Soccer Nova Scotia You Beauty Podcast

In this week's episode, Nkem and Tyler teach us about:

Black History in Nova Scotia

Playing soccer as the only Black players on the team

Positives of having a Black coach as a role-model within their playing journeys

Racial microaggressions that exist in our sport

Current resources & meeting places to further educate us on Black History in Nova Scotia

Thanks so much to Nkem Ezurike and Tyler Simmons for taking the time to have this conversation.

Resources mentioned during the episode:

Black Cultural Centre - http://web1.bccnsweb.com/

Africville Museum - https://africvillemuseum.org/

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre - https://blackloyalist.novascotia.ca/ 

In this week’s episode, Brad and I make sense of:

The lead up to the decision to cancel formalized competition structures for Summer 2020

Attempting to find footing to move forward within an uncertain time

Risk, as it's currently impacting our ability to move forward in a safe and engaging manner

Not to rapid-fire, rapid-fire questions

In this week's episode, Wil and I make sense of:

Wil's relationship to sport and soccer

Volunteerism in sport

What children are missing

What children are not missing

What parents are missing

Using the principle of, "maximizing the potential of the present" when delivering and organizing sport in the current climate

Not so rapid-fire, rapid-fire questions

Quote of the week, "Keep moving and try to maintain a sense of well-being."

Enjoy.

Today we connect with Mike Whyatt, Executive Director at Halifax City Soccer Club. We chat about:

What is a club?

Developing an organization that is doing more than only providing soccer programs.

Trying to bring people together during this time - adapting based on current constraints.

Achieving Halifax City’s Vision in the time of Convid.

Cultural & physical design constraints to neighbourhood play.

Setting individual improvement goals.

Allowing for individual starting points when speaking about individual development + much much more.

Stay on until the end to hear about Mike's favourite stops along his travels in our Rapid Fire section.

Well, wouldn't you know it Soccer Nova Scotia? We are actually in season 5.

The first episode in this year's slew of podcasts shines a light on Linday van Kessel, a community leader & champion out of Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Over the years Lindsay has given his time to all matters of development including club, district, and provincial level programming. Currently, Lindsay is the President of Thunder FC, a community club in Lunenburg County.

We discuss the following items in our attempt to make sense of the current reality:

Technology & boredom

Guardians & children playing

Community sport & life lessons

Nova Scotia, we are back! To connect, to engage, to entertain, to make sense of our current reality. Looking forward to the dialogue ahead.

Season 4 Episode 3 (S4Ep3) is with Scott Firth (HFX Wanderers) on his current journey as Nova Scotia youth player to CPL professional player . Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) & Scott chat about the following:

His memories playing grassroots & youth soccer

His experience in the inaugural CPL season

The historic first CPL win against Forge FC

The support of his family

We are also giving away five pairs of two tickets for the FC Edmonton fixture on September 28th game. To win simply retweet or share the new episode and we will randomly select the winners.

Season 4 Episode 2 (S4Ep2) is with Gordon Maclelland (Working with Parents in Sport) on the bridging the relationship between club/coach & parent. Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) and Gordon chat about:

Why the need for the WWPIS platform

Understanding the WWPIS platform & available resources

WWPIS global family

Popular WWPIS articles/resources

For information on WWPIS and how to join the club scheme click here

We are also giving away Wanderers tickets to a suite for the September 28th game. To win retweet @SNS_You_Beauty a topic of interest OR a favourite episode which you want to hear more about

Season 4 Episode 1 (S4Ep1) is with Julia Burton (Grassroots Development Manager) on the hot topic of Skill Centres. Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development), Julia chat about the following:

Understanding the Childs needs and Skill Centres

The myths around Skill Centres

The early success stories on Skill Centres

Challenges & solutions with Skill Centres

For information on Skill Centres contact Julia: [email protected]

We are also giving away 8 Wanderers tickets to a suite for the September 28th game. To win predict the scores of the next four games and tweet @SNS_You_Beauty:

July 1st - vs Edmonton

July 6th - vs York FC

July 10th - vs Ottawa Fury

July 13th - vs Calgary FC

Season 3 Episode 6 (S3Ep6) is with UDFC staff: Adam Miller (Director of Soccer), Mesut Mert (Director of Performance) & Zach Bauld (Director of Skill Centres). Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development), Nino Kovacevic (Strategic Development Manager) & the UDFC staff chat about the following:

UDFC's first year reflection

Creating club culture away from soccer

The removal of tryouts

The adoption of Skill Centres

The initial interaction with Canada Soccer Club Licence