John Buchanan
John Buchanan started his coaching career in 1978 with minor county side Oldham in England. In his first year they won the league and cup double for the first time in 40 years. He then went on to coach the Queensland Bulls to 2 Sheffield Shields, the first the state had ever won in their […]
Navigating Challenges: The Human Side of Coaching with Peta Searle
AFL/AFLW coach Peta Searle on coaching the person, not just the player, and building resilience through diversity.
Peta Searle
Peta Searle played football for ten years in the Victorian State Women’s league, where she was named in the all Australian team three times. She then began her coaching career in 2005 with the Darebin Falcons and in 2006 she coached the first of her 5 successive premierships with the team. This led to her […]
Frank Dick
Frank Dick is the current President of the European Athletics Coaches Association. From 1970 until 1979 he was Scottish National Athletics Coach. Then in 1979 he was appointed as the British Athletics Federation Director of Coaching. In this position Frank led the British Athletics team into its “golden era” with Olympic gold medalists such as […]
Paratriathlon Insights with Bas de Bruin: The Power of Patience and Trust
Dutch Paralympic coach Bas de Bruin on patience, trust, and letting athletes own their own responsibility.
Bas Du Bruin
Bas Du Bruin is a Dutch paratriathlon coach. He started his coaching in the late 1990’s eventually becoming the coach of the National Paratriathlon team in 2013. At the 2016 Olympics the paratriathlon team won a gold and silver medal, Bas has also coached athletes who have won World and European championships, as well as […]
Navigating Life’s Waves: Insights from Coach Andy King
Surf coach Andy King on empathy, earned trust, and coaching World Tour athletes shoulder to shoulder.
Andy King
Andy King says he that started walking, talking and surfing all at the same time so it wasn’t surprising that he became a professional surfer in 1996. His career lasted for 8 years but then on a night out with his girlfriend and now wife, Nadene; he was hit from behind and fell to the […]