Off the Pitch with Active

Today I welcome Michael Matricciani back to Off the Pitch with Active for a 2nd time. This episode was recorded back Jan 2018 when he was the owner of Soccajoeys, a non-competitive football program for 2.5-8-year old's. We are now in May '18 and he recently sold it after 5 years as the Owner/Director so he could focus more on his coaching and his promotion as Australian College of Sport Football-C...

I have learned so much in my research into adult behaviours and how it affect our children. This is something I like to share with other like minded parents. In this episode, I am very fortunate to be talking to Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD I heard Dr. Jennifer Fraser for the first time on Reed Maltbie's podcast the "Coaching Code" Dr. Jennifer Fraser is an author, researcher and sought-after internat...

Picture this in your mind "When life is busy and great, you got a lovely wife or husband, beautiful kids. Work is going great, perhaps you love coaching or helping out your children's club on your free time. You just had a mile stone birthday and recently became a Grandparent, possibly the greatest gift any parent can get. And it gets better, you are about to pick up your youngest child from schoo...

3:00     Introduction and background of Train Ugly 8:30     Concept of the Jungle and Zoo tiger and how he uses this concept with schools and Fortune 500 companies 15:45   It started with a dream 19:30   Times has changed but the brain have not, is the start of discussions about Train Ugly videos. Development is rapid all around us but is the way we are using the brain when learning and teaching k...

3:00     Introduction to John O'Sullivan 5:30     Why are kids leaving sport? 9:50     Changing the Game Project 15:00   Amanda Visik's study into why children play sport 21:30   How can parents help and how can we return the ownership of youth sport to our kids 39:00   Coaches are generally busy parents who wants to help, what does it take for coaches to develop 42:00   LTAD (Long Term Athlete Mo...

1:01:56 minutes podcast. In my journey of learning how we can make it better for our children when playing sport, I was fortunate to spend some time with Michael Matricciani. High Performance Coach Australian College of Sport, FFSA NTC U17 Girls Head Coach & Owner Soccajoyes SA   0:00 Introduction 6:55 min: Michael talks about his background and passion for football. His playing career on high pla...

I have learned so much in my research into adult behaviours and how it affect our children. I am very lucky to have develop a great working relationship with Gordon MacLelland. His company are providing a critical support to the Yellow for Yelling program by adding educational value to parents. Gordon, a Sports scientist and Teacher work with organisations around the world so he brings a wealth of...

In the first 16 minutes episode of "Off the Pitch with Active", host Ken talks about the reason behind the show and what listeners can expect.  Ken share short clips from interviewing a few distinguish guests;  Gordon MacLelland, Sport scientist and qualified teacher and CEO of Working with Parents in Sport. Michael Matricciani, High Performance Coach Australian College of Sport-Football, Head Coa...

"Off the Pitch with Active" was at The ARC to capture the action in Futsal SA 17's Futsal season. This was really done as a trial for developing podcasting to complement the blogs. Future podcasts will feature interviews with coaches, educators and ex professional players.