Talking Performance

This week I am joined by Harry Curtin who I met at Mt Maunganui earlier in the year when he attended an Inside Running Rugby Camp (which was awesome!) hosted by former guests Mike Rogers and Rusty Earnshaw. Harry has just completed a Masters Degree in Sports Performance Coaching at the University of Sterling and we chat all things coaching and how he has brought his learning to life.  Send us Fan...

I am stoked to kick off Season 5 of Talking Performance with NZ legend Wayne Smith.  If Smithy didn't have legend status prior to last year he certainly did have by the end of the year after he helped the NZ Black Ferns win the Rugby World Cup in what would have to be one of the greatest turnarounds in NZ Sporting history. Smithy was awarded the NZ Coach of the year award at the Hallbergs thi...

This is the final episode of the 2022 in review and one in where I bring some of the coaches that I interviewed last year together Shane McLeod - Hockey Noeline Taurua - Netball Brent Matehaere - Basketball Crystal Kaua - Rugby If you enjoy the podcast it would be great if you could share it with your mates and if you have any feedback for me in ways in which I can make it better, or guests you wo...

This review is a focus on Skill Acquisition with 3 great guests, Carl Woods, Alan Dunton and Philip O'Callaghan. Each episode was great in their own right and I would encourage you to check them out if you haven't already listened to them... or even if you have.  Carl is episode 102, Alan 112 and Philip 106. I hope you enjoy this review and it would be great if you could share the podcas...

This week we have a bit of an athlete theme with aspiring professional golfer Amelia Garvey, NZ Sporting Legend Rob Waddell, Olympian Anna Simcic and PGA Tour Champions star Steven Alker.  We cover off a number of things from work ethic, to planning and even touch on talent hot beds. I hope you enjoy the podcast.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show https://talkingperformancepod.com/

Review #4 is where I bring together the podcasts I did with Dr Jay-Lee Nair, David Galbraith, Hugh Gilmore and Jonah Oliver and the theme of this one is psychology.     These were 4 great guests and there was so many good takeaways from them, I do enjoy going back to the full episodes and listening to them and I pick up stuff I never heard the first time, or at least landed differently.  Send us F...

In this weeks 2022 year in review I review my sessions with Dr Oliver Runswick (Ep 88), Stuart Morgan (Ep 97) and Cal Jones. (Ep 113) The focus this week is mainly on skill acquisition and how that is evolving, but equally how we need to be careful as it evolves. That is what you have to love about coaching, the more you think you are getting a handle on it, the more you realise you have to learn,...

In this weeks 2022 review I pull together clips from people who largely work in coach support or coach development. Nick Levett, Darren Holder, Craig White, Daragh Sheridan and Luke Mackey.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show https://talkingperformancepod.com/

As it is that time of the year, I have been reviewing the show and thought I would do some mash up episodes which may inspire you to go back and re listen.  There have been a few themes throughout 2022 and I have tried to group the episodes with others of a similar theme I have really enjoyed the process. I get so much value out of doing these podcasts and I hope you are able to get some takeaways...

This week I am delighted to have joining me from Wales, Judo Coach Cal Jones Cal like most of my guests is someone I stalk on twitter where he posts some great work and can be found at @CalJonesJudo  I am amazed at how open the community of coaches are and how willing they are to share their time with me and to those who have been on in the past I do really appreciate it.  At the start of the sess...

This week I am joined by Alan Dunton Alan has a PhD in Skill Acquisition and is a lecturer at MTU Cork in Coaching Science. He was an athlete himself reaching a very high level in Tae Kwon Do. I have followed Alan on Twitter for quite some time and enjoyed how he sees the world and there were a couple of moments in this chat where I had light bulbs go off because of the way he explained some compl...

This week I have decided to do a mash up, inspired by my good friend Bryce Hamer. These three episodes came from earlier in the year and speak to themes confidence, nervousness and embracing what comes with that. My 3 guests are Jonah Oliver, Trevor Ragan and Mark Mathews. Jonah Oliver is a Psychologist based in Australia and works with some of the best athletes in the world. Trevor Ragan has done...

This is a Re Published Episode from May 6th 2020 when we had Wayne on as our first ever guest.  I thought it was appropriate to re post this based on what Wayne has achieved with our Black Ferns in what has to be one of the greatest turn arounds in NZ sporting history.  Now it would be unfair to give all the credit to Smithy as he would be the first to admit he has had an outstanding team of coach...

This week I am thrilled to have Crystal Kaua on the show. It was great to have Crystal back on Talking Performance after almost 2 and a half years. She last appeared in episode 5 in May 2020.  Crystal blew my mind during our first chat in 2020 and I know she had a massive impact on many listeners and I can say this one will have the same affect I love how open she speaks about living to her values...

This week I chat with Amelia Garvey who is a young kiwi golfer at the beginning of her professional journey. I had no intention of publishing this as a podcast, Amelia had agreed to jump on a zoom with some of our young aspirational players and I loved it so much I asked if I could publish it.  It has been great to watch Amelia grow both on and off the golf course and I am sure we will see a lot m...

My guest this week is Brent Matehaere Brent is the coach of the Otago Nuggets Basketball team who won this years NBL, it was great to chat with Brent and get an insight in to the way he sees the world. Brent is an avid learner, loves coaching and has a lot to offer over and above just basketball. In true Talking Performance fashion I love how he connects with people from all domains in an effort t...

This week on Talking Performance I am joined by Philip O’Callaghan or as he is known on Twitter @Mr _Tennis_Coach Philip posts so much great content on Twitter in the skill acquisition and practice design space so it was a thrill to talk to him. While Philip is a Tennis Coach and I am a golf coach we were obviously able to find some similarities there but he also gave some great examples of what i...

This week I am joined by New Zealand Professional Golfer Steve Alker For those who don’t know Steve’s story, here is a quick over view He turned pro in 1995 after a very impressive amateur career and up until 2020 had won 11 events around the world, from the pacific islands to the Web.com tour or what it now known as the Korn Ferry tour. While he has played on the PGA Tour he didn’t have a standou...

This week my guest is Daragh Sheridan, Daragh was a previous guest and someone I have looked up to as a source of knowledge over the last few years. He has recently moved back to Ireland with his family, to take up a position as Head of High Performance Coach Development at IRFU. Prior to that he was Head of capability and expertise at Sport Ireland and more recently Manager of High Performance Co...

This week my guest is Craig White who I first heard on Russel Earnshaw's Podcast the Magic Academy.  Craig is doing some amazing work and has had a helluva journey to get to where he is now, starting off as a hard nose rugby league player and strength and conditioning coach right though to being a yoga instructor and talking about love.  He has a couple of websites worth checking out, Men wit...

This week my guest is Dr Carl Woods who is a Senior Research Fellow in Skill Acquisition at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia who enjoys exploring and knowing at an ecological anthropological intersection in sport. I had heard Carl on a number of podcasts and was so excited to be able to spend some time listening to his view on the world which I have to say I love. There is no real intro...

This week I am joined Luke Mackey, Luke is the Sport Medicine and Performance manager at Golf Australia and lives in Orlando Florida where he and his family host and look after Golfers from Australia who are traveling and need a place to stay or train I first met Luke when he was a 19 year old full of energy and happy to voice his opinion, now he is 34, full of energy and happy to voice his opinio...

This is a pretty special episode for me. Not because it is my 100th episode but more because I was back where it all started with my old mate, live on Facebook with such a cool community.  I loved being back online live and seeing the names of the community pop up with questions and comments and it made me reflect on how incredibly grateful I am to have started this and made so many great connecti...

This week I am joined by Dr Jay-Lee Nair. Originally from Australia, Dr Jay-Lee completed her first two degrees in psychology in the United States,  where she had a scholarship to play NCAA Div-1 collegiate golf.  She finished with all-American academic honours, and attributes her career as a sport and performance psychologist to the success found in both studies and sport.   Jay-Lee has establish...

My guest this week is head of UK of Coaching at UK Coaching Nick Levett.  Nick has had roles in  Talent ID for UK Coaching and the FA and is able to share so much with us on this podcast.  I have been a fan of Nick for a long time and you can imagine my surprise when his name popped up asking a question during my chat with Alex McKenzie when we did these live on Facebook You will see why I am a su...