On My Top 10 Insights
On this episode something a little different. As the 2024 season draws to a close I was doing a review and reflecting on some of the things the coaches I have interviewed over the last 4 years have said that have stayed with me afterwards. As I was scribbling them down, I thought […]
On Pep Guardiola
Today’s episode focuses on Pep Guardiola, and I am joined for the discussion by Dr David Turner, who has been on the podcast many times before and is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching at ARU in Cambridge, UK. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach […]
Roy Masters
Our Great Coach on this episode is Roy Masters. Roy is an Australian sports journalist and former rugby league football coach. He started life as a schoolteacher in the NSW countryside coaching school sides and by 1974 had been appointed as the Australian coach of the Australian School boys’ team. He then became coach of a youth […]
Nicole Pratt
Our Great Coach on this episode is Nicole Pratt. As a player, Nicole reached a career-high ranking of #35 and won 4 ITF singles titles. As a doubles player, she reached a doubles ranking high of No.18 (September 2001) and captured nine WTA doubles titles and nine ITF doubles titles. She then switched to coaching […]
On Athlete Coach Relationships
This episode focuses on the athlete-coach relationship and how the quality of the coach-athlete relationship will influence measurable performance. I also found this fascinating through the lens of the corporate world and how relationships there can impact cohesion and results. Professor Sophia Jowett, who teaches at Loughborough University, joins me for the discussion. Sophia is […]
Rob Tarr
Rob Tarr is a Wheelchair Rugby Coach. As an athlete, he represented Great Britain in 3 Paralympic Games, 3 World Games, and 3 European Championships. Rob was part of the coaching team that won gold in Tokyo 2021, the head coach for the inaugural low-point World Championships, which won gold in 2022, and the gold-winning […]
Dean Smith
Our Great Coach on this episode is Dean Smith. Dean Smith is an American Basketball coach who led the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men’s team for 36 years. When he retired in 1997 he had 879 career victories, which was the NCAA Division I men’s basketball record at that time. During his tenure as […]
Tony O’Connor
Tony O’Connor is a rowing coach. As a rower he represented Ireland at 2 Olympics and won 5 medals at the World Championships in the men’s lightweight pair. After retiring he took up coaching and now lives in New Zealand where he is also a school teacher. In 2021 he was appointed the coach for […]