The Sports Initiative Podcast

Dave Kline is a former employee of Bridgewater and Moody's Analytics. Dave specialises in teaching leaders how to build efficient and productive teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Motzenbecker is a Technical Soccer Director in the Boston area. Formally a coach for Juventus, Peter now supports coaches in their professional development. He is also a regular contributor to the twitter Sunday Share movement where he discusses coaches philosophical ideals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Sarama is the Lead basketball coach at the Pallecanestro College. Alex is one of the first basketball coaches n the world to fully adopt an Ecological Dynamics & Transformational Coaching approach. This approach is comes from academic research and is derived from the constraint based philosophy. Prior to this role he also worked for NBA Europe and has worked in 35+ countries around the globe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 100 we take a look back at some of our fantastic guests and revisit some fascinating topics from all aspects of the sporting world. Thank you all for your listening and engagement over these last 100 episodes and here is to many many more!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Johnathan Davies is a well travelled football coach who has travelled he world coaching after switching from teaching to coaching. Currently he works at Slavia Prague as U12 Lead coach and has recently worked on updating the coaching methodology at the club using templates from Seattle Sounders and West Ham United. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Stanek is an associate scout for an MLB franchise. Previously a coach at the Division 1 and Juco level, now focuses on the assessment and projection of players at the high school and college ages. He also runs the Figure it out baseball website which provides free tools and material for athlete development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Davide Igono is the creator of the social media platform @undervalu. A former professional football player, Davide now focuses on finding players and staff who our undervalued in the global soccer market. His platform highlights potential replacements for high profile players (Mario Gotze), up and coming ones to watch (Ferdy Druijf) and high talented senior recruitment staff (Kevin Thirwell). If you have not come across his work make sure you check it out for some very interesting insights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olympic Canoe Slalom Coach, Craig Morris, discusses power development, constraint-led coaching, and challenges faced by athletes. Topics include the evolution of canoeing pathways, attributes for success in water sports, adaptability in coaching, diverse approaches in football skills, personalized feedback in training, training techniques for kids, cultural influence on sports success.

Jason Filippi has worked in the NBA for 19 years across a variety of teams. He has held positions as an international scout for the Detroit Pistons and the Miami Heat and was also the director of international scouting for the Portland Trail Blazers. During this time, they drafted the likes of Nicolas Batum, Rudy Fernandez and Pau Gasol from Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan McNally is the Director of Operations at FC Cincinnati. Officially the clubs first ever employee, Dan has seen the side grow from an ambitious idea to MLS dream and helped shape and guide the club in each step. Formally a player at Blackburn Rovers, Dan was also a coach at the University of Cincinnati prior to this role. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.