EvelChat #22 “What Does ‘Good Coaching’ Mean To You?”: A Chat with Harvey Maguire.

Meet Harvey Maguire.  Harvey is a former soccer coach and practicing professional physical therapist in Loughborough, England.  He is also a sprint coach working at the university and club level. 

I thought it might be an interesting conversation to record myself and Harvey discussing some of the things he faces as a development coach who works with athletes new to the sport or training at a relatively young training age.  Mainly we discuss the challenges he faces sorting through the world of information in front of him and how to identify “good coaching” in an effort to cultivate his own model of good coaching practice. 

I think listeners from all walks of sport life will get something from this one.

Topics:

• Harvery’s background.
• Dale Stevo’s training system.
• Navigating the world of information as a young or developing coach.
• Different approaches in training for different coaches and athletes.
• How to assess proven training systems / programs as a development coach.
• Factors that influence results in coaching (facilities, weather, drugs, talent pools, support, etc…).
• Limitations that influence results in coaching (bureaucracy, environment, etc…).
• Objectivity in coaching.
• Shackleton in coaching.