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Most coaches plan their drills, get through the session and move on, and then wonder why they aren’t improving faster. This opening episode of the Plan-Do-Review series breaks the cycle down: preparing your content, thinking and behaviour; adapting in action instead of sticking to the script; and reviewing without judging success by whether you finished the plan. It’s for coaches at any level who want a system for getting better, not just more sessions on the clock. Episode 70 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

Every drill, water break and timeout is a design choice, but are you designing for learning or just for compliance? This episode explores self-regulated learning, interleaving, and why the quiet moments in practice may matter as much as the intense ones. For coaches ready to look at their sessions through a learning lens.

Your athletes can't stop negative thoughts showing up under pressure, but they can take control of how they respond. Sport psychologist Dan Abrahams explains the "game face", a competitive persona athletes start in, stay in and return to, and why competing isn't the same as winning. For coaches who want players to own their mindset and review performance against what they actually control.

Everyone agrees that managing our state matters, until something goes wrong and the coach is the first to lose it. This one is for coaches who want a practical framework for managing their own state and building self-regulation into their team, not just talking about it. Part 3 of our series on self-regulation - ep. 67 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

Part 2 of our self-regulation series is for coaches who want to stay at their best when the game, the referee or their own expectations start pulling them off course. Practical ideas whether you lead a full staff or coach alone. Alan Keane joins episode 66 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with Simon Turner.

Cool, calm and composed is one way to perform, but coaching every athlete towards it can quietly make some of them worse. This episode opens a new series on emotion and self-regulation for coaches who want athletes performing as themselves, not as a copy of the coach's idea of composure. Episode 65 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

Your team nails the culture shift for one session, then snaps straight back to old habits the next. This episode breaks down why regression is normal and exactly what to do to avoid The Elastic Band Effect. Episode 64 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

A scoreline tells you who won. It doesn't tell you what actually happened. Simon Grieve, a Level 5 LTA coach who works with Grand Slam-level juniors shares the method he uses to get athletes past "it was good" and into the real story of their performance. This episode delves into athlete ownership, empathy, narratives, and the journey from enthusiastic junior to elite performer.

Three-time Olympian turned elite college coach, Pietie Coetzee, on the moment a player stops waiting for the answer, and what changes when she does. For coaches who might be the bottleneck without realizing it. Hear from a coach who’s trying to make themselves redundant on ep. 62 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

Many coaches think their job is to be needed. The best coaches are working toward the opposite — developing athletes who don't look to the coach to solve every problem. This episode breaks down when to instruct, when to question, and when to step back. It's the third and final part of a series that unpacks self-leadership, peer impact, and now the coach's own role — three layers that build on each other to create athletes who can think for themselves.

Most teams have the will to give each other feedback but not the permission. A practical look at the culture and habits that unlock real peer-to-peer communication. Episode 60 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

An athlete who can't lead themselves will always need someone else to do it for them. Part 1 of a 3-part series on Mark Bennett's Rule of 3 explores what self-leadership actually looks like — and what coaches can do to help athletes develop it on ep. 59 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner.

Most coaches deliver the same team talk without ever asking whether the format is actually effective at all. This episode challenges the one coaching habit that so many coaches take for granted: the pre-match talk built on reminders, and what it reveals about your preparation when you look at it honestly. If you've never questioned whether your team talks are working, that's exactly why this episode is for you.

Coaches pour everything into developing athletes but not enough into developing themselves. High School coach Ryan Hints can pinpoint the moment that changed for him. Ep. 57 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast with Mark Bennett and Simon Turner unpacks what being coached as a coach actually takes."

An elite coach made a call that got torn apart online, but the real question isn't whether the tactics were smart. It's whether they were ever pressure-tested enough to trust. This episode breaks down the "learn it, perform it, challenge it" framework for coaches who want to know a tactical plan is ready before it's tested live on matchday. It’s ep. 56 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast.