Sarah Kelleher is the Head Coach of the England U18 Girls Field Hockey team. She is one of the most creative and playful coaches that I have ever had the pleasure to meet and coach with. We worked together in the England Hockey talent pathway and it was one of the highlights of my coaching journey so far. She brings creativity and joy to to everything she does, even the process to planning, session design and reflection!
In this conversation we discuss how she uses a range of approaches to creating a motivational climate that is joyful, creative and playful while at the same time being focused on excellence, performance and 'grit'.
I really hope you enjoy this conversation because I know I did!!
If you would like to hear Sarah talk more about the development of a motivational climate and actually see her in action then you are in luck. She is speaking at the 'Talent Equation Live' conference that I am hosting in Edinburgh with the support of the fine people at Stewart Melville's College.
To get more details go to my events page or go to https://www.esms.org.uk/sites/default/files/ESMSTalentEquationLive2019.pdf
Chris Panayiotou is the Global Technical Director for Rush Soccer, a worldwide soccer coaching network that has 50,000 players across the globe. Chris is originally from the UK and has been based in America for a number of years and has committed his coaching career to supporting other coaches within the Rush Community to improve and develop to provide the best possible experience for children in their programmes.
In this conversation we reflect on our learning from the 'Future of Coaching' conference which we both attended over the weekend and Chris also shares some valuable insights into his approach and methodology which has seen him named as one of the top coaches in America by the Positive Coaching Alliance.
Some highlights include:
Eliminating the word 'don't' from his vocabulary
The impact his 'super strength' boot bag had on players
How he has worked to engage the 55 Elementary schools in his local area and coached over 80,000 children
The act of noticing that saved one of his players lives!!
Enjoy
'The Rush Soccer Player' Chris's letter to parents outlining the mission statement of the club is available in the resources area of the site
Chris's Peom called 'Football Done' is below
This week's podcast is the final one of 2018...hasn't the year flown by!!
For this episode I asked some of the guests I have had on the show over the year to drop by for a little Christmas sin dig so that they could share their reflections and learnings from the year. It is a bit of a crazy whirlwind of a conversation with people coming and going and we cover a lot of ground but there is some gold in these reflections.
I hope you enjoy it and have a fantastic Christmas and an amazing New Year.
Thanks
Stuart and here is the video as a little extra Christmas present...
