World Games chat with Sam Vile

In this episode Sean speaks to Sam Vile, one of the people running the Great Britain World Games team, about how the team has come together. They talk about the trial process, how difficult it was to make selections and some of the philosophies that have been guiding Sam and Lucy Barnes, his coaching partner, as they prepare to take on the best in the world in Birmingham, Alabama. RUNDOWN How was it when you found out you would be leading the World Games bid, and how did that come about? (3:00) How different is it to manage at the World Games? (4:30) You had three larger pre-trials, how were preparations for that and sifting through the first group of people who applied (9:20) Were you surprised by how some of the players took to mixed given the high concentration of single-gender-focused players at trials? (15:30) Who did you have helping out at the trials, what was the process there? (20:38) How was getting from the pre-trials number to the number you took to the final trial? (24:45) How was the main trial from a management perspective? (28:48) How was it from a playing perspective, and how was it separating those two factors? (34:15) The importance of being a good teammate in the process (39:00) There is now a final 14 and a training squad, which means you've made cuts. How was that process of getting to the training squad? (42:45) How have the early preparations as a squad been? (53:53) Have you discussed aims or goals at this stage? (59:29) Has it been fun up to this point? (62:58) Sam talks about picking a team and the way to talk about how other people might have done things (65:24) Some discussion about Deep Space (70:32) A word on finishing on the podium at the ShowGame Awards (73:26)