Junior Program Profile: Greg Wilson, Brantford Golf & Country Club (ON)

Send a textOur series profiling youth curling programs continues. In this episode, I have a conversation with Greg Wilson, Junior Curling Convenor at the Brantford Golf & Country Club (ON). Some of the topics we discuss include:* The importance of FUN in his program and allowing his coaches the flexibility to change things when they aren't fun (7:01)* His experience coaching his three sons and his advice to parent coaches (10:10)* How he attracted new kids to his program (e.g., "Bring-A-Friend") (17:20)* Advice to first-time junior program coordinators (20:28)* The online curling league he set up for his program this season (21:55)Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:Brantford Golf & Country Club Web sitehttp://brantfordgolfandcountryclub.com/playcurling.com - Online curling gamehttp://www.playcurling.com/Greg's e-mail address: [email protected] our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurlingGlenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at [email protected] intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunriseBy Josh Woodwardhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_WoodwardLicensed under CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support the show