The Athlete Development Show

ADS 059: Simon Brundish – Move Like a Superhero    My guest on the show today is Simon Brundish (@SimonBrundish). Simon is the founder of StrengthLab Superheroes, an interactive curriculum for fundamental movement skill  development that reaches over 50K primary aged kids across the world. Simon’s background in strength and conditioning, working mainly with football […]The post EP 59 – Simon Brundish – Move Like a Superhero appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is Dr Harry Bowles (@HBowles124), a lecturer in Physical Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales. Harry is a versatile scholar with a broad range of teaching and research interests, including identity, transition in  sport and over the life-course, and sport and exercise culture. The past 8 years of […]The post EP 58 – Dr Harry Bowles – Do I Really Want To Play Professional Cricket? appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is a legend in New Zealand sport, Rob Waddell. Rob is a 3-time Olympic Games rower, a yachtsman, a black belt in Judo, a businessman, and a dedicated husband and father of 3. Rob won gold in the single sculls at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and holds the second […]The post EP 57 – Rob Waddell – From Child to Champion appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is James Baker. James is an Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach with the UK Strength & Conditioning Association and a fully qualified Physical Education Teacher. At present, James works as a Strength & Conditioning Coach and Sport Science Lead at the Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar. Prior to this, […]The post EP 56 – James Baker – Strength and Conditioning in Schools appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is Dr Shane Pill. Shane is an Associate Professor in Education at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. Here, Shane researchers and lectures in curriculum studies, PE and sport pedagogy. Before academia, Shane spend 19 years teaching physical education in secondary schools. Shane is author of four resource books […]The post EP 55 – Shane Pill – Accidental Academia and the Games Sense Approach appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

“You can’t make excuses. You had to wake up every morning to train. You had to eat the right foods and make sure you were hydrated. Those were the things that dad always instilled in us, and to not let anyone stand in the way.” My guest on the show today is one of New […]The post EP 54 – Maria Folau – Positive Parenting, Learning to Shoot, and her Love for Netball appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

It’s a pleasure to introduce two guests on the show today. The first, is Dr Doug Gleddie (@doug_gleddie), Associate Professor of Elementary Physical Education at the University of Alberta, in Canada. Doug is a qualitative researcher, has 22 years’ experience of teaching behind him, and has worked with a wide variety of people and organisations […]The post EP 53 – Doug Gleddie and Lauren Sulz – Play, School Sport, and Finding Joy in Movement appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is Jayne Dunbar (@dunbar_jayne). Jayne is the Careers and Pathways Project Leader at Hobsonville Point Secondary School, in Auckland. Prior to this, Jayne was a Physical Education and Health Teacher at Papakura High School in South Auckland. As part of her role at the school, Jayne led a Sport […]The post EP 52 – Jayne Dunbar – Sport as a Vehicle for Change in Education appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is Dr Brooke Macnamara (@BrookeMacnamara). Brooke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University where her research crosses multiple levels of investigation from high-level studies of complex human performance to lower-level investigations of working memory processes. She has a Master’s degree from […]The post EP 51 – Dr Brooke Macnamara – Developing Expertise in Sports appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show

My guest on the show today is Nathan Parnham (@nathan_parnham). Nathan is the conditioning and rehabilitation coach and the head of athletic development at the Parramatta Eels Rugby League Club in the NRL. Prior to working with the Eels, Nathan spent 5 and a half years as the strength and conditioning manager at Newington College […]The post EP 50 – Nathan Parnham – Coaching Kids in the Gym appeared first on AUT Millennium News.Support the show