John Mitchell

John Mitchell

Our great coach on this episode is the Rugby Union coach John Mitchell. John retired as a player in 1995 and moved into coaching straight away as a a technical adviser/forwards with the Irish National team. In 2000 he returned to NZ as the head coach of the Chiefs in Super Rugby. He then went on lead […]

Staffan Olsson

Our Great Coach on this episode is Handball coach Staffan Olsson. Staffan played 357 times for the Swedish national team and won a silver medal three times at the Olympic Games. In 2005 he transitioned into coaching and over the next 5 years lead Hammarby to 3 Swedish National championships. In 2008 he became the Swedish […]

Joe Montemurro

Joe Montemurro is a Football, or as it is called in some places, Soccer coach.   Joe started coaching in his late 20’s in the early 2000’s in Australia. He progressed steadily through state league teams before achieving his first international position in Papua New Guinea. He was then appointed to lead Melbourne Victory in […]

Jeroen Delmee

Our great coach on this episode is Jeroen Delmee.   Jeroen is a field hockey coach who first represented his country in 1994. He retired in 2008 with 401 International caps and a 2 time Olympic champion. He then transitioned into coaching working with the Dutch National womens team, the Belgium mens team and then […]

On Game Day Part 2

On game day

Todays episode is On Game Day and to explore the topic I am joined by Eamon Devlin. Eamon is the founder of Minute9, a consultancy that works with some of the world’s elite teams and coaches in helping them improve their half time talks and preparation. This discussion is so rick in information, and useful […]

On Game Day Part 1

On game day

Todays episode is On Game Day and to explore the topic I am joined by Eamon Devlin.   Eamon is the founder of Minute9, a consultancy that works with some of the world’s elite teams and coaches in helping them improve their half time talks and preparation.   This discussion is so rick in information, […]

Mike Cron

Mike Cron

Our great coach on this episode is Mike Cron. Mike Cron was a coach with the New Zealand All Blacks for 2017 Games. This includes a stretch where they won 2 Rugby World Cups. He was also part of the team that led the NZ Women’s team to the world cup in 2022. In addition […]

Book Club: World’s Best by Ric Charlesworth

Book Club Worlds Best by Ric Charlesworth

  This episode is a recording of our book club. The book we discuss is World’s Best by Ric Charlesworth, the iconic Australian Field Hockey Coach Ric Charlesworth. Ric led both the Australian and Men’s Hockey teams to World Cup victories. He also led the women to an An Olympic Gold. He has also worked […]