Director of Sport at Kent College, Nick Clark
The Britt Broady one
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Head Coach of the NCAA D1 Hockey Programme at UC Davis. Britt discusses all things coaching with us.
The Pablo Mendoza one (Part 2)
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Part 2 of our interview with Pablo Mendoza, Argentinian Coach and Pan American Federation Coach Educator.
The Pablo Mendoza one (Part 1)
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First part of our interview with Argentinian coach and Pan American Federation Coach Educator, Pablo Mendoza.
The Katie Bam one
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Interview with former USA Hockey superstar and University of Maryland Coach, Katie Bam (O'Donnell).
The Craig Parnham one (Part 2)
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Interview with GB Hockey legend and USA Hockey coaching supremo, Craig Parnham.
The Craig Parnham one (Part 1)
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Part one of our interview with former GB International & Coach and US Field Hockey Maestro, Craig Parnham.
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The Cheesman one (part 2)
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Interview with former GB Hockey player, Belgium Hockey Technical Consultant and Waterloo Ducks Dames 1 Head Coach, Darren Cheesman.
The Cheesman one (part 1)
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Interview with former GB Hockey player, Belgium Hockey Technical Consultant and Waterloo Ducks Dames 1 Head Coach Darren Cheesman
The Dan Fox one (Part 2)
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The second part of our interview with former GB Hockey International and Director of Hockey at Guildford HC, Dan Fox.
The Dan Fox one (Part 1)
Part one of our interview with former GB Hockey International and Director of Hockey at Guildford HC, Dan Fox.
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