The Curve Mindset Podcast with McGinley Coaching

In today's podcast we speak to Allistair McCaw. Allistair is a world-renowned Sports Performance Consultant, Mindset Coach and Team Culture Builder. He has worked with numerous Teams, Colleges, Olympians, Paralympians, World Champion Athletes and Grand Slam Winners. An author and keynote speaker, Allistair consults to coaches, leaders, athletes, teams and college programs, where he teaches and imp...

In today's podcast we speak with Scotland International Rugby player Rhona Lloyd. Rhona has represented Scotland in both the sevens format and full international matches. Part of the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy, Rhona is also completing a degree in Biomedical Sciencies at the University of Ednburgh. Her journey to international rugby hasn't been plain sailing and she shares with us how she ove...

In today's podcast we speak to Willie McNab. Willie is the International Soccer Academy Manager & Youth Academy Coach with Celtic FC. Willie began his coaching career at 16 through the Scottish FA’s coach education pathway and currently holds the Scottish FA Advanced Children’s Licence, Scottish FA Advanced Youth Licence and the UEFA A licence and has aspirations to pursue the UEFA pro licence.

In today's episode we spoke to Andrew Wiseman. Andrew is the Head of Sports Science and physical preparation at Celtic FC Women. Andrew has a number of articles on the @FMA_latest published and his team won team of the year for the medical and science award in 2017. Follow Andrew on Twitter @MrWiseyMan

Jamie Swinney is the Chief Executive of @StenhousemuirFC . Jamie was at Forth Valley Football Academy before making the move Stenny. Jamie also coaches with @scottishfa at a Peformance School as well as local schools in the community. Find Jamie on Twitter @JamieSwinney86

Hugo Langton is a professional manager who has worked as a 1st manager, assistant manager, Head coach and Head of Academy. Hugo has a vast experience in football, where he has worked in the lower leagues and women’s football. I have also completed his 'Scouting the Opposition' webinar which I highly recommend to all coaches.

In today's podcast we spoke to Edu Rubio. Edu is the under 23s/18s coach at MK Dons and is a UEFA Pro Licence holder. Edu is very experienced youth football coach, with past clubs including Valencia and Chelsea. After working as the assistant manager at the Nike Academy, Edu began working with MK Dons in charge of the coaching programme from U7s up to U18s at the Academy. As senior PDP Coach, he i...

Andy Fleming is the Regional Development Officer for the West for @ScottishVolleyball. Andy is an ex youth player for Scotland and ex Active Schools Co-ordinator. We discuss the importance of mindset and challenge and of coursed, discuss Team Scotland's Commonwealth Games beach volleyball debut! Follow Andy on @RDOwest and @Team_Scotland for Scotland's progress. Use the hashtag #GC2018Volleyball t...

Lee Jones is a professional rugby player for the @GlasgowWarriors and also plays Rugby 7s for Scotland. Lee is off to the Gold Coast in Australia, representing Scotland in the Rugby Sevens. Also, keep a watchful eye out for Lee on @masterchefUK in the near future. If you want to track Lee's progress, you'll find him on Twitter @LeeJones11 and keep track of Scotland's progress @Team_Scotland. Use t...

Recorded during the beast from the east onslaught, in today's one hour long episode we chat to global Sports Psychologist Dan Abrahams. Dan has worked with a vast array of different athletes across a wide range of sports. He is currently working with the England Rugby team as well as a Premier League Football club. I first came across Dan's work in his brilliant book Soccer Tough, which we discuss...

In today's episode we speak to Camilla Henderson. Camilla is a sports performance psychology consultant & currently works with Bristol Rugby & Swindon Town Football Club. We discuss sports psychology, public speaking and much much more! Give Camilla a follow on Twitter @camillahendo and check out her website camillahenderson.co.uk for any sport psychology consultancy enquiries.

In this episode we speak to Paul McVeigh. Paul is a former professional footballer whose career saw him play for Tottenham Hotspur & Norwich City as well as being capped at senior level for Northern Ireland. Paul is now a leading keynote speaker, applying some of the lessons he learned during his career as a footballer into different industries and businesses. In addition to this, Paul currently s...

In this episode we caught up with Juan Miguel Bernat, the Sports Psychologist for Levante UD. Juan Miguel has a wealth of experience working with professional footballers from Real Madrid, Villarreal CF as well as top athletes from basketball and tennis. In this interview we discuss how to engage players in conversations about mindset, strategies and techniques.

Steven Sallis is a former academy footballer for Brighton and Hove Albion FC for 8 years. After that ended Steven embarked on a career in education which saw him short-listed for The National Teacher of the Year Award in 2008. Steven has been an Assistant Headteacher of two large inner London Secondary Schools before becoming Head of Education & Player Welfare at Millwall FC. He was also a Senior...

In this interview we speak with Frank Dick OBE. Frank is a leading motivational speaker and previously was the High Performance Director for SASCOC ( South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee) where consulted South Africa's top coaches and athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics. The RSA achieved 10 medals with 2 Gold, 6 Silver & 2 bronze. Four of those medals were won in...

In this one hour special, we sit down with Athletic Evolution founder Rob Anderson. Rob is a Scottish Rugby strength & conditioning coach working in the Borders & East Lothian Academy. This is a fantastic insight from a coach with such a varied background in sport. Also, Rob has a very special offer for his event coming up - Check it out at the link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/athletic-evo…ts-39...

Here it is our final instalment of the our interview with Murrayfield Wanderers Head Coach Bruce Aitchison. Part 4 is a Rugby special. In part 1 Bruce gave us a very comprehensive summary of his rugby coaching career to date, but we couldn't leave it at just that. Bruce began coaching at a young age and landed his first head coaching role at just 29. From then on he's had a plethora of different e...

In this episode we discuss mindset myths, as raised by Professor Carol Dweck.

In the second part of our interview with Bruce Aitchison we delve into The Oor Wullie days, the birth of conditioned games, unstructured play, developing the performance playground and the importance of a teacher's mindset in the classroom.

In part one of this interview with current Head Coach of Murrayfield Wanderers, PE teacher and founder of Happiness is Egg Shaped Bruce Aitchison, we get his thoughts on growth and fixed mindset, the importance of trust between player/coach and coach/teacher and how to create a positive learning environment. We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for Part Two!