This week I am joined by Dr Jay-Lee Nair.

Originally from Australia, Dr Jay-Lee completed her first two degrees in psychology in the United States,  where she had a scholarship to play NCAA Div-1 collegiate golf. 

She finished with all-American academic honours, and attributes her career as a sport and performance psychologist to the success found in both studies and sport.
 
Jay-Lee has established a reputation for writing on a variety of topics in sport psychology, having written for a number of publications in sport and wellness and has just published a book called Good Sports, which is a thoughtful and practical guide on how to support children both on and off the sporting field.

To find out more about this book and where to order it click here

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My guest this week is head of UK of Coaching at UK Coaching Nick Levett. 

Nick has had roles in  Talent ID for UK Coaching and the FA and is able to share so much with us on this podcast. 

I have been a fan of Nick for a long time and you can imagine my surprise when his name popped up asking a question during my chat with Alex McKenzie when we did these live on Facebook

You will see why I am a such a fan after this podcast  as nick is Passionate about this space and an engaging strategic thinker on coaching, talent development and high performance sport.

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Stuart Morgan is a Performance Golf Coach to some of the best golfers on the planet but more impressive is his desire to learn, grow his knowledge and share that with the golfing community.

He is incredibly humble and is someone I hope to continue to connect with. 

If you want to know more check out his Instagram and Twitter where he is stuartmcoaching as well as iceberggolf on Instagram

While this is a golf centric chat I do believe there as always is cross over to all sports and walks of life with what Stuart talks about.

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If you want to reach out with any feedback, guest suggestions or themes you would like me to dig in to then please feel free to contact me by direct message or on the Facebook Group page

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This week I am joined by Hugh Gilmore

Hugh has worked with All Ireland winners, world champions and Olympians delivering sport and performance psychology to organisations such as  British Weightlifting, Paralympic Powerlifting, Weightlifting Ireland, Northern Ireland Netball and British Athletics, as well as a wide range of elite coaches and business professionals seeking personal development. 

I have followed Hugh's work for a while and was particularly interested in his insight into Motivational Interviewing

As we all know influencing behaviour change is not easy and while we are told the questioning approach is a great way to do this, I think to do it skill fully is challenging and that is where I believe Motivational Interviewing has some gold.

If you would like to find out more about motivational interviewing check out Hugh’s Website https://podiumpsychology.com/ where there is information about his online courses.

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Rob Waddell has one of the most impressive and diverse sporting resumes in the country, he has played rugby for Waikato, Won an Olympic gold in the single skulls in Sydney 2000, has a black belt in Judo, raced for Emirates Team NZ in the Americas cup and for the past two cycles has been the chef de mission for the NZ Olympic team. 

I didn’t know rob I just happened to be fortunate enough to sit next to him at a recent Chiefs game and asked him to come on the podcast, he was very humble in accepting suggested I must be scrapping the bottom of the barrel to want him, as you will hear in the next 40 minutes Rob has so much to offer and I cant wait to get him back on

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Today I am joined by another one of NZs best coaches Shane Mcleod 

Shane coached the New Zealand Mens Hockey Team, the black sticks at the  2008 & 2012 Olympics and after a disappointing  games in 2012 he took some time to reflect, slowed down to speed up and came back a better coach 

That evolution led to coaching the Belgium mens hockey team to Olympic gold in Tokyo to go with the World title in 2018 and European championship in 2019.

We are lucky to have him back in NZ for a little while and after listening to this you will understand why, Shane brings so much which can help any team whether that be in business or sport

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This weeks guest is  Darren Holder.

Darren works in Australia & internationally, to support coaching practice and performance, developing bespoke programs for individuals, teams and organisations (including structures and frameworks) to facilitate learning and continuous improvement, particularly with elite coaches. 

He has worked alongside some of the worlds best coaches and has a beautiful way of delivering the information 

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This week I am joined by Australian Mark Mathews (markmathews.com)

Through his career as a professional ‘Big Wave’ surfer and Red Bull Athlete, he has become obsessed with the relationship between personal growth, high performance and fulfilment

He has a documentary about him called the other side of fear which is a great watch, ….. man I got nervous sitting on my couch watching the big waves on the documentary let alone paddling out in them.

I must admit I found it fascinating when Mark described golf as the sport that messes with your head… I still cant comprehend how you can compare a short putt to a 50 foot wave.

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This is part 2 of my chat with Bill Bestic.

Bill is a former soldier in the NZ SAS and currently is an Anaesthetist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and is a recently qualified commercial helicopter pilot.

I would recommend listening to Part 1 as it will provide some context to this half of the conversation 

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This week I have something a little different, I am joined by Bill Bestic and this session will be broken in to part 1 and part 2 as he was kind enough to spend a fair amount of time with me

I have always had a fascination with the SAS and that is how I stumbled across Bill was searching for podcasts with SAS soldiers. I was immediately captivated by Bills humility and his ability to reflect on what he had learnt, take a look at himself first and then evolve his skills

What I also found fascinating was once Bill finished in the SAS he trained to become a doctor and then an anaesthetist which he now does at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney , oh and also he become a commercial helicopter pilot over the last couple of years too!

I was intrigued to dig into the different leadership styles and environments between general population and the military and if there is stuff we could learn from either environment. 

Bill is a fantastic learner and thinker, there is so much to learn from this episode I trust you will enjoy it and part 2 will come out next week.

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