The Half Court Press Podcast

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Yasmin Parsons is a netballer and captain of the Surrey Storm for whom she plays wing attack and centre. She is also a full international for the England Roses nat...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Tunc Ilgin is from South London and plays for Blackheath Hockey Club, having previously turned out for Bromley and Beckenham HC. His dad is a Cypriot and because o...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Dan Pratt is a player for Edinburgh City Korfball Club, which is one of the foremost teams within the country. As an international player, he has also acted as vic...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Tarun Sharma is originally from India, but has moved around the world gaining a variety of cricketing experiences. After moving to Mexico for work he has become a...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Pat Merton is originally from Portsmouth, but took up the sport of korfball, whilst studying in Cardiff. He now lives in Glasgow, having moved to the Scottish City...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development. Coti (Constanza) Barrandeguy is a 24 year old hockey player for the Woodlands School Hockey Club, in Montevideo, and the Uruguayan Ladies National Team. She has be...

Captain's Log is the tenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series Tao MacLeod talks to captains, leaders and senior players from a variety of sports about leadership techniques, communication skills and team development.  Steve Lawrence is a 34 year old Korfball player, who is originally from the English Channel island of Jersey and now lives in Scotland. He plays for the Edin...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Tommy Alexander is the goalkeeper for the Scottish Men’s National Team, as well as UHC H...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Steph Tirrell is a sports teacher, who’s living and working in England. She is also one...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position.  24 year old Ore Ogunlana is an indoor and outdoor English Hockey champion with his...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Andre Boyce is the captain and goalkeeper for the Barbados Men’s National Hockey Team. H...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Jamaican Orville McTaggart is a former hockey international and goalkeeper for his home...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Connie Schmidt-Liermann is the 22 year old goalkeeper for the Uruguayan Ladies National...

Verbals from the Goalkeeper is the ninth series from the Half Court Press Podcast. Here we celebrate all things to do with goalkeepers in the sport of hockey. Across all of the episodes Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of keepers, who tell us about their careers, experiences and thoughts on this unique position. Aldair Esteban Bejarano Tortós is 23 years old, but has already had an interesting caree...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

The New York Islanders are a hockey club based on the East Coast of the USA. Having been around for close to five decades, the club was originally founded and organised by those from the Caribbean Islands - an influence which still drives the club today. In the eighth series of the Half Court Press Podcast we find out more about the Calypso hockey that is and has been played over the years by the...

Joan Smit is a well known personality in the world of African netball. In the early 90’s she was the first woman of colour to play for the Namibian national team and went on to captain the squad at the 1991 World Cup. She also spent time as the coach of the Under-21 side. Now Joan is working for the International Netball Federation as the Regional Development Manager for Africa, helping to provide...

Matt Rowe is a football coach and PE teacher in Mexico City. After starting out as a teenage coach in his native Britain, he moved over to work in North and Central America in search for new opportunities and interesting experiences. Here, he ended up working for West Ham FC's international academy and then FutAcademy in Mexico, before taking a sports job in a school. In this interview we talk abo...