Talking Performance

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/

My guest this week is Damian Farrow. Damian has worked with a range of AIS and National sports programs including the AFL, Cricket Australia, Tennis Australia, Netball Australia, Surfing Australia, the Australian Rugby Union and Swimming Australia.Damian now works in AFL (Aussie Rules) as the Umpires Coaching and Innovations Manager and still holds a position at the Victoria University in Melbourne. Damian has an amazing knack of being able to simplify academic theory in to everyday coaching language to make it easy to digest and useable for coaches of all levels. I love the way he thinks about things and challenges the status quo and I really enjoyed this chat and hope you do too. 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/

Mark Bennett MBE is a coach developer and has his company PDS Coaching where he works with sport from grassroots right through to high performance and also with business's in the corporate worldMark has spent the last 30 years developing robust and scalable strategies and tools to help organisations, teams and individuals maximise the performance potential of themselves and the people they are influencing.Mark hasn’t just developed the ‘how to’ tools and strategies to increase engagement, learning and performance; he has designed powerful interventions that support the change required to embed the behaviours and cultures that maximise performance.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/

This week I am joined by Dan Hillier who is preparing for The Open Championship  at Royal St Georges after qualifying for his second major. He played in the 2019 US Open at Pebble Beach as an amateur and this is his first major as a professional. Dan has come come up through the ranks in the Golf New Zealand system and made very post a winner. He has a great attitude and this is no doubt due to the influence of his amazing family support. I really enjoyed this korero (talk) with Dan and continue to be impressed with his ability to take everything in his stride and remain the humble young man that i have got to know over the last decade. 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/

This week I am delighted to be joined by world leading performance coach Owen Eastwood,  Owen hails from Otatara a small community on the outskirts of Invercargill New  Zealand, though now lives with his family in the UK.Owen has worked with some of the top sporting and business organisations the world over, including the South African Cricket Team, the England Football team (currently competing in the Euros) and the Command Group of NATO, to name a few.He has just released a great book called "Belonging" which helps us to understand an ancient code passed down through our ancestors to help us navigate the world we live in.If you did watch this one live there is a little bit at the end that Owen spoke about after we had ended the session but I thought was too good to leave out, so squeezed it in at the end.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/

This week I chat with Wellington Firebirds Coach, Glenn Pocknall. Glenn has progressed through the coaching ranks with intentionality, a strong desire to learn, challenge himself and be the best he can be.Glenn didn't play first class cricket and like RJ Smith said is a great example of a performance coach not having a performance background but has the different skill sets that are required to coach at the top level. Pockers has shown that through deliberate focus, patience, perseverance, resilience, learning mindset and hard work that good people can be outstanding coaches.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/