The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Our Great Coach for this episode is Rohan TaylorRohan is a high performance swimming coach and the current National Head Coach of the Australian Swim Team, The Dolphins.His coaching career started at the Shoalhaven Academy and moved through Carey Aquatic, Saddleback Valley Aquatics, Laguna Hills High School, Irvine Novaquatics and in 2000, he joined the coaching staff at the Nunawading Swimming Club. Over his career he has produced and worked with some of Australia's top swimming talent; most notably Olympic swimmers Leisel Jones, who won the 100 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Belinda HockingIn 2008, he was appointed as high performance coach at Nunawading and in 2017 was appointed State Head Coach for Victoria and Tasmania.The key highlights in this interview wereRohan's openness in explaining his coaching philosophy of collaboration, commitment, communication and consistency. How he describes resetting the culture of his swimming squad with a simple act at every training session to deeply reinforce that individual's are part of something far greater than just themselves.How reflective he becomes discussing the mentoring of other coaches, and how he deals with managing moments of self doubt, replacing that with a purpose.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Lisa Alexander.Lisa Alexander was the coach of the Australian Netball team, known as the Diamonds, from 2011 to 2020. She finished her tenure with an 81% winning record.Her coaching journey started in country Victoria, before she progressed to coach the Melbourne Phoenix in the national competition, taking the team to two title wins in 2002 and 2003.She was appointed head coach of the Australian U21 netball team in 2006. Lisa coached the Australian National team for 102 matches; winning 83 of those games. She oversaw gold medal successes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Netball World Cup, as well as silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 Netball World Cup.Lisa is an articulate and passionate coach; who speaks candidly about the issues propelling elite performance. She has high expectations and standards and you will hear here talk about this in the context of team culture; and the “sisters in arms” trademark that she introduced.Other highlights of the discussion for me included:Expecting her players to not only become leaders on the court but also aspiring to be a Prime Minister off the courtHow google look for employees with coaching experienceAnd how coaches csocializing with athletes can create problems within the team.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on the Episode is rugby's Dwayne NestorDwayne is an Australian professional rugby coach with over 14 years coaching elite level rugby. He's the current Head Coach of the Australian Women’s International Rugby Team, the Wallaroos.In 2016, he coached the Perth Spirit to a Championship and joined the coaching staff of the Wallaroos, the Australian Women’s International Rugby Team in 2017 becoming their Head Coach in 2018.Outside of Rugby, Dwayne is a strong advocate for the development of coaches and individuals through his organisation SiSu Life, where he specialises on the mental development of athletes and professionals in creating high performance mindsets. Dwayne's website: https://www.sisulife.com.au/The key highlights of this interview wereHis insights in creating a suit of armour to protect yourself against self-doubt by doing the hard work in training and preparation, Getting the very best out of his players to execute consistently under pressure and, after so many years of elite coaching he can still be surprised by the high levels of self-awareness in his playing group.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.