In this episode of Eighty Percent Mental, Dr Pete Olusoga is joined by Dr Mark O’Sullivan for a deeply insightful conversation on youth sport. We talk about the nature and evolution of coach education and the impact on coaching practice in youth sport, and we discuss the very purpose of youth sport itself. Who is it for? What is it for? And how does that impact on the kids who want to play!

• Follow Mark on Twitter: @markstkhlm
• Read Mark’s latest research article here: There is no copy and paste, but there is resonation and inhabitation: Integrating a contemporary player development framework in football from a complexity sciences perspective https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2023.2288979
• Salisbury Rovers FC website: salisburyroversfc.co.uk

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