Delroy Rhooms, or as he’s affectionately known to thousands of athletes, Coach D, brings his patented energy, infectious personality, and infinite wisdom from his multiple ventures in life. Get ready to be in awe, get ready to laugh, and get ready to grow!

Welcome to episode 9 of the Beyond the Game podcast! This is the Leadership Academy!

Armed with international perspective, Marc Mirella joins us in this weeks episode of the podcast! Marc began an organization that is most certainly going to change the lives of millions of people worldwide! Not only is he saving our environment, but also providing homes for those without. I don’t want to tell you too much about it before the man gets to tell you himself!

Book Recommendation: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Jasmin Dhanda is the founder of ProSport Health Centre and ProSport Training, and she has had an incredible amount of success in her education and soccer career which she plans to pass on to the next generation. She has copious amounts knowledge on rehabilitation and the game of soccer, and she is a great leader, mentor and role model for the youth.

Over her years, Jasmin has had an illustrious soccer career to date. She has academy teams, university teams, provincial teams, and national teams under her belt. Along the way, she has travelled the world playing in big tournaments, won gold medals, won national championships and won MVP’s.

Besides a well decorated playing career,  she has a heart and passion for building into her community and she’s here to tell us about it!

Book Recommendation:

Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Sports have their way of changing our lives. Sometimes, they give us opportunities to do more than we could dream for ourselves and put us in position to create positive impact in those that come after us. Megan Pinske has travelled the world, coached at the university level, and been part of Canada’s national team program for a number of years thanks to the game of basketball. Now, she brings her leadership to the Vancouver Basketball Foundation as VP of Community Impact and so much more.

During his 33 year career with the Ontario Provincial Police, John Kelsall developed, practiced, and honed his leadership qualities. He’s taken a step back but is still a part time consultant. As a commander for Emergency response, he is responsible for planning, resourcing, advocating, troubleshooting, and liaising. In a world full of big personalities, he approaches his role with humility, kindness, and faith and all this has led him to the very successful career he’s had thus far.

Grab a pen, grab a notebook, and strap in for this journey!

Dino is an elite coach specializing in the development of student-athletes football, strength, conditioning and leadership. After 20+ years on the university football sidelines and 6 years as provincial technical director, he found an even greater way to share his love of sports in leadership roles with the Washington Kids Foundation. Dino draws on his Masters of Educational Leadership, Strength & Conditioning Certification, and role as Master Facilitator for the National Coaching Certification Program to develop programs that challenge and inspire youth.

Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, the to the Gentile.

This podcast took a very wonderful turn! Diane Ntabaza brings her passion, she brings her energy, and she will show us her source BODLY and UNASHAMED. 

"[Leadership is truly] how the leader helps, supports, and serves the person that requires leadership. A leader is someone who takes the time to understand the individual where they are now and help them carve out their path to where they want to get too."

Mark Ehioghae is a leader through and through. A graduate of the University of Toronto, where he played varsity football, Mark now has his sights set on medical school. He now will look to carry the traits and skills that he acquired during his undergrad, his football career, and life to succeed. 

Player to Coach to Business Owner. Lexi Rhooms has stepped up and battled incredible odds to get where she is now. The mindset she has cultivated is one that she passes on to all her athletes and people in her care (shoutout to the Black Mamba). 

We are honoured to have her come in and tell her story of resilience, perseverance, and learning from those who came before her. She is a true student of the game and of life. Grab your pen and notebook and get ready to grow!

"Can I really learn from this criticism? Is this really something that I want to learn from? Would I take advice from this person? Learning how to distinguish that is important." Brittany Skinner is the owner of Sports Specific Training (SST) Burlington, strength and conditioning coach, and all around hustler. With a passion to inspire and elevate young athletes and people everywhere, Brittany drops great gems of knowledge for us and our growth is inevitable. Trust me, you're going to want to take notes.

Book Recommendation:

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson