The Globetrottin' ADs

Join Nick and Matt as they have a brief chat about the end of the fall season, Nick going to Thailand and the newly launched NIAAA scholarship opporutnity for international school students. A bit of background, the process and requirements are explained but full details are on the NIAAA website here; ⁠https://niaaa.org/awards-recognition#student-athlete-scholarships⁠ This is just another benefit o...

GTADs are back after a fall break, which we hope you had as well. We welcome Juan Santamaria to talk about student leadership and primarily what he does at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and in their conference. The highlight of the episode is EIS's participation in the NFHS Student Leadership Summit each summer in Indianapolis Indiana. To find out more about the summ...

A quick little preview of the first PHASE Athletic Directors Conference coming up this November in Bangkok. Longtime guest Chris Mott talks to Nick about how the conference came to be and what to expect. Attached to the PHASE PE teachers conference there will be over 400 educators together for 4 days in Bangkok and there is still plenty of time to sign up. Check out the conference webpage HERE and...

This week Nick and Matt are joined by Dr. Ffion Thompson who is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Youth Athletic Development for the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. Ffion is conducting a survey with high school student-athletes around the world and we would love you to sign your school up. It takes minimal effort on your side and could help you to tailor and improve your prog...

Matt Yoder joins us again this year before a DVAC conference meeting. We have a 'hot topic' chat that all ADs have when they get together. The first topic is phones in schools followed by getting games and then when is a team not a team before the episode is cut short. Listen to the whole episode to find out why but then check out our sponsor Kukri Sports. You can connect with us on Instag...

Welcome to season 6 of the GTADs! Nick and Matt are back for another school year as they continue connecting and growing the international community of ADs, ACs, and Coaches around the globe. In this episode they talk about the first days of school and what they have been doing, some softball and more. Afterwards please visit our longtime sponsor Kukri Sports and then head over to globetrottinads....

Like our school years the podcast season is wrapping up so we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about what we are actually doing to wrap up a school year. Nick and Matt are joined by Tom Hobbins, the AD at the International School of Hamburg and answer questions about how they close out your school year…  What do you try to get done before leaving, what can wait?  Do you stay after t...

The Globetrottin’ ADs are very excited to announce that they have partnered with the 3D Institute to create a new course to help international athletic coaches meet their developmental needs. The course is based on numerous courses designed to satisfy state and organizational requirements to be certified to coach in their jurisdictions. In this episode Nick and Matt welcome 3D Institute President...

When you go overseas things are not always like they were back home and sometimes those differences are both surprising and hard to overcome. In this episode we welcome Christof Wegiel (Danube Int. School) and Dave Horner (his 14th episode) to talk about 'athletic culture shock'. The guys share things that stood out to them when they first went overseas, how they overcame them and also som...

In this episode of the Globetrottin’ ADs Nick and Matt are joined by Vince Pados who is currently an athletic office intern at the American International School Budapest. Vince is a product of an international school and is in an athletic management program at the The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Vince shares about his high school career, the program he is in, what brought him there and w...

Episode 101 was recorded live in Malta at the CEESA conference as a panel discussion that was open to every coach or athletic/activities director at the conference. The discussion was moderated by Nick and Matt Fleming and featured the following 3 guests on the panel; Stephen Sidaway , Activities Director and Coach (AS Warsaw) Julien Draghi , Athletic Director and Coach (AIS Vilnius) Andrew Grover...

From the first episode on January 1st, 2020 the Globetrottin' ADs podcast has been sharing resources and connecting the international school AD and coach community around the world. Join Nick and Matt as they look back while sharing some stats and their favorite episodes. Many thanks to Kukri Sports who have been a sponsor since the beginning and also to JP Nurbun from TOC Culture Consulting w...

Welcome back to the I3AC conference! This May the 9th I3AC conference will take place in Bangkok Thailand and in this episode Nick and Matt talk with Joe Toler about the conference and more. The guys talk about the conference theme, keynote speaker and all sort of conference details. Joe also talks about his unique school situation where he is starting an athletic program from scratch. Even if it...

The Globetrottin’ ADs are bringing back the book with a series of episodes with authors of books that all coaches and ADs should put on their reading lists. This episode Nick and Matt welcome Tim Baghurst who is the Director of the FSU COACH program at Florida State University Tim's latest book Reflections on the Coaching Life is the focus of the episode with Tim digging in to four different s...

The Globetrottin’ ADs are back with their second episode with an author about one of their books. This one is again a fantastic resource that coaches and ADs should put on their reading lists for themselves but also for their athletes. This episode Nick and Matt welcome back John O'Sullivan who is famous for his “Changing the Game Project”. The project started in 2012 after two decades as a so...

The Globetrottin’ ADs are bringing back the book with a series of episodes with authors of books that all coaches and ADs should put on their reading lists. This episode Nick and Matt welcome J.P. Nerbun  who is also a leadership coach, a founder of TOC Culture Consulting, and the host of one of the top sports leadership podcasts. J.Ps book The Sports Parent Solution: Proven Strategies for Transfo...

This episode of the GTADs was recorded live at the Coaching For A Greater Purpose Conference in Dusseldorf Germany on January 14th 2024. There is a brief intro from Nick before a word from Kukri Sports and then a discussion with about 20 coaches and ADs about basically elevating the importance of athletics of international schools as a whole. Please listen to the introduction for more information...

The first episode of 2024 has Nick and Matt open the mail bag so to speak and answer all sorts of questions that were sent in from ADs around the world.  Not all questions that were submitted are answered in this episode but will be used later in the school year. Thank you to everyone that sent in a question, the support was fantastic.  The questions discussed in this episode, sponsored as always...

In this episode Nick and Matt are joined by Dave Horner and John Powell. The 4 are sitting around a table in Orlando Florida after a few long conference days. The group are excited to share some new developments for the international community and also talk about the 'one' favorite thing at the conference thus far. If you have a pizza and a beverage you can feel like you are right at the c...

In this episode Nick and Matt are once again joined by Nathan Whitaker. Nathan is a writer, speaker, two sport collegiate athlete and super bowl champion (https://nathanwhitaker.com/). The guys talk about Nathan's recent summit, "The Art of Playing Well" (https://theartofplayingwell.com/), what they hope people will take from it and some highlights. Nathan also talks about a recent U...

Nick and Matt are joined by Dave Horner from his home in Atlanta in this 91st episode sponsored by Kukri Sports. The guys talk about the upcoming NIAAA conference in Orlando with what they are looking forward to most, some bikes and an international AD meet up. Its not all about Orlando as the guys talk about their favorite kinds of PD and how important in person connections are. A must listen for...

Nick and Matt are back after about a month break with an essential question, Is zoom now retro? Kidding aside the guys talk about the tournaments they hosted the past weekend with what went well and not so well. Matt had a return to housing while Nick hosted a double varsity tournament. Of course please also check out our long time sponsor ⁠Kukri Sports HERE⁠ and reach out to Matt or Nick for thei...

In this episode Nick and Matt welcome; speaker, author, coach and former basketball player, David Nurse. This episode is packed with advise and tips about; constant growth, taking action, the importance of team sports and "why not me". After listening please learn more about and connect with David by visiting his website - www.davidnurse.com There you can find his socials, his podcast, m...

In this relaxed chat on the waterside Nick and Matt are joined by Matt Yoder from QSI Bratislava. The three guys share what, if anything, their schools are doing environmentally with their athletics programs. They are not all are the same level but all would like to hear what other schools are doing and how we can all be more environmentally mindful. Thank you to our podcast sponsor Kukri Sports w...

In this episode of the Globetrottin' ADs Nick and Matt are joined once again by Brian Lettinga who is a senior associate with Search Associates.. This episode follows up on their episode last season but focuses more on what you should start doing right now even if you are just thinking about a new job. Whether you are in the US and thinking about a first post overseas or if you are looking to...