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Today I welcome an old mentor of mine (of sorts), Ken Lynch to the show.

One of my roles at NZF was the HPAD (High Performance Athlete Development) Manager, where I reported into Ken, in his role at HPSNZ as the National HPAD Manager.

Before his time in NZ, Ken worked at the Ireland Institute of Sport Head as well as the Olympic Team Manager for Triathlon Ireland at the London Olympics.

Ken has since moved across the ditch and is now the National Performance Pathway Manager for Australian Sailing.

Unlike a traditional guest of the pod, Ken offers a unique insight across the systems, pathways and components of our “transitioning athlete”, which is really another way of saying the HPAD space.

Administrator / Coach:
o Ireland Institute of Sport - Personal Performance & Head of Talent Development
• Olympic Team Manager London Olympics (Triathlon Ireland)
o HPSNZ – HPAD National Manager
• 2013-2020
o Australian Sailing - National Performance Pathway Manager 2020 – Present
o AIS Consultant – Elevate Lead – Athlete and Coach Development streams

Chapters -
1:10 Gareth & Ken’s origin story & defining HPAD
6:14 Team vs Individual Sports
8:20 The Irish Olympic experience
11:00 High Performance Sport NZ
22:20 How to do a GAP analysis
25:50 Key components of a HPAD system
36:50 Advice to HPAD athletes
45:40 Coaches at HPAD level need to be getting this right
57:40 Things parents of HPAD athletes can do more of this 
1:24:54 Rapid Fire Questions 

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Today on the show I talk with Sarah Rowe.

Sarah is an Irish international, 3-code athlete, starring in Galic Football, Australian Rules Football and real Football, Soccer Football.

With an incredible sporting journey that has led to playing in the All Ireland Galic Football final, to playing both Youth and Senior Football for the Republic of Ireland before heading to Australia to play in the A league and now Aussie Rules Football with Collingwood.

Sarah has an enthusiastic love for all sports but also experienced burnout and lost passion. 

Her story is an interesting one and her learnings will help many aspiring athletes and coaches at the pre performance levels.

Let's Go

Athlete:

• Triple Code Sportswomen
• Football
  • Ballina Town, Raheny United, Shelbourne Ladies, Bohemians (League of Ireland)
  • Melbourne Victory (Australian A league)
  • Republic of Ireland International
    • U15, U17, U19 (Euros), Seniors
• Gaelic Football
  • Youth teams through to seniors for Mayo
    • All Ireland Championship final (2017)
• Australian Rules Football
  • Collingwood (2019 – present)
    • Best and Fairest 2019

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@strive655 @sarahrowe123 @sarsrowe @collingwoodfc

Chapters -

0.10 Defining “Football” 

2.13 Gareth & Sarahs' origin story

6.55 Growing up in Ireland  

10.44 Pros and Cons of cross codes

16.15 Adapting to a foreign country 

20.55 Common traits of good coaches

26.45 The role my parents play

33.07 Rapid Fire Questions 

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Today it’s my pleasure to introduce Dr Craig Harrison to the show.

Craig and I first connected over 10 years ago when he worked as the NZ Football head of Sports Science.

Since then, he has dedicated his focus to improving the physical literacy of young athletes, as well as researching and educating the sport industry around the value in skill acquisition, movement, joy, play and exploration.

I was fortunate enough to be a guest on Craigs' podcast, “The Athlete Development Show” last year and it was a pleasure to return the favour and have him on STRIVE 365.

Let's go!

Coach:
o Over 20 years of experience working in youth sport
o Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Skateboarding, Snow Sports NZ
o Director of Youth Athlete Development, AUT Millennium (2010 – 2019)
o Lead Sport Scientist, NZ Football (2011 – 2012)
o U17 & U20 Womens

Education:
o PhD Exercise Physiology
o MPhEd Exercise Physiology
o BphEd Exercise Physiology
o Research & Teaching Youth Athlete Development (AUT Millennium)
o Supervisor of postgraduate Masters & Doctoral students at AUT.

Personal:
o Father to three children
o Husband to Anna, former NZ international in Netball & Beach Volleyball
o Athlete Development Project Founder (2019 – present)
o Key Note Speaker
o Mentor
o Podcaster & Blogger
o The Athlete Development Show Podcast Host

Athlete Development Podcast - https://athletedevelopmentproject.com

Gareths episode on the podcast - https://athletedevelopmentproject.com...

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Todays guest is Richard Bell.

Richard is a successful businessman the world of video and music production but has also volunteered many hours to the local football and futsal organisations in Christchurch over the years.

 His oldest son is Joe Bell. Joe is a leading figure in the NZ All Whites and is currently plying his trade at Viking FC in Norway.

 In this episode we discuss the role of futsal in development, having a child move away from home at 15 to follow his dreams and then into the US College system, and being a support network from a distance.

Joe is going to be a future All Whites Captain for years to come. This is a great chance to learn about his formative years and the role that Richard and his wife played in fostering the environments for Joe to develop into the professional he is.

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@strive655 @nz_football @richzilla

Chapters -

0.22 Gareth & Richards origin story

1.33 Richards love of Futsal  

3.37 Joes' football journey takes him away around the world

7.58 As a sporting parent, when did we spot Joes' talent

11.44 Moving to the Asia Pacific Football Academy

20.42 Transitioning into the Wellington Phoenix Football Academy

35.00 Advice to other sporting parents without large code specific knowledge

39.44 Joe’s move to the US College System

52.28 New Zealand Football pathway and captaincy 

1.07.00 Advice to young athletes

1.13.30 Advice to coaches

1.20.07 Rapid Fire Questions 

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Today we have a bonified coaching legend on the show. Coach Anson Dorrance.

To find Anson’s Books on Amazon click here: https://amzn.to/3QYqiCJ

Just listen to his resume:

• UNC Chapel Hill Womens 
  • 45 seasons
  • 22 National Championships (All time leader in all NCAA college sports)
  • Over 1100 wins 
  • 7 x national coach of the year
  • US Soccer Hall of Fame (2018)
• US Womens National (1986 – 1994)
  • FIFA Womens World Cup Champions (1991)
  • 65 Wins 

Coach Dorrance is the GOAT of US college sports. A truly generous man to go along with an amazing coach. 

This episode is truly special.

Lets go!

Chapters -

0.30 Gareth & Anson’s origin story

2.30 47 seasons coaching in the NCAA is an incredible achievement

9.00 Coaching both the men’s & women’s team at UNC

21.00 Sharing mistakes Anson made along the way

29.50 Showing care and building a connection with players

38.00 The famous Competitive Cauldron

50.30 What was special about Mia Hamm and April Henricks

1.03.30 Coaching UNC and the US Women’s National team simultaneously

1.10.45 Anson’s advice around sporting parents

1.16.45 Rapid Fire Questions 

Anson’s Books:

o   The Man Watching

o   The Vision of a Champion

o   Training Soccer Champions

Anson’s Podcast:

o   Vision of a Champion Podcast

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Maia Vink is a NZ football coach, who is the current head of women’s football at Western Springs in Auckland, NZ.

After a successful playing career in NZ, winning multiple national titles at school, club and federation levels as well as representing NZ at the U17 level, Maia has worked as a coach in some top professional environments, such as PSV Eindhoven, Vancouver White Caps and the Wellington Phoenix. She is also the current NZ U20 assistant coach & analyst.

In this episode, Maia draws upon her experiences as a coach working across professional and international environments and shares her perspective on what's vital for these youth players to transition into the senior professional or international stage.

#strive365 #westernsprings #maiavink
@strive655 @WspringsFC @maiavink

Chapters -
0:10 Gareth & Maia’s origin story
1:10 Maia stepping into a challenging new role
7:57 Maia’s advice to pre performance athletes
13:03 PSV Eindhoven’s reserve team
15:18 The role parents play in the development of the athlete
21:05 Speaking to those other coaches
26:33 Maia areas to focus on moving forward
33:22 Quick fire questions

Handles / Links -
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092611158988
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What a journey this past 6 months has been.

From the initial concept of building a podcast to producing 28 amazing episodes, I’m really proud of the work that the STRIVE 365 team have achieved so far. 

With the festive season around the corner, it’s time to take a pause from releasing new content, for now. We will be taking the chance to record with some amazing new guests and to refine the way the messages are delivered.

In this episode, I wanted to take a look back at some of the great guests through season 1 and preview 2025 and I feel by doing this with one of our constant listeners would be a fun way to recap. So I would like to welcome along, sporting parent Jordan Willis to the “STRIVE 365 season 1 recap”.

Ok, let’s go

Chapters -

0:30 Gareth & Jordans connection story

3:30 3 boys at similar stages but different sports

5:10 How the podcast has helped?

8:20 Our favourite guests from season 1

20:30 What would Jordan like to see more of in season 2?

27:00 Rapid Fire Questions 

34:45 Season 2 Preview

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This week we welcome with our next triple threat, Vaughan Coveny.

Vaughan is the former NZ football all time goal scorer and appearance holder, current Western United youth team coach and dad to age group international, Luka.

From a storied professional and international career, to working daily with high performing youth players and guiding Luka towards senior environments, Vaughan can offer uniquely balanced insights for athletes, coaches and parents.

Get you note book ready, as there’s heaps that came from this convo.

Ok, Lets go!

Vaughan Coveny Bio

Player

• Australian clubs, Melbourne Knights, Wollongong Wolves
• South Melbourne – NSL
  • Champions (1997/98 & 1998/99)
  • Ange Postecoglou
• Australian A league
  • Newcastle Jets (2005 – 2007)
  • Wellington Phoenix (2007 – 2009)
• South Melbourne, VIC NPL (2009)
• New Zealand All Whites
  • 64 Caps, 29 Goals
    • 2nd NZ all time record goal scorer behind Chris Wood
    • One time record appearance holder, now 3rd overall
  • FIFA Confederation Cup (1999, 2003)

Coach:

• South Melbourne VIC NPL seniors
• Melbourne Victory Youth (Assistant coach)
• Western United Youth (head coach)
• Geelong Grammar School (head coach)
• Essendon Royals Head of Football

Parent:

• Luka Coveny
  • Melbourne Victory Academy
  • Western United
    • Professional contract
    • Youth teams
  • Australia Football
    • U17
•        NZ Football
  • U17 FIFA World Cup (2023)
  • U20 OFC Championships (2024)

Chapters -

0.40 Gareth & Vaughan’s connection story

3.00 Vaughans NSL, A League and International playing career & achievements

11.15 Transitioning into coaching within an A league academy structure

21.00 When and How should coaches involve the parents?

29.00 Dealing with the pull on athletes between schools and clubs

35.30 Does Luka come to dad for advice?

49.00 Rapid Fire Questions 

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Today we chat with Australian soccer icon, Melissa Barbieri, or Bubs as she is known.

At the age of 44, Bubs is still playing professional football AND winning trophies like the 2024 ALW Premiership with Melbourne City.

With career highlights that include 4 FIFA Women’s World Cup, an Olympic games, 2 Asian Cups including being the captain of the 2010 team that were crowned champions, Bubs has got so much experience and wisdom to share with the younger generation.

Outside of playing, she is also coaching and having started her Pro Diploma, a second career as a professional coach isn’t too far away, although she has no plans to stop her love of playing just yet!

Ok, Let’s Go

Melissa Barbieri Bio

Athlete:

• Australia A League Women’s (2008 - present)
  • 15 seasons
  • Melbourne Victory
  • Newcastle Jets
  • Adelaide United
  • Melbourne City (Champions 2018, 2020, Premiers 2019, 2023)
• Alex Tobin OAM Medal for leadership, commitment, achievement & dedication to football. 
• Still playing professional football at aged 44.
• Australia Matildas (86 caps)
  • World Cups 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
  • Olympic Games 2004
  • Asian Cup 2006, 2010
    • Champions 2010 (also captain)

Coach:

• Assistant coach for Melbourne City ALW
• Head coach Haileybury College
• AFC Pro Diploma Candidate 2024/25

Chapters -

0.40 Gareth & Bubs’ connection story

4.30 Finding Joy into daily work

9.20 Being proactive to find help

15.00 Seeking out extended environments 

18.00 Bubs’ illustrious Matildas career 

25.20 Leadership

31.45 Being a HP athlete and a mum

33.00 Player / Coach balance

42:25 Interactions with parents & support networks

50.00 Rapid Fire Questions 

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This week, I’m pleased to bring on one of the best thinkers, let alone coaches of youth sport that I’ve ever come across. Dave Wright.

Dave has a diverse CV, that includes being an academy football coach with professional clubs in England as well as Australia, running his own youth development business, working for the Oceania Football Confederation and consulting for HSPNZ in our HPAD space.

Every time I hear Dave speak on various podcasts I get enriched, and this episode was no different.

Lets go!

Dave Wright Bio

Player:

• Junior and Youth Football in Auckland, New Zealand 

Coach:

• United Soccer 1 (NRF) U14 Boys/National Women’s League (2007)
• Football NSW (2008-2010) 
• Maccabi FC Sydney (2009-2012)
• Academy Coach (2013 – 2019)
  • Brentford FC (various age groups)
  • Fulham FC (various age groups)
  • Football Victoria Federation U15 head coach
  • Melbourne Victory U20s
• High Performance Sport New Zealand, HPAD consultant (2019 – 2022)
  • Birkenhead United AFC Director of Coaching (2022 – present)
• Westlake Boys High School (2023 – present)
  • Frist XI Head Coach
    • Auckland Premier League Champions (2023 & 2024)
    • ISF Football Word Cup (2024)
    • NZ Secondary School National Champions (2023)

o   Oceania Football Confederation (2023 – current)

• High Performance Consultant

Coaching Qualifications:

• FA Youth Award (2015)
• UEFA A Licence (2016)
• OFC Pro Licence Candidate (2024)

Business:

o   Co Founder of Player Development Project (2014 – present)

o   Owner of two black sheep cafe 2008-2013 

o   City of Sydney Cafe of the Year (2010/2011)

o   City of Sydney Small Business of the Year (2011)

Chapters -

0.15 Gareth & Daves’ connection story

3.15 The decision to focus on coaching relatively early in life 

9.00 Business and Hospo learnings

14.00 Moving to the UK

26.45 Pulling back the curtain on the UK academy environment 

52.30 Working at HPSNZ and with HPAD guru Ken Lynch 

1.02.30 Evolution plans for Birko & Westlake Boys  

1.06.00 Player Development Project  

1.08.50 Rapid Fire Questions 

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