James Marshall

Head Coach of Excelsior Athletic Development Club: Weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics. Husband, Father. Award-winning short story writer.

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

I'm leaving Twitter today. Anyone who is interested in my writing can find me on Substack https://t.co/nt1V7WsHeZ Anyone interested in sports coaching and athletic development, I'm on Threads/ Instagram @excelsioradclub Thanks to everyone who's shared great content here.

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@hawfc @Eluned_Morgan The @educationgovuk does not know what p.e. is. Their GCSE syllabus is dominated by sport: fitness training, TenTors, DofE (and Weightlifting) were all removed a few years ago. Replaced with sculling...Snowboarding is in (environmental impact), sailing and equestrian. Shambles

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

A dense, descriptive novel with bucketfuls of similes. I found it too much at times. Parts of it are brilliant. #amreading

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

Happy New Year. Start of a new book thread for 2023. Rich, detailed urban fantasy short stories and a novella- length diatribe against the comic book industry in this collection. #amreading

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

Another re-read, following on from Aldiss (who is mentioned in here a few times). Funny, insightful and well-written essays, articles and speeches about writing and life. #amreading

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@ianayris

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@WesHod Outstanding work this year. What a fan base. Thanks again for organising it. I honestly think that players/ coaches should read the entries as part of their induction. If they didn't already realise what @packers are about, this would enlighten them.

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@JennyMeadows800 It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.

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@NewtonSpurs @ardleyunitedfc What's the line up?

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@KuperSimon Idiot: Edwards, that is.

[Simon Kuper @KuperSimon]

Appointing a female head coach is, apart from everything else, a very simple calculation of self-interest. A club like Forest Green Rovers could get the 90th-highest-rated male coach in England. Or it could get probably the highest-rated English female coach. I know what I'd do

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

Hey, @RoyalNavy have a word about the tautology here, please. #SecretInvasion

[Marvel Studios @MarvelStudios]

Episode Three of Marvel Studios' #SecretInvasion is now streaming on @DisneyPlus.

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@TeamGB @NHSuk Top man. I've had the privilege to work with him several times. @hawfc

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

Here's Gabby's snatch p.b. from Saturday. All 3 of our weightlifters got p.b.s in the competition. Progress for them all. #turnupstandtalltryhard #weightlifting

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@daisymarshxll

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@HighwaysSWEST @nationalgriduk J26 is Wellington. J25 is Taunton.

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@LibDems @RichardFoordLD @munirawilson You might want to visit @CullomptonCC and help them with their recruitment crisis. Why is education not on the political agenda? Millions of parents (voters) know how school budgets have atrophied and our children suffer as a result.

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@SFRuminations fyi

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@ianayris

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@WesHod Thanks for your time and effort organising this. Fantastic stories. #GoPackGo

[James Marshall @CoachExcelsior]

@BSFA "The humans may be puny, but at least they have opposable thumbs."