The JOLF Man
By Neil Plimmer
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Episodes: 187
Description
Here to share thoughts, ideas and experiences about children’s and family golf. Particularly focused on the 1st experiences.
JOLF’s purpose is to provide accessible opportunities for children and families in schools, the local community and at golf clubs to play golf independently, enjoy playing together and learn as they play.
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#187 LOTS going on - A “what’s on” update (8.02mins)
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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#186 JOLF in the Park (5:14mins)
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May 29, 2026 |
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#185 Repeatable & Predictable (6.11mins)
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May 17, 2026 |
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#184 What does the J stand for? (5.07mins)
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May 06, 2026 |
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#183 Running our own race… (11.06mins)
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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#182 Whole School JOLF Day @ Holbrook Primary, Horsham (12:09mins)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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#181 Fin and I chat about JOLF camps and community play days (11.49mins)
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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#180 Junior Golf: Coaching or Just Let Them Play? (9.39mins)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#179 Going to the range with James (7:33mins)
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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#178 Going on the golf course (10:36mins)
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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#177 Chat with Owen. Review of his first few weeks (24:56mins)
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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#176 Going to Pitch & Putt (9mins)
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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#175 Introducing Owen Thomas (14:53mins)
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#174 Going to crazy golf (8:19mins)
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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#173 The end of Lewis’s probation?!?? (11:50mins)
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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#172 Going to a simulator (8:17mins)
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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#171 Going to the Putting Green (11:18mins)
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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#170 A few thoughts on getting children started (12.24mins)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#169 Chat with Lewis. Review of his first few weeks (12:36mins)
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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#168 Introducing Lewis Mamoany (11.06mins)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#167 This Year. The last 4 years. 2026 & beyond (12:35mins)
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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#166 Play "OUR" Way (9:22mins)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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#165 Just a "normal" JOLFing Wednesday (7mins)
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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#164 Chat with Rob Spurrier (56.18mins)
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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#163 Review of PGA Junior Coaching CPD Event (12mins)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#162 Mid Sussex JOLF Nurture Project ANNOUNCEMENT (7:44mins)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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#161 Things Take Time, there is NO Rush (7:30mins)
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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#160 Chat with Peter Myers (53.32mins)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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#159 Chat with Joe Russell (41:03mins)
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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#158 Chat with Jack Cole (49:41mins)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#157 What do the children, adults and volunteers say... (14.34mins)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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#156 Chat with Travis Howser (51.03mins)
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#155 Chat with Paul Brackley (57:52mins)
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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#154 EVERYONE Plays (9:50mins)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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#153 Chat with Aaron Lansberry (60.45mins)
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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#152 JOLF is 14 years old today (26:28mins)
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#151 The JOLF Man podcast is BACK (10:07mins)
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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#150 JOLF 4.0 (9mins)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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#149 What is JOLF? (5:57mins)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#148 Burgess Hill Cricket Club (9:19mins)
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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#147 “They are a class of competitive boys” (8:01mins)
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#146 Children should be seen and not heard?!?! (7:24mins)
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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#145 “Juniors are the future of the game” (7:31mins)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#144 JOLF in Primary Schools - a review of the week (9:59mins)
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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#143 Soph finishes education (8:19mins)
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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#142 15 children waiting in line 😳 (6:59mins)
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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#141 x1 batter (the adult) x9 bowlers (the children 😞😬 (7:53mins)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#140 Different Surfaces (7:13mins)
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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#139 Neurodiversity Workshop thoughts (9:13mins)
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May 31, 2024 |
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#138 The Snow globe - are you shaking or waiting?
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May 24, 2024 |
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#137 Nothing Specific, ramble and review of the week (8:44mins)
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May 17, 2024 |
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#136 Random Ramble (9:56mins)
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May 12, 2024 |
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#135 Chat with Hayden (11:19mins)
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May 02, 2024 |
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#134 Running the London Marathon as an EMU! (6:24mins)
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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#133 Where do you start? (6:53mins)
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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#132 Do scary shit 😬 (4:54mins)
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#131 “Let them…” IT IS HARD!!! (6:49mins)
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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#130 Enjoyable & Meaningful - Each Child, Every Time (9:00mins)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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#129 Woodlands Meed thoughts, review and reflections (6:59mins)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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#128 Making Mistakes and Solving Problems (8:50mins)
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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#127 GOLF, But LOUDER (9:59mins)
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#126 Resilience (5:57mins)
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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#125 old man’s chat (8:29mins)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#124 Stripped Back (5:06mins)
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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#123 Children’s Mental Health Week 2024 (8:59mins)
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#122 Keeping Score (7:43mins)
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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#121 Possibly the 5 most powerful words a coach/adult can say to children (5:48mins)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#120 Is the “way we coach” determined by our environment? (6:37mins)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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#119 The Plate Spinner, The Conductor & The Snowglobe (6:31mins)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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#118 3 years of The JOLF Man podcast (7:47mins)
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Where do you start? (5:49mins)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Children should (must?!?) carry their own golf bag (9:29mins)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Keeping score, so much more than competition (6:32mins)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Are we (adults) over organising children’s play?
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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World Children’s Day #PlayTheirWayPromise
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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“Put 2 hands on it” (5:00mins)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Being a novice coach (6:38mins)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Back to Holbrook (7:26mims)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Going to the driving range ⛳️ (7:29mins)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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JOLF Camp October Half Term (7:02mins)
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Paul Brackley ADHD workshop - a few rambling thoughts (9:37mins)
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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JOLF Day @ Birchwood Grove School (8:59mins)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Chat with Aaron Lansberry - IgniteGolf (55:19mins)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Are you left handed? ✋ 🤚 (6:33mins)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The JOLF Man is BACK 😃
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Pre Christmas Ramble (9:46mins)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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What is Success? (5:30mins)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Play is Universal - Office JOLF (6:33mins)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Random Ramble - Silly, resilience, self esteem, coaching & competition (9:42mins)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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6 months since the last recording!!! (8:29mins)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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We MUST trust children (2:57mins)
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May 12, 2022 |
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Less about what we say, more about what we DO NOT say (4:04mins)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Playing golf with little Plim (9:26mins)
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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GoSketch - A review (7:26mins)
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Set expectations NOT rules (3:30mins)
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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The “Rules” of Let Them… (6:08mins)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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The first pod of 2022!!! Let them… (11:44mins)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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5 years ago Brighton Junior Golf was born (8:10mins)
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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When a plan goes “WRONG”!?!?! (7:53mins)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Right 🤚 Left ✋ chipping (7:38mins)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Chat with Aaron Lansberry (44:53mins)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Keeping Score - The layered learning of scoring for children (5:01mins)
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Space & Time, what I learnt from soft play (6:21mins)
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Sussex Coaches Network - a ramble and review (9:59mins)
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Chat with Travis Howser on his Raising Golfers podcast
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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“What about JOLF?” (5:32mins)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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FUN?!?!? 🤩 (6:42mins)
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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An “Each Child - Every Time” approach, that has developed! (4:33mins)
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Learning from others - THANK YOU 🙏 (7:30mins)
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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You’ve spelt GOLF wrong 😑 (3:20mims)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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JOLF is 10 years old (14:59mins)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Schools Out, a few thoughts to review our term (7:48mins)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Before school ramble - be the calm (5:30mins)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - “I love to watch you play” (4:51mins)
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - the balance of behaviour & “how to” (3:34mins)
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Connection (5:49mins)
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - No child has ever asked how to hold it?!?
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Expectations (4:20mins)
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Children are BRILLIANT (6:30mins)
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - better late than never 😉 (6:32mins)
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - innocent intentions (3mins55secs)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Lunchtime Ramble - Long Grass!!! 8th June 2021 (5min48secs)
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Chat with Andrew Simmonds (31:21mins)
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Ramble - Joining the dots (3:53mins)
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Chat with Chris Walthew (39:12mins)
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Chat with Thomas Devine & Phil Akers (44:24mins)
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Ramble - The book of your life (3:47mins)
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Chat with Megan Cundari (32:04mins)
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Ramble - The Good Old Days (8:12mins)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Chat with Aaron Holtom (32:10 mins)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Chat with Ben Knight (47:20 mins)
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Ramble - Just have a go (4:35mins)
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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February Moments, Nuggets, Balls & Bars
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Chat with Oliver Morton (33:21 mins)
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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“The Little Boy” a story by Helen Buckley
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Chat with Aaron Lansberry (21:44 mins)
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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A ramble - The Benefits of Golf for Children (5:09 mins)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Chat with Karl Luckhurst (23:51 mins)
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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A Ramble - Junior Golf Club Membership & the life cycle of a junior golfer (6:59 mins)
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Chat with Jonathan Wright (26:33 mins)
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Tongue Out 😛 & Tiger Eyes 👀
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Chat with Chris Day (27:36 mins)
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Age/Stage/Environment/Experiences of Play & Development
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Chat with Greg Dryer (41:18 mins)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Ramblings about the many hats a coach wears 🧢 👒 🎩
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Chat with Richard Franklin (42:07 mins)
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Valentines Day Ramble ❤️
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Chat with Rob Chruszcz (31:46 mins)
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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A real ramble!!! KISS, over, under, all, some...
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Chat with Paul Brackley (26:53 mins)
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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“Parent Education” (6:42 mins)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Chat with Wayne Lawrence (26:25 mins)
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Chat with Karl Luckhurst - a teachers perspective of a JOLF Whole School Play Day (15:48 mins)
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Chat with Peter Thomas (26:41 mins)
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Golden moments, nuggets, balls & bars (7:33 mins)
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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Chat with Peter Arnott (30:23 mins)
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Clubhouse - so what? What now? What next? (8:49 mins)
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Chat with Holly Prescott (23:17 mins)
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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A framework of play/development for children & young people (5:52 mins)
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Chat with Kat Chaszczewski (25:22 mins)
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Nuggets of Gold (20:05 mins)
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Chat with Ali O Boyle (24:20 mins)
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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Being Obsessed?!?! (4:21 mins)
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Chat with Alison Perkins (24:22 mins)
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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My top 10 coaching mistakes/learning moments!
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Chat with Matthew Orwin (23:42 mins)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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JOLF Whole School Play Days explained by Neil & Nevil (13:26 mins)
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Chat with Travis Howser (22:57 mins)
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Children learn while having fun (5:56 mins)
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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Chat with Mark Day (27:32 mins)
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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How to Introduce Children to Golf (5:59 mins)
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Chat with Tom Hefford - Golf Cubs (17:35 mins)
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Chat with Gavin Cousins (17:55 mins)
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Too much coaching? Not enough PLAY?
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Chat with Mike Stubbs (30:02 mins)
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Being S#€£ is OK (4:30 mins)
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Chat with Gavin Clark
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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I am here to help, reach out and get in touch
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Chat with Rob Newson
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Fascinating watching “The Test” and what we might learn from the Australian cricket team
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Seth Godin got me thinking, again!
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Chat with Roy Ellis
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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It’s good to talk
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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Chat with Nevil Perryman Best - The “Unseen” JOLF Man
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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“Throwing a Piece of Wood on the Fire”
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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What makes me an Expert?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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The start of lockdown 3.0 and the start of The JOLF Man podcast
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Jan 05, 2021 |