The Curve Mindset Podcast with McGinley Coaching

Today I spoke with Karla Parker. Karla is the General Manager and Secretary of Haringey Borough Women's FC.This was a great chat as we discussed a number of topics including working with parents, grassroots coaching and the structure of the club.

In this new series I spoke with Ray Power.This was an excellent discussion and well worth 30 minutes to learn some golden nuggets about different aspects of football.Ray has a new book out and can be found on amazon.

Welcome back everyone! This is a fantastic episode with Ruben Cnobel. We discussed a number of topics including how we can use foreign languages in interviews, in life and also when working in football. There is a lot of great content so have a listen!

Welcome to Series 6 of the Curve Mindset podcast. Today I was joined by Gabriel Glavan. Gabriel has a background in sports management, scouting analysis, and mentorship. He was Director of Football at Dinamo Bucharest, where he spearhead the development of the sporting department. This was part 1 of a great discussion on being a sporting director and the skills needed to work in the sports/football industry. Look out for part 2 coming soon!

Today I was joined by researcher Ella Williams. We discussed her role for the film COPA 71 and some of the interviews she had participated in. The film is excellent and would recommend watching it.

Today I spoke with Chris Brindley. We discussed leadership, dealing with work and stress, how we can use a positive mindset to overcome adversity and how we should boil the kettle and not the ocean! The sound quality is not the best with some interference - but you can make most of it out!

Today I was joined by Manchester United Women's Academy Manager AJ. This was a great conversation as we spoke about AJ's role, the standards at Man Utd, working with staff and the resources and how we can improve ourselves by asking questions that can enhance our learning. Have a listen to this incredible chat as there is a lot to take from it - even if you are a coach, scout, DOF and a player.

Today I was joined by recruitment lead at Arsenal Women FC - Kevin Murphy. Kevin is an experienced coach and coach developer with roles at Rangers Women, Hamilton Accies FC Women, Hearts Women and Manchester City Women. This was a great chat on coach education, how to develop your skill and how we can be specialist generalist. Have a listen to this incredible podcast!

In this episode I spoke with Dr Danielle Prescott. We discussed a number of topics including employability in the womens game, skillset for working at grassroots level and how we can self reflect by zooming out to analyse your performance. Danielle has a number of roles including: * Academy Scout for Manchester United - U12-21* Content Developer with The PFSA * Talent Scout for The FA (Women) And has a PHD in Employability. This was a great episode to record and there was a lot of great nuggets of knowledge to takeaway from.

In this episode I spoke with youth coach @ Vikingur FC Thorarinn Einer. We discussed a number of topics including coach education, networking, working in the youth game and advice on how to develop players of all abilities. You can follow Thorarinn on LinkedIn - Thorarinn Einer for more of the work he produces.