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Making The Play with Dave Briglio

by Making The Play Radio

Hear from the best coaches, teachers and mentors on how to lead your students, athletes and staff into a constant state of high performance, with even higher satisfaction.. the Work may be hard but it will feel like Play

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Episodes

  1. MTP#77_BYOP-Ruth_Nelson

    ALL VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS ARE NOT EQUAL FOR AGES 10 AND UNDER! WHAT SEPARATES THE BRING YOUR OWN PARENT (BYOP®) PROGRAM FROM OTHER YOUTH VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS? Its mission, methods, program and certification of instructors to ensure the consistency in approach for training youth players. The MISSION...

  2. MTP #71 - REAL Men Inc

    On this episode I have the pleasure of talking with Kathy DiCocco, Executive Director of the H.O.P.E. Foundation for a Better Tomorrow, and mother of its Founder, Frank DiCocco (1984-2013), who lived a short but amazing life focussed on lifting others to new heights. His crowning achievement was...

  3. MTP 69 - Raising Champion Families

    This week my guest is Janis Meredith, Founder of Raising Champion Families. Sport parents, this episode is for YOU. And coaches, if you have parents struggling to enjoy watching their kids play,getting all caught up in the hype of "winning and losing", make sure they listen in. As a wife and a...

  4. MTP#68 - Balanced Excellence

    This week my guest is V.J. Stanley, an author and public speaker who formed Balanced Excellence (formerly Frozen Shorts) .With over 30 years experience and a published book V.J., with his holistic organic approach to teaching kids youth and high school sports,is changing the youth and high school...

  5. MTP 67- TackleBar

    This week my guest is Tim Healy, President/CEO of TackleBar Football, addressing the current crisis in youth football: an alarming 30% reduction in youth participation, with concussions and youth injuries at the center of the discussion. Parents are paying more attention, the numbers are…

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  6. MTP 66 - Dr Wolfe & Sports Organizational Dynamics

    This week my guest is Dr. Richard Wolfe of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, who will be getting into the organizational dynamics of sports, going beyond analytics and sport science, to gain the competitive edge to drive your sports team performance. About Dr. Wolfe: Professor...

  7. MTP #65- Richard Shorter, Non-Perfect Dad

    This week my guest is Richard Shorter, the Non-perfect Dad: enabling coaches and parents to work together to produce winning character on and off the sports field. When the home and coaching environments are united an athlete is given the best possible chance to excel greatly in all areas of…

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  8. MTP 64-Gordon Maclelland

    This week my guest is Gordon MacLelland, CEO of ‘Working with Parents in Sport’, a UK-based company that works with sporting organizations globally, providing unbiased information that understands the difficulties that parents and coaches face in today’s world, for the goal of providing children...

  9. MTP #63-IAmThatGirl

    This week I will be talking with 3 women who are part of I AM THAT GIRL: Katrina Voge, Medcedez Birnie & Madelyn Steurer. Join me and here why and how IATG asks women to take this simple but powerful pledge: “I have a brilliant heart and a beautiful mind. I am me, a perfectly flawed, beautyFULL...

  10. MTP 62-Remi Steele

    This week my guest is the Head Coach of the Bucknell University women's lacrosse team, Remi Steele. Remi authored a personal and impotrant article on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association's (IWLCA) blog, "Behind The Whistle" that talks about the importance of coaches...

  11. MTP61-makergirl

    This week my guest is Stephanie Hein, CEO of Maker Girl – an organization founded in a social entrepreneurship class at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where two young women were empowered by the question "What bothers you?" Motivated by their past experiences, MakerGirl was created…

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  12. MTP60-Athena Camps

    This week my guest is Aby Ryan, Founder of Athena Camps: https://athenacamps.com/ At Athena Camps their vision is to build communities of empowered girls who inspire and uplift each other in order to have a positive and lasting impact on our world. They help girls aged 4 to 14 develop their whole...

  13. MTP 59-Kristina Navarro-Rutgers Leadership Academy

    Welcome to Episode #59, where we'll talk about Athletic Leadership - not as a concept, but as the formal program that awaits today's collegiate student athletes. My guest will be Dr. Kristina Navarro, who oversees the Rutgers Leadership Academy (RLA). RLA is a privately funded entity whose…

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  14. MTP 58-Nelson Brown-Body Positivity

    Nelson E. Brown is an Environmental Science student at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland, where he serves as one of the writers, artists, and editors of the school's literary magazine and a participant in the Project Sparks program. He's been recognized as an avid...

  15. MTP#57 - Make Your Organization GO

    My guest this week is GO! founder Ruth Nicholson who was also a finalist in Hudl's Innovator of the Year contest, honoring those who empower innovation in club soccer. We’ll talk about how GO! empowers directors of coaching, board members, administrators, and team managers to succeed through…

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  16. MTP#56: Getting Back In The Game

    This week my guest is Christine Pinalto, Co-founder of Sidelined USA, which exists to reunite permanently-sidelined athletes with their passions and inspire them to find a meaningful way forward. Christine and her Co-Founder (and son) Cade have a vision of helping athletes create a positive…

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  17. MTP#55: The Players' Mentor

    Player Mentoring This week my guest, from Plymouth, England, is Brian Chambers -Professional Football (soccer) Scout at Charlton Athletic, Bradford City, Bury & Swindon Town. Brian is more than a scout – he’s a true mentor to the players who work with him, one-on-one. One of his most successful...

  18. MTP#54 - Rachell Vallarelli

    Winning is Giving (It All) This week my guest is Rachell Vallarelli, a record-setting UMass goalie, current Professional Lacrosse Player (Baltimore Ride), and former US U19 Women’s National Training Team Member. Rachell loves to motivate and inspire those around her and is a believer in inspiring...

  19. MTP #53 - Playworks

    Rethinking Recess... This week my guest is Danielle Marshall, Executive Director for Playworks. Playworks builds a culture of play that enables kids to feel a real sense of belonging. Partnering with teachers, principals, and parents, they make sure kids have the opportunity to contribute on the...

  20. MTP#52 - Dr. Deering

    This week my guest is Sports Psychologist Dr. Michelle Deering of Curative Connections. She prides herself in these 3 skills: listening intently, thinking deeply, and loving passionately. Those qualities led her to pursue a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, get licensed as a psychologist, and...

  21. MTP#51-SheIS

    This week my guests are the Co-Founders of SheIS, Caitlin Donovan and Brenda Andress. SheIS represents a sisterhood through sports, and a cross-pollination of support for women and girls everywhere. It is the goal of SheIS to initiate support at all levels of sport, from professional to…

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  22. MTP#50-Liskevych Art Of Coaching

    This week my guest is Taras “Terry” Liskevych is the CEO/President of Total Sports, LLC and The Art of Coaching. Liskevych is a coaching mentor to hundreds of coaches and an entrepreneur that has started several technology and marketing companies. Terry retired as the head coach at Oregon State...

  23. MTP#48- Michael Pedersen on Ethics

    This week my guest is Michael Pedersen, Founder of M INC. › change the game, where sport leaders, nationally and internationally, turn good governance into a winning strategy for building trust, growth and performance. He helps sport leaders at all levels of sport and across sports, countries and...

  24. MTP#47 - AD of The Yr Jason Corley

    This week my guest is Jason Corley, CMAA, Athletic Director for Long Branch (N.J.) Public Schools, and the 2018 Jersey Sporting News Athletic Director of the Year. When Jason took the position for his alma mater he had one overarching goal: ensure today’s Green Wave student-athletes did not make...

  25. MTP46- Players Impact

    The Players’ Impact: Entrepreneur Athletes This week my guest is Tracy Deforge, the founder of The Players’ Impact. The Players' Impact was founded in 2017 as a group of athletes who were interested in investing in start-ups. As they built out the group, they quickly realized there was an…

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  26. MTP#45: Women Win

    This week my guest is Sarah Murray of Women Win, who is a global authority on play who has spent two decades promoting gender inclusion in sport. Wearing the Women Win jersey since 2009, she is currently the organization’s U.S. and Global Catalyze Director — leading efforts to empower adolescent...

  27. MTP#44 - Dr. Jim Bauman

    What is a Sports Psychologist?...A Pick-and-Choose Menu This week my guest is Dr. Jim Bauman, a renowned Sport and Human Performance Psychologist (Gravity Performance) who provides high quality services to athletes, coaches, sport organizations, and business organizations on a private consulting...

  28. MTP #43 Wyatt Melzer: A MAP For Positive Change

    This week my guest is Wyatt Melzer, Co-Founder and Chief Change Maker of The Modern American Party, where he is dedicated to help solve America’s leadership crisis by inspiring passionate and innovative change makers of all ages to realize their life’s purpose and the importance of being engaged…

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  29. MTP #42: Lacrosse The Nations

    Lacrosse The Nations: A Conduit of Opportunity, Worldwide This week my guest is Javier Silva (Executive Dir.) of Lacrosse the Nations (LtN), where they show sports are a conduit by which great things can be achieved. LtN is an international nonprofit that brings the sport of lacrosse to…

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  30. MTP #41- Good Sports

    This week my guest is Melissa Tatro Harper, Co-Founder and CEO of Good Sports, Inc. Good Sports is a nonprofit organization that lays the foundation for healthy, active lifestyles by providing athletic equipment, footwear and apparel to disadvantaged young people across the United States. Their...

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Hear from the best coaches, teachers and mentors on how to lead your students, athletes and staff into a constant state of high performance, with even higher satisfaction.. the Work may be hard but it will feel like Play

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