"The resilient mind imagines hardship and prepares" - A conversation with Mark Bennett, Jo

This week's podcast is another experiment in sound recording. I am travelling in my car, Mark has just come out of the gym, Juan is in his office at school and John has just got back from taking the children to school. But we still managed to record a conversation!!

You join us as we are planning our forthcoming conference 'The Future of Coaching' as we finalise how we are going to be delivering the sessions and running the conference as well as discussing some of the themes that we will be covering.

We then delve into a couple of hot topics that are facing many of the coaches that we work with and explore some of the ways in which we can address them.

It is a great conversation and has really whetted my appetite for the discussions to come in the New Year!!

Tickets can be booked for the event through the link here.

Enjoy the podcast

What Dr Suess can teach us about developing creative players - A conversation with Dan Peterson &amp

Dan Peterson and Len Zaichowsky PhD have written a great book called 'The Playmaker's Advantage' that is full of practical information backed up by scientific research to help coach to create environments that will foster the creative abilities of young athletes.

Dan has a background in the technology industry but he is a passionate sports parent and has worked really hard with Len to make the science accessible and usable for coaches and parents alike. I think you will agree that they have done a great job!!

In this conversation we discuss the key elements that go into the development of learning environments that foster creativity and what coaches can do to engineer these environments.

It is a great conversation that only scratches the surface of the contents of the book.

The book is available to order at the link below.

http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Playmakers-Advantage/Leonard-Zaichkowsky/9781501181863

"It's not down to gifted ability, it's about hard work, stubbornness and not taking no

Jason deVos likes a challenge! He also doesn't give up until he achieves his goals!! He is an object lesson in GRIT, Growth Mindset, Resilience...and all that stuff!!

Not only does he come back from being dropped by his provincial football team at age 12 to captain his country. He gives up a lucrative job as a TV pundit to become the Head of Football Development at Canada Soccer. This is a man who is committed to helping people succeed and he will do his level best to making Canadian Soccer the best it can be.

In this conversation we discuss...

• What his Dad said to him on the long drive back from the trials where he was told he wasn't going to progress.

• His blueprint for improving the environment for children in Canadian soccer clubs

• How he want's to make the system in Canada more challenging for players rather than having a 'culture of entitlement'

• His plans to change the coach development system in Canadian soccer.

• My thoughts on how he could do some of these things.

I hope you enjoy.

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