Talking Performance

This week I chat with Amelia Garvey who is a young kiwi golfer at the beginning of her professional journey.I had no intention of publishing this as a podcast, Amelia had agreed to jump on a zoom with some of our young aspirational players and I loved it so much I asked if I could publish it. It has been great to watch Amelia grow both on and off the golf course and I am sure we will see a lot more of her in the future. Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

My guest this week is Brent MatehaereBrent is the coach of the Otago Nuggets Basketball team who won this years NBL, it was great to chat with Brent and get an insight in to the way he sees the world.Brent is an avid learner, loves coaching and has a lot to offer over and above just basketball. In true Talking Performance fashion I love how he connects with people from all domains in an effort to keep learning. I hope you enjoy the chatSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week on Talking Performance I am joined by Philip O’Callaghan or as he is known on Twitter @Mr _Tennis_CoachPhilip posts so much great content on Twitter in the skill acquisition and practice design space so it was a thrill to talk to him.While Philip is a Tennis Coach and I am a golf coach we were obviously able to find some similarities there but he also gave some great examples of what it could look like in team sports.If you’re interested in Skill Acquisition and ecological dynamics then I highly recommend listening to this podcast and following Philip on Twitter @Mr_Tennis_CoachSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I am joined by New Zealand Professional Golfer Steve AlkerFor those who don’t know Steve’s story, here is a quick over viewHe turned pro in 1995 after a very impressive amateur career and up until 2020 had won 11 events around the world, from the pacific islands to the Web.com tour or what it now known as the Korn Ferry tour.While he has played on the PGA Tour he didn’t have a standout career, but since turning 50 and joining the champions tour his life has changed. On Monday the 16th of August 2021 he qualified for a PGA Tour Champions event by Monday qualifying, which in itself is impressive enough and not only made the cut that week but he finished inside the top 10, ensuring he would get a start the following week, he then did that for the next 6 weeks in a row!Fast forward just over a year and he has played 29 events·        Made 29 cuts·        4 Wins·        23 Top 10s And in 2022 sits a top the order of meritAnyone you talk to who knows Steve says how much of a great man he is and I think that comes through in this podcast. He is everything you want in a champion, humble, hard working and constantly seeking improvement and he obviously has a great family around himSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week my guest is Daragh Sheridan, Daragh was a previous guest and someone I have looked up to as a source of knowledge over the last few years.He has recently moved back to Ireland with his family, to take up a position as Head of High Performance Coach Development at IRFU.Prior to that he was Head of capability and expertise at Sport Ireland and more recently Manager of High Performance Coaching at HPSNZ, while he is lost to New Zealand in the short term I get the sense it wont be the last we see of him in this country. In this chat I try to dig in to some of the core roles and competencies of a high performance coach and get a sense from Daragh where this space is heading. I love his people first attitude and I hope you get a lot out of this chat.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week my guest is Craig White who I first heard on Russel Earnshaw's Podcast the Magic Academy. Craig is doing some amazing work and has had a helluva journey to get to where he is now, starting off as a hard nose rugby league player and strength and conditioning coach right though to being a yoga instructor and talking about love. He has a couple of websites worth checking out, Men without Masks and Craig White Mentoring, below is an excerpt from this website, https://www.craigwhitementoring.com/"Over the last 25 years, I've been on an incredible journey of self-discovery. A journey that has taken me from the power lifting gyms of America to the temples of India, from the rugby fields of England to the jungles of Peru, from my head and into my heart."Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week my guest is Dr Carl Woods who is a Senior Research Fellow in Skill Acquisition at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia who enjoys exploring and knowing at an ecological anthropological intersection in sport.I had heard Carl on a number of podcasts and was so excited to be able to spend some time listening to his view on the world which I have to say I love.There is no real intro on the chat as we hit the ground running and just got straight in to it. I am very grateful to be able to do this podcasts and have such great guests and a loyal community, if you listen often I just want to say thank you and I hope you enjoy them as much as I love doing them.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I am joined Luke Mackey, Luke is the Sport Medicine and Performance manager at Golf Australia and lives in Orlando Florida where he and his family host and look after Golfers from Australia who are traveling and need a place to stay or trainI first met Luke when he was a 19 year old full of energy and happy to voice his opinion, now he is 34, full of energy and happy to voice his opinion.But in all seriousness, he is a great man, has an incredibly open mind, loves learning and challenging the status quo and I think you will get that sense from this chat.Thanks again for listening and if you enjoy the podcast it would mean a lot if you could leave a review wherever you listen and share it with your mates.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This is a pretty special episode for me. Not because it is my 100th episode but more because I was back where it all started with my old mate, live on Facebook with such a cool community. I loved being back online live and seeing the names of the community pop up with questions and comments and it made me reflect on how incredibly grateful I am to have started this and made so many great connections.A special thanks at this point to a couple of people who helped make this happen at the start, obviously DG but also my good mate Scott Curtis.We cover some cool shit in this chat and the key bit that really stuck with me was DG saying “we need to magnify magic everywhere and have this as part of our language”Anyway If you would like to connect with DG check out his website https://www.habitofgreatness.co.nz/ and in particular his online mindset courses.Thanks for all your support over the 100 EpisodesSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I am joined by Dr Jay-Lee Nair.Originally from Australia, Dr Jay-Lee completed her first two degrees in psychology in the United States,  where she had a scholarship to play NCAA Div-1 collegiate golf. She finished with all-American academic honours, and attributes her career as a sport and performance psychologist to the success found in both studies and sport. Jay-Lee has established a reputation for writing on a variety of topics in sport psychology, having written for a number of publications in sport and wellness and has just published a book called Good Sports, which is a thoughtful and practical guide on how to support children both on and off the sporting field. To find out more about this book and where to order it click hereSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/