Making The Play with Dave Briglio

This week my guest is Taras “Terry” Liskevych is the CEO/President of Total Sports, LLC and The Art of Coaching. Liskevych is a coaching mentor to hundreds of coaches and an entrepreneur that has started several technology and marketing companies. Terry retired as the head coach at Oregon State after the 2015 season leading the Beavers to the Sweet Sixteen in 2014, while being named PAC-12 Coach-of-the-Year.
We’ll talk about some of the things terry has learned that create the best impact on you and your program – for any sport. You’ll find his advice to be simple, yet powerful – which is an art in itself.

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More About Terry: Liskevych was the Head Coach of the USA Women’s National and Olympic Volleyball Teams for twelve years (1985-1996). The USA Team won the bronze medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In 1995 he was named International Coach of the Year while leading the USA Women to a gold medal at the Grand Prix and a #1 world ranking. In 1981 he co-founded the American Volleyball Coaches Association and in 2011, he co-founded The Art of Coaching Volleyball a series of national and international coaching clinics that features a unique Internet site for coaches.Terry has been inducted into four Halls of Fame: American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), University of the Pacific, Stockton, and Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA). Terry received a B.S. in Biology from Loyola University-Chicago, a Master’s Degree from George Williams College and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in Physical Education with emphases in Sports Psychology and International Sport.

In this episode you’ll hear:
•How to develop and establish a clear philosophy of coaching.
•How to create basic foundation of teaching/coaching principles.
•How to develop a system to identify talent.

This week my guest is Michael Pedersen, Founder of M INC. › change the game, where sport leaders, nationally and internationally, turn good governance into a winning strategy for building trust, growth and performance. He helps sport leaders at all levels of sport and across sports, countries and regions raise the governance standards of their organizations to a best in practice, leadership level. It really does matter “how you play the game”.

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More About Michael: Michael is an internationally recognized expert in sport governance, transparency, ethics and integrity. He is experienced in engaging leaders in business, government, civil society and sport to address sensitive governance challenges such as fighting corruption and in bringing them together in collective action partnerships. He is of Danish origin and has lived, worked, studied and travelled in many countries and regions.
Michael holds three MSc degrees; an MSc in Global Leadership from the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, taught in collaboration with the Columbia Business School; an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice from the School of Management at the University of Bath, UK; and an MSc in International Relations from the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Michael is an internationally recognized thought leader, who is also a seasoned speaker and workshop facilitator. During the last 15 years, Michael Pedersen has shared his knowledge as a speaker at more than 100 conferences around the world and continuously undergone advanced public speaking training.
In this episode you’ll hear:
•How sports is a reflection of society – both its beauty and its flaw.
•The downside of “Zero Tolerance” and how you can be tolerant without unleashing chaos in your organization.
•The Power of Sport to transcend the distrust in our political leaders.

This week my guest is Jason Corley, CMAA, Athletic Director for Long Branch (N.J.) Public Schools, and the 2018 Jersey Sporting News Athletic Director of the Year. When Jason took the position for his alma mater he had one overarching goal: ensure today’s Green Wave student-athletes did not make the same academic mistakes he did. Jason readily admits that he wasn’t the best student growing up. It was sports that kept him going to school and eventually motivated him to attend college. In this episode we’ll get into the details of how Jason established a rigorous academic accountability program that resulted in an increasing number of student-athletes going on to play at the college level, and eventually his becoming part of the Mayoral Transition team.

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More About Jason: His responsibilities at Long Branch include overseeing middle and elementary school athletics, and he has implemented a program to connect high school coaches with the younger kids. He also extends his reach statewide, serving as Divisional Vice President for the Shore Conference of High Schools, Vice President of the Shore Conference of Middle Schools, and Shore Conference Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament Director. On the national level, he sits on the NIAAA Membership Committee.

In this episode you’ll hear:
•How understanding Your Story as a leader helps others write a better one for themselves
•What it takes to create a successful academic program for student-athletes.
•Successful strategies for hiring and mentoring coaches, using social media and taking a leadership role in the community.

The Players’ Impact: Entrepreneur Athletes
This week my guest is Tracy Deforge, the founder of The Players’ Impact. The Players' Impact was founded in 2017 as a group of athletes who were interested in investing in start-ups. As they built out the group, they quickly realized there was an interest beyond investing. Now, TPI is a hub for entrepreneurial minded athletes: an extensive cross-sport athlete network, industry experts, early stage business resources, and investment opportunities - everything an athlete entrepreneur and investor needs to thrive. At TPI, they are building the virtual locker room for players to share and discuss all things start-up…Rather than 100 players investing in 100 different start-ups, our goal is for 100 players to invest in top start-ups together.
Tracy is an attorney by training, an entrepreneur in spirit, and an executive leader through experience. Tracy’s career has focused for more than a decade in the sports industry on start-up companies, technology offerings, and pioneering business initiatives. She has been intimately involved in all aspects of entrepreneurship, from envisioning the concept, business planning, hiring, operations build out, funds raising, strategic partnerships, outsourcing, finances, marketing, and more. With a focus on action and results, she is a leader who jumps into the trenches, learning and then executing the necessary steps to achieve goals, enthusiastically working to keep everything moving forward to make our shared vision a reality.
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More About Tracy: After earning her J.D. at Seton Hall, she went to work for the National Hockey League (NHL) and then Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB.com). Ever since, she’s worked at the unique intersection of sports, entertainment/media, and technology – including COO of a pioneering mobile video SaaS offering targeting sports broadcasters and partner in a venture investment firm focused on sports and entertainment firms.
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS: Conducting detailed due diligence and market/competitive analysis of potential investments on more than 2,000 proposed business ideas; Identifying emerging trends and developing business ideas to capitalize on them; Building start-ups from conception to launch; Raising financing for development and growth of lucrative business ideas
You can find them at:
http://www.theplayersimpact.com/
@playersimpact
@tracydeforge
[email protected]

In this episode you’ll hear:
•The vantage-point of women in the male-dominated sports industry
•What it’s like to be a woman entrepreneur, AND working mom of 2 (one with ADHD))
• How "Sisu" (Finnish “grit”), can guide your determination to succeed in tough situations.

This week my guest is Sarah Murray of Women Win, who is a global authority on play who has spent two decades promoting gender inclusion in sport. Wearing the Women Win jersey since 2009, she is currently the organization’s U.S. and Global Catalyze Director — leading efforts to empower adolescent girls to achieve their rights through sport. In this role, she captains strategy development, programs, resource mobilization and global thought leadership.

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More About Sarah: Prior to joining Women Win, Murray spent 10 years as the Web Producer for the Women’s Sports Foundation – a nonprofit started by Billie Jean King focused on gender equity in sport. Her editorial leadership secured the top Google result for “women’s sports” and made the organizations the most highly trafficked women’s sport site on the Internet. She authored the GoGirlGo! Curriculum, which won the U.S. National Health award and worked with top athlete activists such as Mia Hamm, Christiane Amanpour, Geena Davis and Abby Wambach. An animated public speaker, Murray has challenged audiences from stages such as Beyond Sport, IWG Women in Sport and Next Step. She regularly facilitates cross-cultural workshops related to gender, sport, leadership, storytelling and human-centered design. Her writing has appeared in dozens of magazines, newspapers and books, including Feministing.org, Women’s Adventure and the Huffington Post.
In this episode you’ll hear:
•How your organization can develop a “tribe” to increase the scale and depth of engagement
•Ways to encourage progress in gender inclusion in sport by rewarding organizations and programs for excellent practices
•About Digital Storytelling, a workshop-based methodology that focuses on the everyday person’s ability to share aspects of their life story.

What is a Sports Psychologist?...A Pick-and-Choose Menu
This week my guest is Dr. Jim Bauman, a renowned Sport and Human Performance Psychologist (Gravity Performance) who provides high quality services to athletes, coaches, sport organizations, and business organizations on a private consulting basis. Jim has provided sport psychology services at the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Olympic Games. In this episode, we’ll focus on the question: “What does a Sport Psychologist do?” Sport Psychologists around the world will provide you with a variety of answers, but Dr. Bauman has developed a “MENU” of services from his of many years of working with some of the most talented and successful athletes in the world to help bring some clarity in a fun and engaging way.
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More About Dr. Bauman: Earlier in his career, as a Full-time Senior Sport Psychologist for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) US Olympic Training Center, he created, implemented, and managed the first sport psychology program at this Olympic Training Center. Dr. Bauman provided high performance services at multiple National Championships, Olympic Trials, World Cups, World Championships, World University Games, Pan-Pacific, and Pan-American Games; began a working relationship with the Navy Special Warfare School (BUDS/SEAL Teams) and the NHL Anaheim Ducks (Stanley Cup Champions). He later Developed and initiated the first full-range sport psychology program for 23 collegiate sports at the UVA, and traveled with and provided sport psychology services to the USA Olympic Swimming Team at the 2012 London Olympic Games, 2013 Barcelona World Championships, 2014 Pan American Championships in Australia, and the 2015 World Championships in Russia; he continued as a consultant to US Special Operations Command. Currently working with an east coast NBA team engages in sport publications (refereed journal articles and book chapters); television and radio appearances; presenting sport psychology workshops at national/international conferences; teaching graduate coursework; mentoring young sport psychology professionals.

In this episode you’ll get to dine on:
•The “APPETIZERS”, the Sport part of Sport Psychology, dedicated to enhancing your athletic performance.
•The “ENTREES”, the Psychology part of Sport Psychology, dedicated to resolving and/or improving personal and interpersonal issues.
•The “DESSERTS”…the all-time favorites for everyone in sport!

Just like fine restaurants, Dr. Bauman invites to “choose from anything on the menu and feel free to mix & match items. If you don’t see what you want, just ask…chances are good he has worked with that item, as well! BON APPETIT!”

This week my guest is Wyatt Melzer, Co-Founder and Chief Change Maker of The Modern American Party, where he is dedicated to help solve America’s leadership crisis by inspiring passionate and innovative change makers of all ages to realize their life’s purpose and the importance of being engaged in the political arena. Politics on this show?... Really? Listen in and see how the influence of sports can bring good change to that aspect of our world as well.

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After graduating from the University of Virginia and living in the Big Apple for over 5 years, Wyatt served in leadership roles in the nonprofit sector at Harlem Lacrosse, the corporate sector at CBRE, and the political sector at ‘Massey for Mayor’. During this period of personal and professional reflection and growth, Wyatt discovered his innate talent for mentoring young people and identifying emerging talent to seek their passion and pursue previously unimaginable goals. At the same time, while his own leadership skills were honed across 3 separate industries, he also discovered America is facing a major leadership crisis on all fronts: social, economic, education, and political. Through MAP, Wyatt is committed to lead the revolution of progressive and positive change to fill the leadership void facing our communities, states, and country!

In this episode you’ll hear:
•How youth/HS sports effect education, and the path to adulthood
•How the student athlete experience reflects the way we adults run the world
•How a new Political Party just might take the politics out of politics

Lacrosse The Nations: A Conduit of Opportunity, Worldwide

This week my guest is Javier Silva (Executive Dir.) of Lacrosse the Nations (LtN), where they show sports are a conduit by which great things can be achieved. LtN is an international nonprofit that brings the sport of lacrosse to underserved communities as a way of instilling structure and life skills while promoting education and health.
LtN began as a simple conversation between Brad Corrigan and Brett Hughes in 2008 about the truest power of sports to bring people together all over the world regardless of age, background, sex, ethnicity, experience or even language. LtN now partners with lacrosse teams, individuals, and organizations to spread our mission and open up people's perspectives to a bigger picture of sport. They use learning and practicing of an unfamiliar sport to create an environment where new lessons can be intentionally taught and practiced, by bringing lacrosse enthusiasts together with communities in need, both are enriched through lacrosse the nations.

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Javier took over as LtN’s Executive Director in 2015. He spent two years volunteering as Program Director in Nicaragua before joining as the Director of International Programs and Marketing. Javier, born in Colombia, fell in love with lacrosse on the first lacrosse program at his Stamford, CT high school. He went on to play for four years on the MCLA team at the University of Connecticut. He moved to Sweden to obtain his MSc in International Marketing & Brand Management from Lund University, traveled throughout Scandinavia as a lacrosse player/coach, and later played on the Colombian National Team at the 2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships.

In this episode you’ll hear:
•How to use an unfamiliar sport to create an effective learning environment
•How to instil structure and life skills to promoting education & health
•How their Life Skills Curriculum and “Respect For Women” course make great change

This week my guest is Melissa Tatro Harper, Co-Founder and CEO of Good Sports, Inc. Good Sports is a nonprofit organization that lays the foundation for healthy, active lifestyles by providing athletic equipment, footwear and apparel to disadvantaged young people across the United States. Their mission is to give all kids the lifelong benefits of sport and physical activity by providing new equipment, apparel and footwear to help them get off the sidelines and into the game. We’ll be talking about how increase awareness on these challenges our kids face and what we can do about them.
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As CEO at Good Sports, Inc., Melissa leads the organization’s growth, organizational strategy and partnership development. In the last 11 years, they’ve provided more than $15 million in equipment to 2,000 youth programs across 50 states, impacting millions of kids.
As a thought leader and speaker, she tailors her message to the audience. When she talks to kids, she shares her story – she’s the first generation in her family ever to go to college. She tells them that with hard work and discipline, they can accomplish their goals, no matter what kind of background they come from. She talks to kids about playing to win…not on the field but in life. “If you don’t put all your effort into doing your best at everything you do, you’ll never truly reach your potential”. When she speaks with donors, partners, and supports, her overarching message is that although Good Sports, Inc. is a nonprofit, they run it like a business: strategic, thoughtful, and efficient.
She estimates that there are more than 6 million kids in the top 50 MSAs in the U.S. that need their support. Melissa’s goal is to scale Good Sports, Inc. so they can give all those kids a chance to play within the next 10 years. To get there, they will nearly triple the size of the organization and the number of kids they can reach annually. Melissa says, “There is no limit to what we can accomplish and the impact Good Sports can have on kids who need our support, as long as we always think big and aim high.”
In this episode you’ll hear:
•How a successful non-profit can turn 500 basketballs into $20M in sports equipment
•How the state of Pay-to-Play is affecting our youth

•Why there really is an “I” in “TEAM” – and why it’s a good thing