The Performance Psychcast - Episode 37 - Myths of Sport Coaching - Dr Amy Whitehead & Jenny Coe
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Amy Whitehead and Jenny Coe. Amy is a Reader in Sport Psychology and Coaching and teaches across the Sport Coaching, Physical Education and Sport Psychology programmes at Liverpool John Moores University. Amy is a BPS accredited sport and exercise psychologist and has worked for organisations such as St. Helen’s RFC, British Cycling, the FA, Professional league and non-league football and European Tour Golfers. Jenny is head of performance and well-being at West Ham United Women’s Team. Jenny has been involved with elite sport for most of her life, having played as a guard in basketball for Ireland and WIT Wildcats before joining UK Coaching in 2018, where she supported coaches across multiple high-performance Olympic sports on their respective journeys. Jenny and Amy have edited the book called ‘Myths of Sport Coaching’ and it’s this fascinating book that we will talk about on this episode. Book: Myths of Sport Coaching: 2 (Sequoia Myths) https://amzn.eu/d/08THLli Jenny: https://x.com/jennycoady10?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w Amy: https://x.com/a_whitehead1?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w www.arcope.co.uk www.focuperform.co.uk www.sportingbounce.com The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on Sporting Bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how Sporting Bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!