Feb 18, 2022
Dr Martin Toms is a senior lecturer in Sports Coaching in the
School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, College of Life and
Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham (UK). He
has has been involved in sport coaching and development for a
number of years, and has experience of teaching in schools, as well
as coaching (Professionally) prior to undertaking posts at
University. He has researched, presented and published in the area
of the sports experiences of young people, and talent and
participant development. As a sports ethnographer, he has
experience in educational, coaching and club settings.
Dr. Toms also works on the European and International scale
with sports organizations (currently leading the UoB partnership
with the Sports Authority of India), as well as having worked
alongside the PGA for the past 18 years in golf education and
development. Dr Toms has maintained his links with grass roots
sports clubs in the UK as well. As well as playing, officiating and
coaching, he is also active in youth sport at a local level.
In our episode today, a replay of Episode 104 from March 2019,
we discuss many aspects of coaching and the environment of youth
sports, including relative age, talent selection and
identification, and much more.
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