Natalie Henderson - Learning To Understand The Person Behind The Athlete

This weeks guest on the podcast is Natalie Henderson, Lead Youth Development Coach at Newcastle United Academy.

With Natalie we discussed her own football journey & the struggles that women footballers have if they went to make a career in the game, along with her own personal struggles with injury, guiding her on a path of coaching.

One of the main topics we discuss is the mental health of young athletes, the pressures & stereotypical male persona in sport of not being able to show any weakness & how it can massively impact a young athlete both on & off the pitch.

We finally talk about Natalie’s latest project the ‘Player Padlock Pad’ which is football based journal for athletes to use to reflect on their own performance & emotions after training or games.

More still needs to be done to help support young athletes in taking the risk they do in pursuit of their dream, so if you could share this podcast to any athlete, parent or coach, that would be massively appreciated.

Padlock Pad - https://padlockpad.com/

Natalie’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/nhendersoncoaching?igshid=gripgyof5fwv

 

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