John Speraw
Our great coach on this episode is John Speraw. John Speraw is an American Volleyball coach. He played volleyball for UCLA and was part of 2 NCAA championship teams. After graduating he worked as an Assistant coach at UCLA before moving to UC Irvine as the head coach in 2002. Over 10 years he there […]
Book Club: Percy Cerutty
This episode is a recording of our book club. The book we discuss is Why Die? The Extraordinary Percy Cerutty, ‘Maker of Champions’ by Graem Sims (Author). Percy Cerutty was an Australian athletics coach who transformed distance running in the 1950s and 1960s. Based at his rugged Portsea training camp, he developed the Stotan philosophy, […]
Mick Byrne
Our great coach on this episode is Mick Byrne. Mick is a Rugby Coach but his career astarted as an Australian Rules Football player where he won a premiership with Hawthorn in 1983. After retirning he moved into Rugby coaching and by 1999 was an Assistant coacxh with the Australian National Team. He would […]
Adam Voges
Our great coach on this episode is Adam Voges. As a cricketer Adam represented Australia at Test, One Day and T20 level. In 2017 he became the coach of the Western Australia team and the Perth Scorchers He would ultimately go to lead them a three-peat of Sheffield Shield titles in 2022, 2023 and […]
On The Magic of Sports
Todays episode is on The Magic of Sports and I am joined by the 92 year old Dr George Selleck who has just written a terrific new book by the same name. In 1956 he was drafted by the NBAs Philadelphia Warriors. He rejected the offer though and went to have a long and distinguished […]
Dom Starsia
Dom Starsia is an American Lacross coach. As a player he represented the USA at the 1978 World Lacross Championship, while coaching in a variety of roles at his alma mater Brown University. In 1982 he came the head coach men’s lacrosse team and led them to 2 Ivy League Championships. He then moved to […]
Kath Tetley
Our great coach on this episode is Kath Tetley. Kath Tetley is a Netball coach. She started her career as the first paid employee of Netball New South Wales in 1998 when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy began. She then progressed through roles working for Australian Netball while coaching at the state level. She then […]
Book Club: Sum It Up by Pat Summitt
This episode is a recording of our book club. The book we discuss is Sum It Up by Pat Summitt Pat was an American basketball player who won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics and then transitioned into coaching leading the USA team to a Gold at the at the 1984 Olympics. However […]