Ontario Curling Council's "15 for 15's Virtual Athlete Series" With Sean Turriff & Delores McCallum

Send a textOn Dec. 21 & 22, 2020, the Ontario Curling Council (OCC) will be hosting a virtual "15 for 15's Athlete Series" of webinars targeted at the U15 age group. In this episode, I speak with two people involved with the series: Sean Turriff, OCC Education Manager (South) and Delores McCallum, Assistant Curling Professional at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club.Sean Turriff Interview Highlights:* What is the "15 for 15's Athlete Series"? (1:40)* The team of coaches presenting sessions (6:56)* What is the Ontario Curling Council? (14:55)* His book, "Curling: Steps To Success" (22:24)Delores McCallum Interview Highlights:* Why team building is important in a sport like curling? (25:05)* Her experience organizing a youth team-building clinic for several years (27:02)* The story of a young athlete who didn't "fit" his team at first (28:47)* Her famous co-presenter (30:41)* One thing that's overlooked when building a youth team (31:49)Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:Ontario Curling Council "15 for 15's Athlete Series" Web pagehttps://ontariocurlingcouncil.com/blog/2020/11/15-for-15s-athlete-series-online-athlete-development-for-u15-curlers/ (NOTE: URL no longer exists)Sean Turriff's e-mail: [email protected]: Steps To Success (2016)  by Sean Turriffhttps://www.amazon.ca/Curling-Steps-Success-Sean-Turriff/dp/1492515779Delores' e-mail: [email protected]' e-mail: [email protected]' Twitter: @yikesyooDelores' "Endgame" Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/curlingcoach/LISTENER SHOUT-OUT: Thanks to Jen Ferris of the OCC, who enjoyed our recent "Program Profile" episode with Chris Summers of the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, BC.Follow 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