Talking Performance

This episode features conversations with four brilliant coaches - Sir Wayne Smith, Harry Curtin, Allan Bunting, and David Hill.  The coaches discuss their approaches, challenges, and the importance of creating a positive and supportive team culture. They emphasize the value of vulnerability, role modeling, and collaboration in coaching. The coaches also discuss the importance of balancing high per...

This week I tried something new, a young up and coming hockey coach who I have known since he was about 5 reached out for some advice, I gave him my thoughts but I also sought some expert advice from one of the best hockey coaches on the planet, Shane McLeod. The result was a podcast with myself, Ethan Larsen (The grasshopper) and Shane McLeod (The master). I am sure we are going to hear much more...

Summary In this conversation, Ryan Fox discusses his early days in cricket and how it shaped his golf career. He reflects on the influence of his father, All Black Great Grant Fox and his grandfather, Merv Wallace, who played cricket for New Zealand, and his love for competition.  Ryan shares his experiences from his friendship with Shane Warne and the lessons he learned from the cricket legend. ...

I have been listening back to some old episodes lately and came across this (Ep 31) where I interviewed DG. He has so much to offer and that is why I wanted to start this in the first place, so that I could expose many people to some of his wisdom. He was against it at first... well probably still is but I think this was a really powerful episode and one in which I hope you will enjoy. One episode...

This week i am joined by Craig Harper I bloody loved this chat, Craig has his own podcast called "The You Project" which I highly recommend and has such great content. We covered so much in this episode and I cant wait to talk to him again in the future.  I love the way he sees the world, he wrote his famous "12 Fu#king Rules For Success" which you can find here Send us Fan Mai...

This week I am joined by J.P Nerbun J.P is an executive coach, culture consultant and author of "The Culture System" and his latest book "The Sports Parent Solution" as well as host of "The Coaching Culture Podcast" J.P has a wealth of knowledge in the coaching space and I thoroughly enjoyed this chat with him. Send us Fan Mail Support the show https://talkingperforma...

This week I am joined by owner of "Fit Club" Matt Henderson. Matt is a "long time, listener first time caller" being one of the OG's back in the day when we did it live. He was one of the best indoor cricket players on the planet and is now doing great work in the fitness space with his holistic approach to training. It was great to have Matt join me and we discussed every...

This week I am joined by Karl Morris. Karl is a golf performance coach who works with some of the best players on the planet including kiwi Ryan Fox. Karl has his own podcast which is one of my favourites called The Brain Booster, I would recommend checking it out, even if you don't play golf. Thank you for listening and if you get the chance please leave a review and share the podcast with y...

This week I am joined by Daz Burns. Daz is entrepreneur and runs The Good Day Matrix  which is a platform offering free wellbeing services online and paid-for corporate wellbeing services for organisations in Aotearoa.    I really enjoyed chatting with Daz and I am sure you will get a lot out of this chat and I would encourage you to check out there website and the great work they are doing.  Send...

This week I am joined by host of one of my favourite coaching podcasts, Coach Your Brains Out, John Mayer. John has been on a journey in the ecological dynamics space and shares his thinking and insights from a practical standpoint from someone who is learning as he goes. I really enjoyed this podcast and i'm sure you will too. Check out his podcast for some great coaching yarns Send us Fan M...

This podcast was originally recorded in 2021 when David Galbraith and I used to Co-Host the Pod live on Facebook every Monday night.  I really enjoyed going back and listening to this (Apart from listening to myself, I think I was pretty nervous that night!) and listening to how Ian saw his role as a coach and I am not surprised the players all got behind him last year when things weren't qui...

This week I am joined by Dr Ihirangi (Ihi) Heke Ihi is an honorary research fellow to the University of Auckland and has been working with Johns Hopkins University   to conduct a study using traditional indigenous health approaches alongside Systems Dynamics.  Ihi is also working with Washington University in the development of training programmes exchanging Systems Dynamics from indigenous and no...

My guest this week is Ed Coughlan who is a senior lecturer at Munster Institute of Technology and is a wealth of knowledge in the space of Skill Acquisition. I love talking to Ed, he is such a great thinker and so generous with his time. We cover all sorts of topics here from the mindset of learners right through to trying to fix my dads putting! If you enjoy the pod it would be great if you would...

This week I am joined by Chiefs Assistant Coach David Hill. I am lucky enough to call Hilly a friend and catch up with him frequently in Tauranga over a couple of short blacks. Hilly was an accomplished player, playing mainly for Waikato and The Chiefs as well as a brief stint with the All Blacks and is proving to be a formidable coach.  I hope you enjoy the pod Send us Fan Mail Support the show h...

My guest this week is Rachel Vickery and this is part 2 of my chat with her. Rachel competed in the commonwealth games representing NZ in Gymnastics And is now a performance coach helping high performing teams and athletes the world over.  She can walk the walk and like so many coaches has been on a journey trying to uncover how to help others. Now I used to get nervous on the first tee but listen...

My guest this week is Rachel Vickery Rachel competed in the commonwealth games representing NZ in Gymnastics And is now a performance coach helping high performing teams and athletes the world over.  She can walk the walk and like so many coaches has been on a journey trying to uncover how to help others. Now I used to get nervous on the first tee but listening to Rachel describe the start of her...

This week I am joined by one of the best coaches in NZ, Mike Hesson.  Mike has had an impressive career coaching Argentina, Kenya, Otago, New Zealand and most recently in the IPL, and having success in most environments. He took over the NZ team when they were ranked 8th in the world and achieved huge success not only at the 2015 world cup but in many ways set them up for the success that would fo...

This week I am joined by Volleyball Coaching Legend and now Author Hugh McCutcheon. Hugh played for NZ in Volleyball at both Junior and Senior level before heading to the States to play college Volleyball. He has become a celebrated coach not only at University level but also international level where he coached the US Men's and Women's teams to Gold and Silver respectively at the Beijin...

This week is part 2 of my chat with Jonathan "Jock" Paget  Jock is a New Zealand equestrian rider who won a bronze medal in Team eventing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 he became only the second rider to win the Badminton Horse Trials on debut after fellow New Zealander Mark Todd. He is now general manager of High Performance at Equestrian Sports NZ, which is how I got to meet him...

This week I am joined by Jock Paget Jonathan "Jock" Paget is a New Zealand equestrian rider who won a bronze medal in Team eventing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 he became only the second rider to win the Badminton Horse Trials on debut after fellow New Zealander Mark Todd. He is now general manager of High Performance at Equestrian Sports NZ, which is how I got to meet him on a h...

This week I am joined By Cr Craig Harrison for Part 2 of our chat Craig is a postdoctoral research fellow at Auckland University of Technology, founder of The Athlete Development Project and host of a great podcast, The Athlete Development Show Craig is passionate about the youth sport space, both in the way we educate coaches and the experience that the youth have when playing sport I thoroughly...

This week I am joined By Cr Craig Harrison Craig is a postdoctoral research fellow at Auckland University of Technology, founder of The Athlete Development Project and host of a great podcast, The Athlete Development Show Craig is passionate about the youth sport space, both in the way we educate coaches and the experience that the youth have when playing sport I thoroughly enjoyed this chat with...

This week I am joined by Allan Bunting Allan has a certain presence about him, he is a strong leader who has worked really hard on his coaching skills and he speaks to this during the conversation and shows why he is the outstanding coach that he is.  In 2021 Allan and childhood friend Cory Sweeney lead the NZ Womens 7s team to Olympic Gold in Tokyo and in February this year was appointed to repla...

This week I tried something a little different. I am often asking mates for podcast recommendations and assume that other people do that too, so I thought I would share a couple that I have listened to recently that I really enjoyed and my thoughts on them. The podcasts I have reviewed are  Coach Your Brains Out with Jonathan Fader I Am .... Jonny Wilkinson with Michael Gervais The Headliners with...

This week on the podcast I am joined by Marianne Davies, Marianne is a PhD Candidate Developing a Nonlinear Pedagogy in Equestrian Coaching at Sheffield Hallam University Marianne has a podcast called river tiger the equestrian podcast and a website which is dynamics-coaching.com I reached out to Marianne after listening to a couple of her podcasts which were titled “Learning in the Ugly zone” whi...