Talking Performance

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/

Season 3 continues tonight with  one of the countries leading mental skills coaches, John Quinn. John is the Mental Skills Coach for The Crusaders Rugby Team one of rugby's most successful teams as well as supporting many of the countries leading athletes across a variety of sports.I have been fortunate to work with John over the last few years and have learnt so much from every session and this chat was no different. 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 is the first episode of season 3 and it is Jay on his own as DG is now up in Japan working with Japan Rugby. This week we had former Black Cap and current NSW Cricket Bowling Coach, Andre Adams back on the show to join us for round two! Andre played in all three formats for New Zealand and had a stellar county career in England after his international career had finished. He has become a real student of coaching and has so much to offer. He is obviously very reflective and continues to push the boundaries and grow himself both inside and outside the realm of coaching.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 will be the last week where we have a reflection session as it is DGs last week on the podcast. This week we reflect on our yarn with Andre Adams and cover some of the concepts that Andre spoke about. In fact we actually felt like Andre had so much to offer that Jay has invited him back to join him on his first solo effort!If you enjoy this please share it with your friends and if you want to join in the live discussion join Jay on the Facebook TalkingPerformance group and tune in at 8pm (NZ Time) every Monday Night.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week we are fortunate to have former Black Cap and current NSW Cricket Bowling Coach, Andre Adams.Andre played in all three formats for New Zealand and had a stellar county career in England after his international career had finished. He has become a real student of coaching and has so much to offer. He is obviously very reflective and continues to push the boundaries and grow himself both inside and outside the realm of coaching.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/

Each week after we have a guest on we have a reflection session where we go through some of the concepts that the guest spoke about.This week we reflect on our korero with Maia Westrupp. Maia is a young coach (and helluva athlete by the sound of it) who is influencing young people where ever he goes. Maia shares his views on coaching and what success means to him.If you enjoy this please share it with your friends and if you want to join in the live discussion join us on the Facebook TalkingPerformance group and tune in at 8pm (NZ Time) every Monday Night.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/