Bill Sweetenham
Bill is an Australian swimming coach, who first started training athletes in the 1970’s in the rural Australian town of Mount Isa. His coaching career progressed quickly and he coached at his first Olympics in 1976, and was then Head Coach for Australia at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the […]
On Authenticity
Todays episode is brought to you by the world record holding Australian cricket coach John Buchanan. And it is on the theme of authenticity , which I experience as the desire to be my true, genuine self; but at the same time, in a way that is consistent with the role I have to fulfill […]
Dan Hughes
Dan is an American Basketball coach with over 40 years experience. He started his career as a head coach in 1978, ultimately coaching in the WNBA for 20 years with stops at Charlotte, Cleveland, San Antonio and Seattle. He has coached the second-most games in the leagues history (598) and is tied for third in […]
Celebrating Great Female Coaches
In celebration of International Womens Day we decided to do an episode that features some of the Great Female Coaches that we have interviewed. It features wisdom and leadership advise from 14 Great Coaches, that is applicable to all of us. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a […]
Alyson Annan
Alyson is a Australian field hockey player who represented her country 228 times and won gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Sydney Olympics. She transitioned into coaching in 2003, and she led the Netherlands women team to a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil and a gold medal at 2020 Summer […]
Justin Langer Revisited
In late July 2021, I had the opportunity to interview Justin, he was very generous with his time and we had an hour together while he was on tour with the team with the West Indies. It also soon after the first reports of discomfort about his intense style had emerged from some of the […]
Rodger Schmidt
Rodger is a former a Curling champion and now coach. He was the European men’s curling champion in 1985 and two-time German men’s curling champion in 1987 and 1992. In 1994 he founded the “Rodger Schmidt Curling Academy” based in Switzerland. From this base he has coached at 5 Olympics and multiple World championships, leading […]
Rikard Grip
Rikard Grip was the national coach of the Swedish cross-country skiing team between 2010 and 2019. At the age of only 32 he led the national team to their best performance ever at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they finished equal top on the medal table with Norway winning 11 medals. As a result he […]
