Off the Pitch with Active

Today I welcome Michael Matricciani back to Off the Pitch with Active for a 2nd time. This episode was recorded back Jan 2018 when he was the owner of Soccajoeys, a non-competitive football program for 2.5-8-year old's.

We are now in May '18 and he recently sold it after 5 years as the Owner/Director so he could focus more on his coaching and his promotion as Australian College of Sport Football-Coaching Director.

It is an absolute pleasure for me to announce that Michael Matricciani has also put his hand up for involvement in the Yellow for Yelling Awareness and Educational program for parents with children in sport.

His experience is comprehensive; Ex professional player (including U20 young Socceroos & U23 Olyroos), 3 years as Technical Director of CCSC, 5 years as Director/Owner of Soccajoeys and current ACS Football-Director of Coaching. He is also FFSA U17 (NTC) Girls Head Coach, developing players for future Matilda's (for non-Australian listeners Matilda's is the Australia Women's National Football Team, who currently is ranked 6 in the world by FIFA.

Combine this experience with his coaching qualification including AFC/FFA A License plus FFA instructor and other certified courses, Michael will help raise awareness of the Yellow for Yelling program amongst higher level coaches and educators.

I got so excited when he offered to get involved so I began searching for this coming interview. It was recorded back in Jan '18, when we had a chat about Soccajoeys and setting up the foundation for a successful life by providing a safe learning environment in sport.

It is a great podcast and it will touch your heart if you are coaching kids or are a parent with a younger child.

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I have learned so much in my research into adult behaviours and how it affect our children. This is something I like to share with other like minded parents. In this episode, I am very fortunate to be talking to Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD

I heard Dr. Jennifer Fraser for the first time on Reed Maltbie's podcast the "Coaching Code"

Dr. Jennifer Fraser is an author, researcher and sought-after international speaker on bullying, abuse and harassment done by adults. With a PhD in Comparative Literature, she brings together different discourses such as neuroscience, literature, journalism and psychology in order to question and improve the way we educate children and young adults.

Dr. Jennifer Fraser, PhD, has developed a ground-breaking approach to bullying that she first articulated in her 2015 book Teaching Bullies. Her focus is on coaches and teachers as she asks the question: Is bullying learned behaviour? If so, who's teaching it?

Episode Overview

05:345 Insight to Dr Fraser's work and story of her son being bullied by a coach in a school where she was teaching.

13:15 How is a child's brain working when being subject to bullying and why talking about it now?

18:40 MRI show that scars in the brain of an emotionally abused child are the same as scars of a sexually abused child.

26:00 Society is changing the way we operate and communicate using social cues???

28:00 What can parents expect when their child join, a sporting club for the first time and do we need to change our behavior?

36:05 Neuron scientists say that at 13 the brain goes into a massive developmental change. They are very emotional sensitive and a yelling coach can affect the child's performance at school.

42:20 Coach of the year in UK Russel Smith, Street Games.

44:50 Discovered the signs of emotional bullying in her son wasn't easy.

57:00 Closing words from Dr. Fraser

105:00 Special offer

Picture this in your mind "When life is busy and great, you got a lovely wife or husband, beautiful kids. Work is going great, perhaps you love coaching or helping out your children's club on your free time.

You just had a mile stone birthday and recently became a Grandparent, possibly the greatest gift any parent can get. And it gets better, you are about to pick up your youngest child from school on a Friday afternoon for a weekend camping with the whole family."

Then it is easy to feel on top of the world and full of energy. This is normal life for many parents. We may not coach but we are working hard to get kids to school, training and games. But it is worth it when we watch them play and see them develop and have fun.

I think many of us take it for granted, we never really stop and think about how lucky we are. It's much easier to complain, isn't it?..... How stressed we are, how much work it is and how we really deserve a break we never get.

This is a story of Shane Hillman and his family. Shane's story will teach us all to appreciate life, the opportunities we get and the friend around us while we still can. It will teach us, no matter what happens, we shall continue with a "can-do" attitude. Continue to do our best and most of all enjoy moments.

Shane, a husband, a father, a Granddad and coach of his son Josh team experienced all of this when he suddenly had his life turned upside down diagnosed with brain cancer.

I will let Shane tell the story so here he is…

2:15 Introducing Shane Hillman

6:15 Shane's back ground and how he met Deborah (a childhood sweetheart)

13:00 Shane start coaching

17:30 Shane step back to assistant coach to provide different opportunities for his son to develop.

21:45 Life is progressing everything is going great. Shane got a coaching role with an South Australia State Futsal team gearing up for the national's but then life is taking a sad turn

27:15 Doctor's prognoses and family adjustment into a new life

31:30 Journey back to coaching and competing in the Australian Futsal Nationals

44:15 In spite of the challenges at home Josh keep pursuing his soccer and futsal leading to great opportunities.

50:30 Deborah, Shane's greatest support have the final words….for now😊

53:30 This is the reason why you should care and understand both the kids you coach and their parents.

The Hillman family don't wish any personal donations but instead they would encourage donations to https://www.curebraincancer.org.au/donations

If you haven't read Ross Monteleone article here it is

http://www.curebraincancer.org.au/news/1595/shanes-inspiring-brain-cancer-story

3:00 Introduction and background of Train Ugly

8:30 Concept of the Jungle and Zoo tiger and how he uses this concept with schools and Fortune 500 companies

15:45 It started with a dream

19:30 Times has changed but the brain have not, is the start of discussions about Train Ugly videos. Development is rapid all around us but is the way we are using the brain when learning and teaching keeping up?

24:00 FEAR

29:00 Growth Mindset

47:37 Our mind may feel that our child's performance is a reflection of us parents so we try to help them avoid mistakes.

53:17 Creating a safe learning environment

My next guest, Trevor Ragan, Founder of Train Ugly has a BA in Sociology. He is on an adventure to discover and share the science of growth and development.

He has done workshops with groups from all over the world. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, Major league Baseball Teams, Olympic teams, 100's of schools and even a few prisons.

Like he describes it "He seeks out the scientists and thought leaders in the world of development, consume their research and discoveries. He connects the dots and shares with anyone who will listen. I was one of those who wanted to learn."

I discovered Train Ugly through his excellent descriptive videos in my own research. He displays powerful diagrams and animations about the mind and learning. Trevor's videos have over 500,000 downloads

Here are some comments from a couple of people

Thanks Trevor,

One of the best emails I've received in 2015 and undoubtedly the best article I've read. I've just shared it with all the coaching staff at West Bromwich Albion. Thanks! and keep up all the work.

Aaron Danks, UEFA A Licensed coach West Bromwich Albion 2015

Here is another one

Firstly can I say..WOW! What a fantastic site! I absolutely love what you have done here. I just wanted to reach out and commend you on this. I think it is fantastic and I will be linking and tweeting about this to everybody I know.

Stewart Armstrong, England Rugby

Recommended books by Trevor Ragan

Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck

Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

Rising strong by Bren Brown

War of art by Steven Pressfield

Brain Rules by John J. Medina

Obstacles in the way by Ryan Holiday

Web: www.trainugly.com

Instagram: @trainugly

Facebook: @Train Ugly

Twitter: @train_ugly

Two of Train Ugly's top videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nymq7IVFSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCJbDOmuTI

3:00 Introduction to John O'Sullivan

5:30 Why are kids leaving sport?

9:50 Changing the Game Project

15:00 Amanda Visik's study into why children play sport

21:30 How can parents help and how can we return the ownership of youth sport to our kids

39:00 Coaches are generally busy parents who wants to help, what does it take for coaches to develop

42:00 LTAD (Long Term Athlete Model)

46:00 Life-long learners

52:00 Resources available from Changing the Game Project

56:54 minutes podcast. John O'Sullivan founder of Changing the Game Project has a real passion for kid's sport. He is an Author of three books including best seller on Amazon "Changing the Game project" with close to 500, 5star reviews.

He has also written "The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids" and "Is it Wise to Specialize"?

He is a globally sought-after speaker

In his podcast series, "Way of Champions" he interviews leaders of the world in coaching, education & Research. People like;

*Tom Statham: Junior coach at Manchester United

*Todd Bean: Who continuing the Legacy of Johan Croyff. He spent 14 years alongside the great man

*John Kessel: USA Volleyball Director of Sport Development and globally sought-after speaker.

*Anson Dorrance: A former U.S. National Women's Team Head Coach in Soccer with a world title and Induction to the Hall of Fame in USA

*And what about his interview with Kris Van Der Hagen, Belgium Director of coaching. He brought Belgium football from world ranking of 66 in 2000 to No1.

The list goes on and on and he has taken time out to be with "Off the Pitch with Active". He shares a ton of gold so have your note pad and a pen ready this will positively impact your sporting children's life.

Below are links John mentions in this podcast

http://changingthegameproject.com/

Online courses for parents.

http://changingthegameproject.com/online-courses/

Here is John O'Sullivan's TEDx talk. Watch it and it will change the way you look at youth sport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXw0XGOVQvw

Facebook: @ChangingTheGameProject

Twitter: @CTGProjectHQ

1:01:56 minutes podcast. In my journey of learning how we can make it better for our children when playing sport, I was fortunate to spend some time with Michael Matricciani. High Performance Coach Australian College of Sport, FFSA NTC U17 Girls Head Coach & Owner Soccajoyes SA

0:00 Introduction

6:55 min: Michael talks about his background and passion for football. His playing career on high playing for Adelaide United in the A-League and being selected to represented Young Socceroos in U20 World Cup, life came crumbling down with serious injury.

16:50 min: A few years later, he is back again with a professional contract after sending out 100's of video high lights to agents across Australia and Asia. He talks about new challenges with highs and lows.

28:50 min Back in Australia in a new role and player and TD. He discussed his role as a coach for girls and woman's football in South Australia as well as parenting/coaching.

I am sure you will get a lot out of what Michael have to share in this 3rd Episode of "Off the Pitch with Active"

There are some show notes with references you may want to check out just head to www.activeillustrated.com

I have learned so much in my research into adult behaviours and how it affect our children. I am very lucky to have develop a great working relationship with Gordon MacLelland. His company are providing a critical support to the Yellow for Yelling program by adding educational value to parents.

Gordon, a Sports scientist and Teacher work with organisations around the world so he brings a wealth of knowledge in this interview.

Helpful tips for parents with children in sport

In the first 16 minutes episode of "Off the Pitch with Active", host Ken talks about the reason behind the show and what listeners can expect.

Ken share short clips from interviewing a few distinguish guests;

Gordon MacLelland, Sport scientist and qualified teacher and CEO of Working with Parents in Sport.

Michael Matricciani, High Performance Coach Australian College of Sport-Football, Head Coach NTC Girls & Owner Soccajoyes.

John O'Sullivan, Author of 3 books, International Speaker including TEDx talk, Founder of Changing the Game Project and host of "Way of Champions"

Trevor Ragan, Founder of TrainUgly. He seeks out the scientists and thought leaders in the world of development and learning, he connects the dots and shares with anyone who will listen.

Dr. Jennifer Fraser, Author and host of End Bullying & Abuse in Sport Summit

#001 Episode

0 min: Host Ken Willner, Active Illustrated explain what the "Off the Pitch with Active" podcast is all about. This is followed by short snippets from interviews which are coming up

4:28 min: Gordon MacLelland, WWPIS, if we parents can make smaller changes it is worth it.

6:00 min: Michael Matricciani, ACS talks about an incident in his professional career in football

8:50 min: John O'Sullivan, Changing the Game Projects talks about Dr. Amanda Visek's work why kids play sport and that 70 out of 90 reasons why kids stop having fun is because of adult involvements

10:47 min: Trevor Ragan, Founder of TrainUgly talks about the core concept he uses when working with fortune 500 companies, professional sports clubs & schools

13:19 min: Dr. Jennifer Fraser, break down one aspect of neuron science about executive brain function in simple English. Great tool for any parents to know about their child's development

You find the podcast in iTunes, Stitcher and Soundcloud and it would mean a world to all sporting kids around the world if you share and like it in social media. The more downloads, the more kids will have a positive experience and hopefully remain playing for many, many, years.

Until next episode, have a great sporting week!

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"Off the Pitch with Active" was at The ARC to capture the action in Futsal SA 17's Futsal season. This was really done as a trial for developing podcasting to complement the blogs.

Future podcasts will feature interviews with coaches, educators and ex professional players.