Thomas Devine's guest appearances

Thomas Devine

Participation Coaching Podcast

Down The Divisions

The JOLF Man 

Oliver Morton

Phil Akers

Seth Godin

Michael Palin

Ben Knight

Jim Chapman

Andy Reid

James Hong

James Orr

Alan Ball

Peter Higgins

Michael Kennedy

Jonathan Wright

Brian Crawford

Richard Shaw

OwlTail

THOMAS DEVINE’S love affair with Forth started in the Hamilton Palace nightclub. After nine years as a player and a spell as co-boss, he’s been the sole man in charge at Kingshill since last November. Thomas joins us on the show this week ahead of their league opener against Shotts on July 13. He tells about the day he experienced relegation just TWO hours after joining the Forth management team. We hear how he’s finding life on his own as a boss and look back at his stint playing at Newmains United, when he picked up personal accolades. Plus after landing a linkup with the Motherwell Community Trust which sees their freed players get a chance at Forth, we discuss why there should be more joined up thinking in Scottish football. There’s an occasional guest appearance from Thomas’ dog too. It’s all here as we go Down The Divisions. We'd like to give a quick mention to our sponsors FortyFour Creative. They have a team of highly skilled and passionate photographers, graphic designers, videographers and video editors to help promote your content, brand, organisation or event. They make creation personal. Find out more at www.fortyfourcreativehq.com  If you have any comments we'd love to hear from you. Likewise if you're at a club who would like your post-match audio featured on the show then do get in touch. You can email downthedivisions@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Down The Divisions logo design Adam Aitken Intro and outro music Bensound

THOMAS DEVINE’S love affair with Forth started in the Hamilton Palace nightclub. After nine years as a player and a spell as co-boss, he’s been the sole man in charge at Kingshill since last November. Thomas joins us on the show this week ahead of their league opener against Shotts on July 13. He tells about the day he experienced relegation just TWO hours after joining the Forth management team. We hear how he’s finding life on his own as a boss and look back at his stint playing at Newmains United, when he picked up personal accolades. Plus after landing a linkup with the Motherwell Community Trust which sees their freed players get a chance at Forth, we discuss why there should be more joined up thinking in Scottish football. There’s an occasional guest appearance from Thomas’ dog too. It’s all here as we go Down The Divisions. We'd like to give a quick mention to our sponsors FortyFour Creative. They have a team of highly skilled and passionate photographers, graphic designers, videographers and video editors to help promote your content, brand, organisation or event. They make creation personal. Find out more at <a href="http://www.fortyfourcreativehq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fortyfourcreativehq.com</a> If you have any comments we'd love to hear from you. Likewise if you're at a club who would like your post-match audio featured on the show then do get in touch. You can email downthedivisions@gmail.com or contact us through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Down The Divisions logo design <a href="http://www.instagram.com/adam__17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Aitken</a> Intro and outro music <a href="http://www.bensound.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bensound</a>

062 Thomas Devine: Hamilton Palace & his Forth love affair, relegated two hours after joining the management team and going it alone in the dugout

Fascinating to catch up and chat with “The Junior Golf Guys” Tom and Phil. We could have chatted for hours so I suspect this will be a part 1 of many!

Chat with Thomas Devine & Phil Akers (44:24mins) 

A bit of a follow-up to the first episode in the junior series. An interview with a PGA professional that became the head of a successful junior programme, and, through constant improvements and development, took it even further. Continous development of a junior programme My guest – Thomas Devine (@ThomasDevinePGA). Fun is an overly used term in golf coaching, but for me it’s a good acronym – Fundamentally Understanding Needs. Thomas is FUEL Golf Junior Programme Director and a PGA Teaching Professional at Oulton Hall in England. Taking over from Phil Akers, previous guest of the podcast, Tom kept on developing the FUEL Golf programme, expanded it to another 5 facilities in the QHotels group, created a junior skills handbook, a parent’s handbook and much more. Throughout the conversation, an interesting theme emerged – of change and continuous development. Thomas provides numerous examples of things he used to believe in regards to his junior coaching (or the way his programme is structured), but no longer does. In this conversation we discuss:  Tom’s beginnings as a junior coach His take on the Person first, Athlete second, Golfer third philosophy Moving away from physical skills-centred coaching Moving away from “just let them play” idea Moving away from age-divided groups and FUEL’s unique take on groupings (hint: flexibility) The programme’s 7-tier skills-based grading system An example coaching session Providing playing opportunities for juniors Managing parents’ expectations through communication Effective marketing strategies (and why that isn’t necessarily school coaching)  Listen to the episode Listen to the episode below or in your favourite podcast app (I recommend Overcast). If you are reading this in an email, access the player and all the links on the website.

A bit of a follow-up to the first <a href="http://www.participationcoaching.com/philakers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">episode</a> in the junior series. An interview with a PGA professional that became the head of a successful junior programme, and, through constant improvements and development, took it even further. <h1>Continous development of a junior programme</h1> My guest – Thomas Devine (<a href="https://twitter.com/thomasdevinepga" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@ThomasDevinePGA</a>). <blockquote>Fun is an overly used term in golf coaching, but for me it’s a good acronym – Fundamentally Understanding Needs.</blockquote> Thomas is <a href="http://www.qhotelsgolfacademies.co.uk/fuel-golf-junior-programme/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">FUEL Golf</a> Junior Programme Director and a PGA Teaching Professional at Oulton Hall in England. Taking over from <a href="http://www.participationcoaching.com/philakers" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Phil Akers</a>, previous guest of the podcast, Tom kept on developing the FUEL Golf programme, expanded it to another 5 facilities in the QHotels group, created a junior skills handbook, a parent’s handbook and much more. Throughout the conversation, an interesting theme emerged – of change and continuous development. Thomas provides numerous examples of things he used to believe in regards to his junior coaching (or the way his programme is structured), but no longer does. In this conversation we discuss: <ul> <li>Tom’s beginnings as a junior coach</li> <li>His take on the Person first, Athlete second, Golfer third philosophy</li> <li>Moving away from physical skills-centred coaching</li> <li>Moving away from “just let them play” idea</li> <li>Moving away from age-divided groups and FUEL’s unique take on groupings (hint: flexibility)</li> <li>The programme’s 7-tier skills-based grading system</li> <li>An example coaching session</li> <li>Providing playing opportunities for juniors</li> <li>Managing parents’ expectations through communication</li> <li>Effective marketing strategies (and why that isn’t necessarily school coaching)</li> </ul> <h2>Listen to the episode</h2> Listen to the episode below or in your favourite podcast app (I recommend <a href="https://overcast.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overcast)</a>. If you are reading this in an email, access the player and all the links <a href="http://www.participationcoaching.com/thomasdevine" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">on the website</a>.

Is your coaching philosophy evolving? – Thomas Devine