PODCAST · sports
Off the Pitch with Active
by Ken Willner
ARE YOU A PARENT OR COACH WITH A CHILD PLAYING SPORT?Listen to educated people around the world on the topic of youth development in sport. No 1 reason children start playing sport is because it is fun but a staggering number of kids leave sports because they stopped having fun. Why?These and many other questions about youth development in sport are discussed in this series.Come on! Join me it's a lot to learn about this.
Episodes
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#058 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with J.P. Nerbun, bestselling author, leadership coach and founder of TOC Culture consulting.
J.P. Nerbun is a bestselling author, leadership coach, and founder of TOC Culture Consulting, a leading global sports-consulting and leadership coaching business. His mission is to support leaders and their teams to achieve their full potential through 1:1 coaching, consulting, and community. In...
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#057 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dr Jill Taylor, Neuroanatomist, TED Speaker, Author & one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.
The New York Times best-selling author of My Stroke of Insight, Dr Jill Bolte Taylor, blends neuroanatomy with psychology in her new book Whole Brain Living which shows how we can short-circuit emotional reactivity and find our way to peace. Ranked #1 on Amazon in the following categories…
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#056 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Jazlyn Pipkin, Founder & CEO of Jazleticz LLC Sports. Author, trainer and holistic health coach, mentor
Jazlyn Pipkin is another refreshing young achiever in the space of youth sport. She is a Health Coach and Personal trainer who graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Exercise Sports Science and Associates in Business Administration. In 2015, she converted her life to Christ and began to discover her...
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#055 Off the Pitch with Active: Part 2 Interview with Chris Adams, Football manager at Northern Suburb Football Association, Sydney
This is part 2 of a conversation I had with Chris end of last year. If you haven't heard part 1 yet, go to episode 53 to make full sense of our discussion in this episode. Chris is an experienced coach-developer and football administrator with over 10 years' experience in grassroots football...
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#054 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Reed Maltbie: Spartans Mindset-Mastering the language of excellence
Leveraging two master's degrees—in sports psychology and early childhood development—and thirty years of professional coaching experience, "Coach Reed" Maltbie has dedicated his life to creating the best environments for athletes of all ages to achieve peak performance, on and off the sports…
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#053 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Chris Adams, Football manager at Northern Suburb Football Association, Sydney
Chris is an experienced coach developer and football administrator with over 10 years' experience in grassroots football programs working with member federations in Australia, NPL clubs and associations in both Western Australia and NSW. Chris is passionate for how we rethink grassroots football…
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#052 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Helen Connolly, SA Commissioner for Children & young people
Helen Connolly became South Australia's first Commissioner for Children and Young People in April 2017. The position was established under the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016. The Commissioner promotes and advocates for the rights, development and wellbeing of…
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#051 Interview with Sasha Graham, Author of Tiny Ninja Books
Sasha Graham is the founder of Tiny Ninja Books and is the author of Milo Does Not Like Mornings and Whitney Wins Everything. Sasha is a former executive at the Walt Disney Studios and her writing has appeared in magazines, newspapers and on television. Sasha lives with her husband Alan in...
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#050 Off the Pitch with Active: Sound of Music of youth sport, experts view on the best environment for youth to thrive in sport.
Mark O'Sullivan is helping me kicking of the 50th celebratory episode of "Off the Pitch with Active". To me he is an inspiration fueling my burning desire to help influence people to create a youth sport environment which Mark said in the opening "Meets the physical and emotional needs of…
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#049 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Vickie Simos, Physotherapist, Martial Artist, Motivational Speaker, Boxer, Author, Counsellor-About youth mental health
After years of self-doubt and self-deprecation, Vickie Simos (BA (Psych) G.dip.C&Psychotheraphy Master of Counselling) has made many discoveries about who she was and who she wants to be – a confident, strong person who considers herself worthy of all the best life has to offer. Vickie has…
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#048 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Sean Douglas, E-Learning Development Manager at Oceania Football Confederation
Sean has a keen interest in helping coaches learn. He holds an AFC/FFA Pro Diploma, but also has a passion for continual learning, which has included a Masters of Coaching (University of Queensland), and training as a Master Coach Developer through the International Council for Coaching…
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#047 Interview with Dr. Jessica Garza, an accomplished global business, professional sports mental consultant, TED speaker, author and Owner of Ultier.
Dr. Jess Garza holds a PhD in performance psychology, a master's in clinical mental health and a master's in sport-exercise psychology. She has established herself as a global influencer and now spends her time presenting around the world. She has worked with professional athletes, congressional...
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#046 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Emma Doyle, TedX Speaker, Mentor, Performance & Mindset Coach & Podcast host
Emma Doyle is a Performance Coach and international speaker helping you turn your motivation into activation. She has been coaching for 30 years and through her keynote speaking, mentoring, coaching, and consultancy she inspires, improves, and impacts players, coaches, teams, and corporates…
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#045 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Julie M. Stamm, Ph.D Clinical Asst. Prof. Neuroscientist, Anatomist, Athletic Trainer, Researcher, Sports lover & Author.
Julie M. Stamm, Ph.D. received her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009. As part the research team at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE). Stamm has been involved in ground-breaking research...
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#044 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Johan Fallby, Sport psychologist, advisor & presenter
Johan is also an ex professional table tennis player, representing his country Sweden. After being a sport psychologist in FC Kopenhagen and Djurgarden IF, 2 professional soccer clubs, he spent 10 years being responsible for sport psychology in Swedish FA. During this time, he also worked on...
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#043 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dr. Josie Perry, Performance in Mind
Dr Josephine Perry is a chartered psychologist working with those in sport and on the stage and in business to help them overcome their barriers to success, so they can achieve their goals. Josephine has a background in communications and behaviour change, having worked for many years in...
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#042 Off the Pitch with Active: 3 Teens impacting youth sport
A world first youth sport podcast episode with 3 teens, 2 girls and 1 boy. It is always adults who tell us what kids & Teens want in sport, but how about speaking to them directly and listen to what they have to say. In this episode, I have found 2 amazing 15 & 16 year old girls from here in...
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#041 Off the Pitch with Active: Prt 2-Interview with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence, author, mentor, who council's mental health techniques to excel in sport & life: Puberty & Sport
Welcome to part 2 and the last part of this amazing conversation with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence. In this episode we continue the conversation from ep40 about puberty and sport. If you have not heard part 1, I recommend you listen that episode first as some references may not make sense...
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#040 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence-Puberty and Sport
VJ Stanley was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school and won the school's first ever Leadership Award as an athlete, VJ won the high school hockey league scoring title as a junior and was a First All-Star Selection. In his senior year, he received Second All-Star Honors and also played...
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#039 Interview with Paige E. Roberts LCSW LICSWA CBP CLT, Clinical Sports Neuro Psychologist - Peak Performance - Neurohacker
Paige is a sports and fitness enthusiast. She uses a process called Performance Neuro Training which is a combination of sports psychology, Brainspotting, and hot & cold photobiomodulation laser-light therapy. Her current practice philosophy combines a variety of techniques including clinical...
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#038 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Hernan Chousa, Ex pro tennis player, Parent, CEO & author
Hernan Chousa is an author from Argentina. He lives in Buenos Aires, and he runs his zinc flake coating business as the CEO of Chousa SRL. Unplugged is his first novel where he could fuse two passions: music and writing. He also published "My Son the Tennis Player" and "How to Help Your Kid…
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#037 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Betsy Butterick, The Coaches Coach & Communication Specialist
The buzzword most often associated with high performing teams is "chemistry". Chemistry is formed through connection, and at the heart of connection is communication. Betsy understands that language is the most powerful tool we possess, and that elevating our communication skills gives us a...
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#036 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Matt Young, Quality Sports Hub- Operation manual for actioning athlete development
Matt was introduced to the power of sport by a teacher who helped him use sports as a conduit to self-actualization. He have spent the last 25 years learning, coaching, mentoring, and experiencing the positive impact sport can have on lives. He is Guinness World record holder fastest bike relay...
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#035 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Allon Khakshouri, Mental game of Tennis
Despite the odds being stacked against Allon, he was determined to change his fate. From a struggling kid, with various disabilities, to fulfilling a childhood dream and managing some of the world's best tennis players, Allon put his career success down to developing the mental toughness and...
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#034 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence
VJ Stanley was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school and won the school's first ever Leadership Award. As an athlete, VJ won the high school hockey league scoring title as a junior and was a First All-Star Selection. In his senior year, he received Second All-Star Honors and also played...
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#033 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joel Franco from Chesapeake Films
Joel Franco is using his passion in film making in producing a documentary about youth sport "Where our children play". Three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one playing an organized sport — that's a total of about 45 million kids. By age 15, as many as 80%…
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#032 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Mark O'Sullivan, UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden
Mark O'Sullivan is a UEFA A licensed coach and is head of youth development for 8-12 at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden and is part of their Research and Development department. Mark is currently doing PhD Research Sheffield Hallam University, UK, which centers around designing learning environments in...
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#031 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Shorter, founder of Non-Perfect Dad
The sports world is a high-pressure environment, Richard's skills and experience mean he is able to probe the tough issues and challenges parents and coaches face, without being judge mental or pushy. He delivered parent engagement strategy support, sports-parent meetings and coaches CPD on…
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#030: Interview with Mikael Wallsbeck Founder of Imagine That in Stockholm, Sweden
Mikael Wallsbeck have a European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology, from Högskolan in Halmstad. He is also educated in psychotherapy in cognitive behavior therapeutic direction. Mikael has been working as a leader with experience of working with children and adolescence, specifically with...
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#029 Interview with Marcos Flores, Ambassador for Adelaide City & Johnny Warren Foundation, Yellow for Yelling Soccer Profile Player & founder of PTA
Born in Argentina, Marcos Flores, had a great career in professional football in Union de Santa Fe between 2001 and 2003 where he began his professional career, then Newell's Old Boys and he also played in Curico Unido. He signed for the A-League club Adelaide United in Australia, where he…
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#028 Interview with Ben Galloway, Academic and the mind behind Opposite Direction YouTube channel
Ben is a young football coach based in Brisbane, Australia. Just off the back on spending the last 9 months in Uganda, East Africa working at a football academy called Football for Good. Currently studying a masters at the Queensland University of Technology and the tutelage of Ian Renshaw and...
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#027 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dave Wright, Co-founder & Editor of Player Development Project
Player Development Project is an online learning platform and collaborative project designed to bring together top coaches and experts from around the world. PDP was founded to bridge the gap between research and practice as well as showcase the work of top practitioners from around the world of...
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#026 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joey Peters, 3 World Cup & one Olympic Games with Matilda's & founder of Game-Play-Learn
Hall of Famer & mother of 8, Joey Peters has 110 caps for Matilda's, including 3 World Cups ('99, '03 & '07) & One Olympic Games (2004) and she scored 28 goals for the Matilda's. She played in USA, Brazil, and my birth country Sweden Retired from pro football '09 and continued as a Development...
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#025 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Reed Maltbie
Reed Maltbie does not really need an introduction, he is a Mentor in youth sport and coaching. With two Masters degrees, one in Early Childhood Learning & one in Sports Psychology, Reed understand children and what is going on in their brains while growing up to become adults. He is the Creator…
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#024 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Stacie Mahoe
Sports Mum of 8, Outreach Coordinator at MVP Leadership Academy and owner and founder at Sports Mom Essentials. Stacie run her own podcast "Eating curve balls for breakfast" 50:08 min episode Overview: 2:10 Introducing Stacie Mahoe 4:00 Stacey's story is amazing referring to her 8 teachers and…
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#023 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Cashman, Teacher, Coach & Sporting Influencer Blog
Richard is a young (26years old), passionate and innovative coach from North Wales, UK. He continually strives to improve his level of knowledge working within a sporting environment in an attempt to fulfill individual(s) potential. With 7 Years of coaching experience, working an array of ages…
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#022 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Gordon MacLelland WWPIS & Darren Wensor Little Athletics NSW
Gordon MacLelland set up 'Working with Parents in Sport' after 20 years as a teacher and as a coach for all age levels from 7-year olds to Adults. He has a BA/Hons degree in Sports Science from University College Chester and a PGCE from Lancaster University. He is the author of two books, 'Great...
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#021 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Ruth E. Nicholson
Ruth Nicholson is an internationally-certified professional facilitator, mediator, and organizational alchemist. She specializes in helping clubs design board processes and club operations to provide more effective support to coaches, teams, and players. Ruth is also the co-creator of the 2019…
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#020 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Glen Mulcahy of Paradigm Sport
Glen Mulcahy is a professional speaker & coach, mentor with a down to earth flair who shares his knowledge from a lifetime of involvement in multiple sports as athlete, coach and parent. Glen is passionate about sharing what he has learned to "bring the game back to the kids", while leading…
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#019 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Janis Meredith of Raising Champion Families
Janis is a family coach for all families, but has extensive experience coaching families with children who play sports. She was a coach's wife for 29 years, a sports mom for 21 years, and is now a mom to two coaches, and a mother-in-law to one. She loves to see families thrive through all their...
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#018 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Ryan Krzykowski-Are you in a sports fan mode or supportive parent mode?
Ryan Krzykowski has Director of Community for Coaches since 2008, a group based in Kansas City that provides training and mentoring for athletic coaches at all levels of sport 42 years old Married to Erica, four sons ranging from 18 to 10 years old teach High School Math in addition to leading…
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#017 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Jenn Starkey of MVP Leadership Academy
I saw Jenn's email address on an email I got from Reed Maltbie, (Coaching Code and Way of Champion podcasts). I didn't know who Jenn were, but I watched an interview with her. I was so impressed with her approach to coaching kids and she demonstrated some tricks to get kids to expand their "can…
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#016 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Brian Barlow, father and soccer referee in Oklahoma, US-I am not looking for your approval, but I am looking for your attention.
Interview with Brian Barlow, father and soccer referee in Oklahoma, US. He was sick of parents abusing referees, so he started a Facebook Page called Offside sharing videos of abusive parents. This created a massive media attention by CBS, NBC, Today, Forbes, Inside, Fox News and many more. This...
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#015 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Raff Frisina, Dir of Fusion Futsal Club & SAFL, Past Coach Vanuatu National Futsal Team, Senior coach for Eastern United 2018
I caught up with Raff for a coffee before the 2018 Adelaide season. Raff began playing football at the age of 9 at school level in Adelaide. One of the highlights with Campbelltown City was winning the rising star award in the first season. He enjoyed 3 seasons there and was offered a trial in…
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#014 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Oliver Brecht, Dir Insight, Elite Performance Psychology, Bachelor of Psychology, Hons, Master of Professional Psychology
I came across a video clip from Sunrise on Channel 7, Australia about parents behaviour in youth sport in Australia. My guest Oliver Brecht, completed his Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at the University of South Australia before returning to Sydney and completing his Masters of Professional...
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#013 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview Steven Hooper, Inclusion Coaching, UK
Steve has been coaching for over 10 years, running Inclusion Coaching. Steve spent 4 years, between 2012 and 2016 as part of the coaching team in the Academy at Championship club Bristol City FC. He has also coached at tier 9 of the football pyramid with Witney Town FC in the Hellenic Premier...
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#012 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Mark O'Sullivan, UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden
About Mark O'Sullivan is a UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden. Mark delivers Swedish FA coach education courses and has run many youth social projects, has his own blog – Footblogball – and is currently doing PhD research in to designing learning environments in youth football.…
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#011 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Christian Sotira
Never Lose Sight of Your Passion and Dreams was the headline of my interview with Christian Sotira (DOB 2001) and his parents, Sergio & Adriana and sister Alessia, in July 2017. Now living in Italy, I caught up with Christian while on holiday in Australia. We had a chat about the difference…
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#010: Off the Pitch with Active with Skye Eddie Bruce-Masters in Sports Science, founder of Soccer Parenting, ex Professional player talks about how she inspiring players by empowering the parents.
Skye is the founder of the Soccer Parenting Association (SoccerParenting.com), with a mission of elevating the game by engaging, educating, supporting and advocating for youth soccer parents. Skye is a sought, after speaker for parents, coaches, clubs and players. A former professional player…
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#009 Off the Pitch with Active: Reed Maltbie-The Coach & Educator behind TEDx talk "Echoes beyond the games"
With nearly 30 years of experience as an educator/coach and two master's degrees (one in sport psychology and one in Early Childhood Education), Coach Reed has a wealth of practical experience and scientific research that he draws on to help athletes, coaches, and parents find more effective ways...
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ARE YOU A PARENT OR COACH WITH A CHILD PLAYING SPORT?Listen to educated people around the world on the topic of youth development in sport. No 1 reason children start playing sport is because it is fun but a staggering number of kids leave sports because they stopped having fun. Why?These and many other questions about youth development in sport are discussed in this series.Come on! Join me it's a lot to learn about this.
HOSTED BY
Ken Willner
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