#242 Coach Jerome Gumbs, Founder of Empower Me Academy: How to Create a Transformational Life Experience Through Sports, Develop Leaders, and Focus on Everyday Excellence
Friday, 15 October 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Coach Jerome Gumbs is a former collegiate and professional basketball player and the founder of Empower Me Academy (www.empowermeacademy.net). After a successful collegiate career at University of San Francisco, he played 8 years of professional basketball in Europe and South America, ultimately winning a European Championship. He returned to the US
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#241: Ben Sherwood, CEO of MOJO, on the Biggest Issue in Youth Sports and the Need to Help Recreational Coaches Up Their Game
Friday, 08 October 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Ben Sherwood, founder and CEO of MOJO, and has coached his sons for the last 12 years in four sports. During that time, he also served as president of the Disney ABC Television Group and president of ABC News. Like many recreational coaches, he noticed that there were few if any
#240: Anson Dorrance, 21x NCAA Champion, on Creating the “UNC Competitive Cauldron” (Session from 2021 Way of Champions Conference)
Friday, 01 October 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Anson Dorrance loves competition, and has spent decades understanding and creating relentless competitors in his teams. As the University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach, he has won over 1000 games, 21 NCAA Championships, and also led the US Women’s National Team to the 1991 World Cup Championship. He has published
#239 Oli Gage, Canadian Premier League Director of Football, on Talent ID, Player Recruitment, and Ensuring no Player Fall Through the Cracks
Friday, 24 September 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Oliver Gage is the Director of Football at the Canadian Premier League and has a growing reputation for basing his footballing philosophy on a successful evidence-based approach to the sport and player development. Previously Head of Performance at the University of Virginia and Head of Performance Analysis and Technical Recruitment at
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How to Help Your Athletes Build Great Habits and Break the Bad Ones
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. They are the foundation of mastery.” – James Clear “I wish my kid would practice more on his own,” said one mom to me at a recent talk. “He could be so much better if he applied himself.” “I hear you,” said her friend. “If he spent as
#238 James Clear: How to Build Great Habits and Break Bad Ones
Friday, 17 September 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher James Clear (@JamesClear) is the international #1 bestselling author of Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones. Since its release in 2018, the book has sold over 5 million copies worldwide, and become mandatory reading for athletes, business leaders, and everyday people trying
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#237 Professor Matthias Lochmann on Reinventing German Youth Soccer, Funino and the Focus on Developing Game Intelligence at the Same Time as Technique
Sunday, 12 September 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Matthias Lochmann is a sport scientist in the field of training and coaching, a sports physician and a UEFA A licensed coach. Since 2008, he has been working as a professor at the Department of Sports Science and Sport at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. There, he is the head of the
#236 Cassidy Preston, Mental Performance Coach: How to Overcome the Results Trap, the Confidence Conundrum, and the Over-Thinking Paradox
Sunday, 05 September 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Dr. Cassidy Preston (@CassidyPreston) is a mental performance coach and the founder of Consistent Elite Performance. He was a high level hockey player as a youth, played 5 years of university hockey, and five years of OHL major junior level before transitioning into coaching AAA Hockey. His own struggles as a
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#234 Dr. Richard Bailey: How to Turn Coaching into a True Profession (Replay)
Sunday, 22 August 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Is the way we coach based upon the latest science, research, and best practices of how children learn? Or is it based upon how we were coached growing up? In this fantastic interview, Dr. Richard Bailey (@DrDickB), Head of Research at ICSSPE, separates fact from fiction and discusses some of the
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#233 Dr. Jean Cote: Long Term Athlete Development Starts with Immediate Positive Experiences
Sunday, 15 August 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Dr. Jean Côté (@JeanCote46) is professor and Director in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University at Kingston (Canada). His research interests are in the areas of children in sport, coaching, positive youth development, and sport expertise. Dr. Côté has published more than 130 papers on a variety
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#232 Wes Brown: Manchester United’s 2x Champions League and 5x EPL Winner on his Journey from Pickup Games to the Pros
Sunday, 08 August 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher When we talk about being a champion, not too many people in professional sport can claim to understand what it takes to get to the top of the game like Wes Brown. Brown loved taekwondo and playing pickup games in the park as a kid, and didn’t join his first soccer
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#231 Jerry Lynch on his new book The Competitive Buddha: How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life
Sunday, 01 August 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher This week I have the pleasure of interviewing my podcast co-host Dr. Jerry Lynch as he releases his 14th book The Competitive Buddha: How to Up Your Game in Sports, Leadership and Life. When Jerry first told me about this book about a year ago I was so curious about the
#230 Martin Rooney: The 3 B’s of a Great Team Culture
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher We are so excited to welcome back Martin Rooney (@MartinRooney1) to the show to talk about his brand new book High Ten: An Inspiring Story About Building a Great Team Culture. Martin is a good friend of the show, last joining us on episode 157. He is one of the most
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#229 Rasmus Ankersen: How to Find and Develop the Talent That Whispers
Sunday, 18 July 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Rasmus Ankersen (@RasmusAnkersen) is an internationally known author, speaker, and film producer and one of the worlds leading experts on talent identification and development. He is also the co-director of football for Brentford FC of the English Premier League and Chairman of Champions League club FC Midtjylland of the Danish Super
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#228 Dan Coyle, 2x NYT Bestselling Author, Discusses the Secrets of the World’s Most Successful Teams
Sunday, 11 July 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code, The Culture Code, The Little Book of Talent, The Secret Race (co-authored with Tyler Hamilton), Hardball: A Season in Projects, and other books. Winner (with Hamilton) of the 2012 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prize, he is a contributing
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#227 Shay Haddow: How to Develop Confidence in Your Athletes
Sunday, 04 July 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Shay Haddow (@shayhaddow) is an expert coach and speaker on confidence and mindset for female athletes. Having worked with hundreds of youth female athletes and college teams from across the country, she’s empowered girl athletes to build unshakable confidence so they can live and play to their fullest potential. As the
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#226 Owen Eastwood on Belonging: How to Find Your Identity, Define Your Purpose, and Create an Extraordinary Culture
Sunday, 27 June 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Owen Eastwood (@oweneastwood) is one of the world’s most sought after high performance coaches. He is currently working with the England Men’s Football (soccer) team during the 2021 Euros, and has worked with organizations such at NATO Command, South Africa Cricket, Scotland Rugby, the Royal Ballet, and Team GB. Today we
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#225 ECNL President Christian Lavers: “If you don’t know what they see, you risk coaching the wrong thing.”
Sunday, 20 June 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Christian Lavers is a former attorney turned soccer coach, and today is the president of the Elite Clubs National League, a nationwide, highly competitive league where over 90% of the girls involved move on to college soccer, and the fledgling boys league is already attracting some of the top teams in
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#224 Naomi Osaka and Athlete Mental Health: A Conversation with Dr. Jarrod Spencer
Sunday, 13 June 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher This week on the podcast we delve into an incredibly important topic, the mental health and well-being of our athletes. With the recent withdrawal of one of the world’s top tennis players, Naomi Osaka, from the French Open due to depression and social anxiety, this topic has been in the news
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#223 “No Excuses!” Mark Pulisic, Father of Chelsea and US Soccer Star Christian Pulisic, on Christian’s Journey to the Top
Sunday, 06 June 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher This week, in order to celebrate Christian Pulisic becoming the first American male to win the Champions League, we dig into the archives for our interview with his father Mark. Mark is a former collegiate and professional player and coach, and our talk took place soon after Christian completed his $73
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#222 “You’ve Got to Taste The Mud!” How to Become a Better Coach with EPL and Serie A Coach Carlo Cornacchia
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Carlo Cornacchia is a long time friend and coaching collaborator, and has both played and coached at the highest levels the game of soccer has to offer. He played professionally in Italy for clubs such as Napoli, Atalanta and Cagliari, and the last few years he has been a part of
#221 “The Better the Relationship, the More You Can Demand” with UNC Volleyball Coach Joe Sagula
Sunday, 23 May 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Joe Sagula has spent the last 40 years as an NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball coach with the University of Pennsylvania and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. During that time his teams have won over 800 matches and 17 Conference titles. He is a 9x ACC and Ivy League Coach
#220 Surviving and Thriving During Tryout Season with John and Jerry
Sunday, 16 May 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher This past week, John has been assisting his local competitive soccer club with their annual tryouts, and like most years, tryouts are a trying time! How do you balance the “as many as possible, as long as possible” philosophy with facility shortages, lack of trained coaches, and the fact that competitive
#219 “Prepare the Child for the Path, not the Path for the Child” with Author and HS Football Coach Clint Schumacher
Sunday, 09 May 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Resilience is quite the buzzword these days, but what is it exactly, and how do we develop resilience in ourselves, and model it for our children? Clint Schumacher is a husband, father, lawyer, HS football coach and author fo the great new book Second Wind, all about the 14 decisions we
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How to Be a Great Teammate
Tuesday, 04 May 2021
In my daily conversations with coaches of every level, from grassroots to the professional ranks, we often talk about a topic that is near and dear to our hearts: what makes someone a valuable member of the team. What are the qualities that make an athlete recruitable? Is it speed? Strength? Skill? Some combination of
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#218 Mark Bennett: How Coaches Shape Behavior, Influence Training Habits, and Build Accountable Teams (Replay)
Sunday, 02 May 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher This week we dive into the archives, back to Episode 31 where Mark Bennett visited us for the first time. This podcast was a game changer for me in terms of how I coach, communicate with athletes, build accountability, and more. It was so fun to do the editing again and
#217 The Power of “I Love to Watch You Play” with 4x Emmy Award Winning Sports Journalist and Producer Asia Mape
Sunday, 25 April 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Asia Mape is a 4x Emmy Awards winning sports journalist and producer, and the founder of the incredible website “I Love to Watch You Play.” She has covered five Olympic games, two Super Bowls and nearly every major sporting event in the world. She has also interviewed hundreds of the top
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#216 How Great Teams “Stick Together” with Author and Coach Kate Leavell
Sunday, 18 April 2021
Kate Leavell is a speaker, workshop facilitator, and author of the brand new book Stick Together with Jon Gordon. She is a former NCAA and high school coach, corporate sales consultant, and Coaches Education Trainer for US Lacrosse, and now works with teams and leaders across the country to boost performance, connection, and energy as
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#215 “The Children are Listening!” How to Build Psychological Capital with Your Athletes with John Yeager
Sunday, 11 April 2021
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher The children are listening, they are paying attention, and they need us more than ever. That is what our guest this week John Yeager is telling us. John Yeager is a positive psychology consultant and performance coach who works with coaches and athletes at the youth, high school, college, Olympic, and
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