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Dan speaks to Stuart Welsh, founder of ALTA Education.

With nearly two decades of experience in education, specialising in maths teaching and as well as coaching rugby in schools, Stuart is a well-sought-after speaker and presenter.

He has taught and led teams in schools worldwide, authored popular math textbooks, and founded a widely-used educational website used by tens of thousands of students every year. He is passionate about research-based pedagogy and committed to improving teaching and learning globally through ALTA Education.

In the podcast, we discuss:

• The importance of acknowledging the novice-expert continuum
• How novices and experts learn differently
• How to differentiate effectively
• How experts are novices, too
• What is variation theory in education, and how it could work in a training session

If you want to contact Stuart, email him at stuart@alta-education.com

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We speak to Ben Lazenby, Head of Youth at Wakefield Trinity RLFC in this episode.

Focusing on game understanding we are going to cut to the root on how a player-centred approach might lead to a shared collective team cohesion.

The first question: Is a player-centred approach to game understanding just us waiting for the players to give us the right answer?

Previously, Ben was the Academy Pathway manager at Ealing Trailfinders, Academy General Manager at Hull Kingston Rovers, Yorkshire Carnegie academy manager. Plus had roles at Warrington Wolves and as a coach educator at Rugby Football League.

His philosophy is to fill the gaps and provide the players and staff with what they need through collaboration, openness, and detailed analysis.

You can contact him on LinkedIn: Ben Lazenby

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Dan speaks to Cath Bishop about what winning really means and how we can create the right sort of winning in our sporting environments.

Cath is a highly sought-after consultant and coach, an Olympian, former diplomat and author of The Long Win, the second edition published in May. She is also a regular contributor to the Guardian and a podcast host.

Visit her website here, where she offers lots of practical ways to improve your decision-making. You can also purchase the book.

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