Talking Performance

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/

Richard (RJ) Smith is a consultant to coaches having previously had roles with High Performance Sport New Zealand, Crusaders Rugby as Leader of High Performance before moving on to High Performance Coach Developer at NZ Cricket.RJ has a wealth of knowledge in the coaching  and leadership space and this conversation has plenty of gold nuggets for coaches to be curious about. Despite being in the industry for a few years he still has a strong desire to read and learn and shows a large amount of intellectual humility. He has his own website www.lightsmith.co.nz if you want to learn more about RJ.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/

Des is currently assistant coach for Melbourne City FC in the A-League and is arguably one of New Zealand's best coaches.Des achieved huge success in the U20's program in New Zealand, taking the team to the round of 16 at the world cup only to miss out in a penalty shoot out and then led the U23 team to NZ Footballs first and only gold medal at the Pacific Games.Des talks about how he brought this group of young men together and his journey as a coach. How NZ Football let Des go I will never know, but hopefully they will see the light and he will once again be on our shores helping our players achieve success on the world stage.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/

Tonight we are joined by All Black Captain Sam Cane. Sam has played over 70 games for the All Blacks and was recently made captain. During this chat we talk about some of Sam's strategies for dealing with pressure, what he believes it takes to make it at the highest level and what advice he would give to younger players.I love the honesty and clarity with which Sam answers the questions, he has worked out what he needs to do to be successful and has his own very high standards.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/

Tonight we are joined by another Irishman, Ed Coughlan who is a Skill Acquisition Specialist with a PhD in Skill Acquisition. I am a massive fan of the way Ed thinks about the world and in particular learning skill During this chat we talk about some of the conventional way in which skills are taught and Ed challenges some of that thinking and offers some great alternatives. I particularly love how he says Skill Acq is just "Common Sense" 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/

Tonight we are joined by Daragh Sheridan from HPSNZ (High Performance Sport New Zealand) Daragh leads the coaching team at HPSNZ whose purpose is to enhance the impact of High Performance Coaches in the performance environment.Daragh is originally from Galway, Ireland and has been in New Zealand with his young family for the last 2 and half years and has already had a massive impact in his space.During this chat we talk about the challenges of moving with family, the human technology that exists within Tikanga, his own journey and where he sees High Performance coaching heading 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 community.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/