The Sports Initiative Podcast

Adam Commens is the Director of Performance at Belgium Hockey. He oversees all performance related aspects of hockey in the country and focuses on improving talent pathways for both coaches and players. Formally a player in his own right, he went to multiple Olympic games with the Australian national team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Brown is a former professional cricketer now turned academic. In his recently completed PHD he focused on the under representation of South Asian English players in the English game. This research should hopefully lead to some actionable strategies to improve player pathways across a variety of sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oliver Gage is the Director of Football for the Canadian Premier League. In this role he supports the clubs to develop their infrastructure and use league central resources with the overall all aim of seeing more young Canadian players playing professional football. Prior to this role he worked with the Houston Dynamos in thei r analysis department. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duane Allen is the Lead Youth Development Phase coach at Walsall academy. Formerly of Premiership side Wolverhampton Wanderers, Duane now oversees the development of Youth phase players at the League 2 which has just gone through a philosophy change in the early part of 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Miller is a basketball coach and academic lecturer at Bob Jones University. He is also the host of 'A Quick Timeout Podcast' and content creator at Dr Dish Basketball and FastModel sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kris Goodman is a Mental Performance Consultant with the MLB side Tampa Bay Rays. In this role, he often supports the younger athletes with their transition into professional baseball and hopefully prepare them for the jump to the major leagues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carlon Carpenter is a tactical and video analyst for Statsbomb. Statsbomb are one of the world leaders in football analytics and data production. Alongside this role, Carlon also works for National League South side Bath City as a performance analyst, where he implements his theoretical work and modules in practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warren Abraham is the Rugby 7's coach for Brazil. Born in South Africa, Warren uprooted his life in his early 20's, moving to England where he went on to work with the likes of Saracens and Harlequins. Later he worked with England Men's rugby 7's and then had the privilege to be Head Coach for the Wales Women's rugby 7's team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Halliday is the former England and Team GB Hockey Team Manager. During this time, he worked on multiple Olympic cycles including London 2012 and Rio 2016. Andy also spent the majority of his working life with the Metropolitan Police including 18 years as a specialist fire arms officer.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Alex Lascu is a lecturer at the University of Canberra. A specialist in skill acquisition, she had been investigating how developmental pathways and environemntal factors can affect athlete development as well as skill acquisition itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.