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Brody Sams is a professional Goal Keeping (GK) coach who currently lives and works in New Jersey, USA. He is currently GK coach for Gotham FC who compete in one of the leading women’s football leagues in the world NWSL. Although having had many conversations with Brody over the years, Brody surprises me with his vulnerability, transparency and philosophical view of his journey in sport. He shares the ups and downs of his time working in professional sport from the Brisbane Roar FC to his current role in the US, and is candid about the cautionary tales and the advice he gives to upcoming professionals looking to pursuit a career in professional sport. This is an incredible episode filled with priceless tips, funny stories, and numerous examples of persisting through challenging times to ultimately achieve the dream of working in high performance sport.


Highlights from the episode…

• What was going through Brody’s mind to even consider a pathway of being a coach at such a young age.
• How he got his foot in the door at one of the most successful professional football clubs in Australia the Brisbane Roar FC at the age of 20.
• Those early days going into work nervous everyday due to the pressure of working with championship winning goalkeepers.
• The importance of going all in and immersing yourself in what you do.
• It wasn’t all glamorous at the start having to work 2 jobs (1 being at Fasta Pasta), 7 days a week, 15 hour days while also working at the Brisbane Roar. 
• The COST of being obsessed and working in professional sport.
• Brody vulnerably opens up about the price he had to pay and if he could do it again what he would have considered.
• I personally share some advice on how you can minimise not being resentful of the decisions you made working sport
• Brody talks about his time transitioning into the club's kit man while coaching and how major doubt crept in as to whether he would ever make it as a full time coach.
• Feeling like things weren’t working out Brody completely resigned from professional sport to take a corporate 9-5 job.
• How after being out of sport for over a year Brody got offered a job in the USA with a professional women’s football team.
• Brody shares the interview process of how he got the job and the attributes that professional sports teams are looking for in an individual.
• Having only traveled overseas once, Brody arrives to New York City and shares what that feeling was like in his first moments with the club. 
• Although the first 3 months was filled with moments of doubts, he talks about what he concentrated on to allow him to now excels in the environment.

Brody Sams contact details:

•  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brody-sams-26202a190/?originalSubdomain=au
•  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brodyksams/?hl=en
•  Gotham FC article: https://www.gothamfc.com/news_article/show/1206819

Host: Luis Resa

Contact me on:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-resa-a975196b/
• Email: [email protected]

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