Talking Performance

This weeks guest is Dr Oliver Runswick who is a lecturer in performance psychology at Kings College in London and a skill acquisition consultant at Runswickperformance.comOli has a real passion for skill learning and has some awesome insight into how we adapt and learn skill, particularly in cricket.He dives in to the importance of the context of the game and prior information when it comes to decision making. I hope you enjoy the yarn and it would be great if you could share it with your mates and even leave us a review.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This weeks guest is Trevor Ragan from The Learner Lab which is one of my favourite places to hang out as it has so much great content.When I reached out to Trevor I thought it was ambitious as I'm sure he is a busy man, to my surprise he replied within minutes saying he would love to come on. His curiosity and enthusiasm for this topic of learning shines brightly through out the podcast and he offers so many wonderful insights and strategies to help us all break down the barriers of learning new skills. I hope you enjoy the yarn and it would be great if you could share it with your mates and even leave us a review.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week my guest is former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anna Simcic who is now an athlete life advisor for HPSNZIt was really interesting to hear Anna’s journey from being an athlete to being someone on the other side of the fence and supporting our current athletes. I loved her insight in to the balance of how we can support athletes who want to train hard while also maintaining their well being As always if you enjoy the show I would love for you to share it with your mates and join our facebook community under Talking performance. Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This is the first episode of season 4 and I think you will agree it is a pretty epic way to get 2022 underway.  Unfortunately I didn't quite nail the sound, so it is not my best work, which is a shame and I apologise for that. I am joined by performance psychologist Jonah Oliver, who works with a number of professional athletes, surgeons, entrepreneurs and business leaders and after this chat I think you will know why.Jonah does a fantastic job of making the complex word of performance psychology easy to digest in a relaxed manner which makes you (or at least has made me) review our relationship with pressure. I hope you enjoy this chat and as always if you have a minute it would be great if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts. Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This is a mash up of four guests where we speak about youth sport, coach development and how to make those experience fun and engaging so that youth want to come back. If you want to listen to the full episodes they can be found here:Kyle McLean  Episode 67Stuart Armstrong Episode 70Andy Rogers Episode 73John O'Sullivan Episode 81I will be back with new episodes in the coming weeks. As always I love the feedback and if you have the time it would be cool if you could give us a rating wherever you listen to your podcasts. Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

In this episode I have done a Skill Acquisition Mash Up from 4 podcasts last year. These snippets are from Ed Coughlan, Damian Farrow, Ian Renshaw and Rich Masters and will hopefully get you thinking about the way you train or coach when it come to motor learning.If you want to go back and listen to the original episodes they are;Ed Coughlan Ep 51Damian Farrow Ep 59Ian Renshaw Ep 76Rich Masters Ep 65As always I would love to hear your feedback and if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts that would be great.Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

Owen Eastwood, a world-leading performance coach from New Zealand, dives deep into cultural wisdom and team dynamics. He shares personal stories about heritage's impact on identity and the psychological pressures faced by athletes. Owen emphasizes the importance of understanding indigenous concepts like 'mana' and 'Ubuntu' in team dynamics. He discusses authentic team culture, the significance of shared narratives for high performance, and how a sense of belonging can drive motivation and personal growth.

The final podcast of 2021 is going out with a bang as I am joined by host of "Way of Champions" Podcast, Author and founder of changingthegameproject.com John O'Sullivan.John has such a great outlook on youth development and has had a huge influence in this space the world over through his books, the podcast and his website which has plenty of great information. If you enjoy the podcast it would be great if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcastsSend us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This is another pre recorded pod cast and my guest this week is AFL Coach, Author and Coach Developer, an Aussie living in Canada, Cody RoyleCody is the host of the podcast "Where Others Wont" and has a book by the same name, as well as his most recent publication "The Tough Stuff". We started this chat by sharing our thoughts on podcasting and I kept it in the publication as I thought Cody summed up exactly how I feel about this podcast. I have read both the above mentioned books and thoroughly enjoyed them both and believe The Tough Stuff is a pretty unique book which really makes you think about the extra pressure of Head Coaching. If you enjoy the podcast it would be great if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week my guest is Olympic Weight Lifter Megan Signal. Megan was due to compete in the Tokyo Olympics but had to pull out on the day of her event due to an injury.I really enjoyed this chat and love the way Megan see's the world, she has gone through some adversity and has an amazing outlook on life, sport and training. She speaks of being a young person who was a binge drinker, a smoker and a long way from being fit and how her trajectory changed with exercise.If you enjoy the podcast it would be great if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts Send us a textSupport the showhttps://talkingperformancepod.com/