Talking Performance

Stuart Morgan is a Performance Golf Coach to some of the best golfers on the planet but more impressive is his desire to learn, grow his knowledge and share that with the golfing community. He is incredibly humble and is someone I hope to continue to connect with.  If you want to know more check out his Instagram and Twitter where he is stuartmcoaching as well as iceberggolf on Instagram While thi...

This week I am joined by Hugh Gilmore Hugh has worked with All Ireland winners, world champions and Olympians delivering sport and performance psychology to organisations such as  British Weightlifting, Paralympic Powerlifting, Weightlifting Ireland, Northern Ireland Netball and British Athletics, as well as a wide range of elite coaches and business professionals seeking personal development.  I...

Rob Waddell has one of the most impressive and diverse sporting resumes in the country, he has played rugby for Waikato, Won an Olympic gold in the single skulls in Sydney 2000, has a black belt in Judo, raced for Emirates Team NZ in the Americas cup and for the past two cycles has been the chef de mission for the NZ Olympic team.  I didn’t know rob I just happened to be fortunate enough to sit ne...

Today I am joined by another one of NZs best coaches Shane Mcleod  Shane coached the New Zealand Mens Hockey Team, the black sticks at the  2008 & 2012 Olympics and after a disappointing  games in 2012 he took some time to reflect, slowed down to speed up and came back a better coach  That evolution led to coaching the Belgium mens hockey team to Olympic gold in Tokyo to go with the World titl...

This weeks guest is  Darren Holder. Darren works in Australia & internationally, to support coaching practice and performance, developing bespoke programs for individuals, teams and organisations (including structures and frameworks) to facilitate learning and continuous improvement, particularly with elite coaches.  He has worked alongside some of the worlds best coaches and has a beautiful w...

This week I am joined by Australian Mark Mathews ( markmathews.com ) Through his career as a professional ‘Big Wave’ surfer and Red Bull Athlete, he has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment He has a documentary about him called the other side of fear which is a great watch, ….. man I got nervous sitting on my couch watching the big waves on...

This is part 2 of my chat with Bill Bestic. Bill is a former soldier in the NZ SAS and currently is an Anaesthetist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and is a recently qualified commercial helicopter pilot. I would recommend listening to Part 1 as it will provide some context to this half of the conversation  Send us Fan Mail Support the show https://talkingperformancepod.com/

This week I have something a little different, I am joined by Bill Bestic and this session will be broken in to part 1 and part 2 as he was kind enough to spend a fair amount of time with me I have always had a fascination with the SAS and that is how I stumbled across Bill was searching for podcasts with SAS soldiers. I was immediately captivated by Bills humility and his ability to reflect on wh...

This week I am joined by world cup winning netball coach Dame Noeline Taurua  In the 2018 Commonwealth games NZ lost to Jamaica in the bronze medal match, their worst ever result in a Commonwealth games After the games Noeline Taurua was appointed as head coach and fast forward 11 months and the Silver Ferms had beaten tournament favourites Australia 52-51 in the final to be crowned world champion...

This weeks guest is Dr Oliver Runswick who is a lecturer in performance psychology at Kings College in London and a skill acquisition consultant at Runswickperformance.com Oli has a real passion for skill learning and has some awesome insight into how we adapt and learn skill, particularly in cricket. He dives in to the importance of the context of the game and prior information when it comes to d...

This weeks guest is Trevor Ragan from The Learner Lab which is one of my favourite places to hang out as it has so much great content. When I reached out to Trevor I thought it was ambitious as I'm sure he is a busy man, to my surprise he replied within minutes saying he would love to come on.  His curiosity and enthusiasm for this topic of learning shines brightly through out the podcast and...

This week my guest is former Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Anna Simcic who is now an athlete life advisor for HPSNZ It was really interesting to hear Anna’s journey from being an athlete to being someone on the other side of the fence and supporting our current athletes.  I loved her insight in to the balance of how we can support athletes who want to train hard while also maintai...

This is the first episode of season 4 and I think you will agree it is a pretty epic way to get 2022 underway.  Unfortunately I didn't quite nail the sound, so it is not my best work, which is a shame and I apologise for that.  I am joined by performance psychologist Jonah Oliver, who works with a number of professional athletes, surgeons, entrepreneurs and business leaders and after this cha...

This is a mash up of four guests where we speak about youth sport, coach development and how to make those experience fun and engaging so that youth want to come back.  If you want to listen to the full episodes they can be found here: Kyle McLean  Episode 67 Stuart Armstrong Episode 70 Andy Rogers Episode 73 John O'Sullivan Episode 81 I will be back with new episodes in the coming weeks. As...

In this episode I have done a Skill Acquisition Mash Up from 4 podcasts last year. These snippets are from Ed Coughlan, Damian Farrow, Ian Renshaw and Rich Masters and will hopefully get you thinking about the way you train or coach when it come to motor learning. If you want to go back and listen to the original episodes they are; Ed Coughlan Ep 51 Damian Farrow Ep 59 Ian Renshaw Ep 76 Rich Maste...

THIS IS A RE PUBLICATION OF EPISODE 56 THAT WAS POSTED ON JULY 6th 2021 I was thrilled to be joined by world leading performance coach Owen Eastwood,  Owen hails from Otatara a small community on the outskirts of Invercargill New  Zealand, though now lives with his family in the UK. Owen has worked with some of the top sporting and business organisations the world over, including the South African...

The final podcast of 2021 is going out with a bang as I am joined by host of "Way of Champions" Podcast, Author and founder of changingthegameproject.com John O'Sullivan. John has such a great outlook on youth development and has had a huge influence in this space the world over through his books, the podcast and his website which has plenty of great information.  If you enjoy the p...

This is another pre recorded pod cast and my guest this week is AFL Coach, Author and Coach Developer, an Aussie living in Canada, Cody Royle Cody is the host of the podcast "Where Others Wont" and has a book by the same name, as well as his most recent publication "The Tough Stuff". We started this chat by sharing our thoughts on podcasting and I kept it in the publication as...

This week my guest is Olympic Weight Lifter Megan Signal. Megan was due to compete in the Tokyo Olympics but had to pull out on the day of her event due to an injury. I really enjoyed this chat and love the way Megan see's the world, she has gone through some adversity and has an amazing outlook on life, sport and training. She speaks of being a young person who was a binge drinker, a smoker...

This is my first pre recorded pod cast and my guest was former England Rugby Head Coach Stuart Lancaster In this chat we talk about all things coaching, from grassroots to the pressure of international rugby. Stuart also gives his thoughts on the All Blacks after their loss to Ireland. If you enjoy the podcast it would be great if you could leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts  S...

Tonight I am joined by Alex McKenzie, Alex has been involved in high performance sport for over 25 years in numerous capacities. After graduating from the University of Otago with degrees in Physical Education and Anthropology, Alex went on to complete a master’s degree and PhD in Sport Psychology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Upon returning to New Zealand he spent t...

In this episode I talk to Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology Ian Renshaw. Ian is one of the leading figures in the constraints led approach to coaching and speaks to us about how he brings this to life as both a coach and on himself with his journey teaching himself how to play golf using these methods Ian has some exciting projects coming up including a website (still unde...

This week I am joined by Russell (Rusty) Earnshaw who is a former professional rugby player, coach, teacher and now a coach developer and the host of a great podcast called the Magic Academy. In this chat we talk about Rusty's journey and how it has shaped his thinking now as a coach developer and how he breaks rules and likes to be a disruptor. I really enjoyed this chat with Rusty and it ha...

This week I am joined by Kylie Wilson, Kylie is "Head of Performance Psychology" at High Performance Sport New Zealand.  Kylie completed her PhD in Wales while also playing over 50 tests for the Welsh Rugby Team and has worked in a variety of sports from Gymnastics to Rugby and has supported our NZ teams at a number of Olympic Games. In this chat we talk about Kylie's journey, the d...

This week I am joined by Andy Rogers from Sport New Zealand. Andy has been in coaching and coach development for over 30 years and brings a lot to this chat. Andy's values are closely aligned with those of Balance is Better and he does a wonderful job of outlining this and how we as coaches, parents or just supporters can bring it to life. Andy is going to share a couple of resources which I...