Episode 22 - Motivation in Sport

This week on the podcast, Sam talks through some of the latest research around motivation in sport. This is paired with personal anecdotes and advice from our special guest, Nicole Calder. She joins Sam and Ben to talk through her sporting journey and soccer career. Nicole has been playing soccer for the majority of her life, she travelled to the US on a soccer scholarship to do her university studies, before eventually moving back to Adelaide, now playing and coaching at Salisbury Inters.  Her career has not been without injury and other challenges and on this week's episode she shares her wealth of knowledge and experience about her motivation through the years as a player and how important it is to understand the motivation of her players as a coach. Club of the day: Glenelg Cricket Club http://www.gdcc.net.au/womens-cricket.html Find Nicole here: https://www.nicolecalder.com Linked In ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/beyond-the-club-podcast-623288226/⁠⁠ Facebook ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheClubPodcast⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/beyondtheclubpodcast/⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/beyond_the_club?lang=en⁠⁠ Ben Hook https://twitter.com/benhook1 Sam Elliott https://twitter.com/Sam_ElliottFU Time Stamps: (00:00)-(02:06) Intro (02:06)-(05:19) Club of the Day (05:19)-(24:45) Unyielding Motivation in Soccer and Beyond (24:45)-(25:16) Sammy D Ad (25:16)-(40:54) Challenges, Motivation, and the Impact of Environment (40:54)-(41:37) Good Sports Ad (41:37)-(1:02:29) Fast Four (1:02:29)-(1:03:34) Outro