Talking Performance

Gayle Broughton, a Black Ferns 7s star with an inspiring journey, joins Cory Sweeney, the impactful coach of the Black Ferns 7s. They share transformative stories of personal growth in rugby, emphasizing community support and mentorship. Broughton opens up about the essence of 'mana' and its emotional significance, while Sweeney discusses team dynamics, trust, and resilience. Together, they highlight their evolution towards Olympic success and the legacy they hope to leave for future athletes.

Tonight I am joined by Putaruru legend Kyle McLean, Kyle has his own company www.thecoachinggig.com where he specialises in coach development and is widely respected throughout New ZealandI could listen to Kyle talk for hours, his passion is infectious and you can really hear the energy he has for this space. This was a great chat with a lot of actionable learning in there, not only for coaches ,but for parents too, all about how we can improve the experience for our young people. If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our communitySend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

Tonight I am joined by Gordon Walker and Christian Penny. Gordon has achieved a huge amount of success in his coaching career with Canoe Racing NZ, most notably with NZ's most successful Olympian, 5 x Gold Medallist, Lisa Carrington.Christian is the leader of the Coach Accelerator Program with High Performance Sport NZ and has been assisting Gordon and his team with their Olympic campaign. Christian was a guest in episode 11 where he spoke of Tikanga and in this episode Gordon and Christian share how they bought this process to life to give them a competitive advantage.Unfortunately my audio is not very good in this episode and despite working hard to get the sound right it is not great. The good news is I don’t talk much If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our communitySend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I am joined by Rich Masters. Rich is a professor at Waikato University in New Zealand who studied experimental Psychology and has an interest in psychological markers of the way in which people learn and perform skills. Rich has completed research in implicit motor learning that shows you can learn real life movement skills with little or no conscious access to the knowledge that underlies the skills.There was plenty of gold in here and I will definitely need to get Rich on for round 2 in the future.If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our communitySend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

Here is something a little different. I was listening to this episode the other day and I really loved this particular 15 minutes and decided I wanted to share it with you all.Obviously I thought the whole episode was great and you can  go back and listen to it as I'm sure even if you have you will still pick up some new things, much like I did. I hope you enjoySend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I am joined by Olympian Sara Winther. Sara competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and after failing to qualify for Rio went on to help an Irish sailor who won the silver medal in Rio.Since then Sara has started studying psychology so like I said to her this is a collection of Athlete, Coach and Mental Skills. Sara speaks to the importance of trust and connection with athletes and the pressures that go with being an Olympian, how she handled it then and what she would do if she had her time over.If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our communitySend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

I'm joined this week by a pretty unique dude, Isaac Giesen. Isaac became the first Kiwi to row solo across the Atlantic (In fact the first Kiwi to row solo over any ocean) in around 70 days as a way of honouring and bringing awareness to mental health after he lost his Aunty and two friends to suicide. Isaac has dyslexia and ADHD and has faced his share of battles but he has an awesome outlook on life and is definitely and optimist, his glass is overflowing with goodness! You can find out more about Isaac and what he is trying to achieve by going to his website thebluerower.comIf you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our community.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

I'm joined this week by Chiefs and NZ Maori All Blacks Coach Clayton McMillan. Prior to his coaching he played for one club, Whakarewarewa and one province in New Zealand, Bay of Plenty, for whom he played 113 games.Clayton has enjoyed a lot of success over a number of years with different teams, from Wellington U19 team that won the first Jock Hobbs Trophy through to a successful year this year with the Chiefs making the final of Super Rugby Aotearoa and has enjoyed success leading the Maori All Blacks.I love his take on culture and how he brings that to life in the teams he works with, particularly the Maori All Blacks, it sounds like an environment I would love to be part of.If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our community.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

In this episode I am joined by Carl Sheridan who is a self proclaimed "average guy". Carlis anything but an average guy, he is open, honest and leads with beautiful vulnerability.There is so much gold in this session and based on the messages I received I think Carls vulnerability struck a chord with a lot of the community tonight. Carl loves connecting with people and would love to hear from members of our community and if you're ever driving through Pirongia I'm sure he would love you to call in for coffee with himIf you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our community.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

My guest this week is Jonny McMurtry.  Jonny has been involved in high performance age grade rugby programs across Australia for over 10 years. He is currently completing research in conjunction with University of QLD and Rugby Australia, looking at age grade player's engagement and understanding what motivates, engages and drives players' participation. He also shares coaching concepts and findings in written format via blog and practical format directly with coaches in other sports such as soccer, swimming and golf and can be found at https://www.coachingthecoaches.net/ If you like the podcast please share it with your friends and it would be great if you could leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen as we would love to grow our community.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/