Tonight I am joined by Alex McKenzie, Alex has been involved in high performance sport for over 25 years in numerous capacities. After graduating from the University of Otago with degrees in Physical Education and Anthropology, Alex went on to complete a master’s degree and PhD in Sport Psychology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

Upon returning to New Zealand he spent ten years as a lecturer in sport psychology at Otago University, during which time he worked with numerous high-performance athletes and teams as a mental skills consultant.

In 2008 Alex was asked to lead the development of the newly established Coach Accelerator Programme for High Performance Sport New Zealand and was the Manager of that programme until April 2018. 

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In this episode I talk to Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology Ian Renshaw.

Ian is one of the leading figures in the constraints led approach to coaching and speaks to us about how he brings this to life as both a coach and on himself with his journey teaching himself how to play golf using these methods

Ian has some exciting projects coming up including a website (still under construction) called "the constraints collective" and they can already be found on Twitter and also a project called "Swing like Tiger",  I'm pretty excited about both of these things,

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This week I am joined by Russell (Rusty) Earnshaw who is a former professional rugby player, coach, teacher and now a coach developer and the host of a great podcast called the Magic Academy.

In this chat we talk about Rusty's journey and how it has shaped his thinking now as a coach developer and how he breaks rules and likes to be a disruptor. I really enjoyed this chat with Rusty and it has given me a lot to think about in my own coaching and the influence may or may not be having.

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This week I am joined by Kylie Wilson, Kylie is "Head of Performance Psychology" at High Performance Sport New Zealand. 

Kylie completed her PhD in Wales while also playing over 50 tests for the Welsh Rugby Team and has worked in a variety of sports from Gymnastics to Rugby and has supported our NZ teams at a number of Olympic Games.

In this chat we talk about Kylie's journey, the difference between HP sport and other sport, the demands on young athletes and how we can best support them, I really enjoyed this chat and would love to get Kylie back on for round two as there is so much more I would love to know. 

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This week I am joined by Andy Rogers from Sport New Zealand. Andy has been in coaching and coach development for over 30 years and brings a lot to this chat.

Andy's values are closely aligned with those of Balance is Better and he does a wonderful job of outlining this and how we as coaches, parents or just supporters can bring it to life.

Andy is going to share a couple of resources which I will put up on the Facebook Page so head over there if you want to learn more about some of his concepts. 

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This week I am joined by Mike Rogers, a local rugby coach who has done it the hard way. Mike doesn't have a professional playing background, he has made his way up through the grades, initially coaching club rugby, before coaching representative age group teams and from there moving on to be part of the Bay of Plenty Steamers coaching group in 2019 and 2020.

Despite success with the Bay he was unable to maintain his role and this year turned his attention to being assistant coach with Waikato Women's Team who won the national championship for the first time in their history. 

Mike speaks openly and candidly about what he thinks we need to do in order to best support coaches and what he believes to be most important in coaching and coach development. 

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This week I am joined by Dr Andrew Wilson from Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Andrew is a Kiwi from Invercargill who gained a PhD from Indiana University in 2005 in Psychology. 

In this chat we chat about ecological psychology and dynamical systems in both academic terms and also in practical terms as Andrew talks about the skills of All Black Dan Carter and how he might perceive the world and develop his skills.

This was a fascinating chat and I will certainly be getting Andrew back on the Podcast as this hour flew by and I have so many more questions to ask.  You can follow Andrew on Twitter under the handle @PsychScientists.

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This week I am delighted to have with me, host of the Talent Equation Podcast, Stuart Armstrong.  Stuart's podcast was the first podcast I really got addicted to and have been a fan of it ever since, so I was both excited and nervous about this chat.

Stuart has an amazing amount of knowledge but what actually shines through for me in this chat is his passion around coach development and his willingness to share.

I highly recommend jumping over to Stuarts podcast where there is over 180 episodes of gold for coaches, athletes and parents.

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This week I am joined by Zane Winslade from Flowsport Mental Performance. Zane has been working in the mental skills space for a number of years and has worked with a wide range of athletes and teams across various sports. 

Recently he has created a journal designed for young athletes to assist them with their mental skills journal and to start developing habits that will help them later in life. This journal is an outstanding resource for young people whether they are athletes or not, it has such wonderful frameworks in it that we could all use.

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This week I am joined by Black Ferns 7s Star Gayle Broughton and Black Ferns 7s Coach Cory Sweeney

The Black Ferns 7s is one of the great sporting stories in NZ history and they have created something that they can not only be proud of both on and off the field, but have also shown what can be achieved with a clear plan and vision. 

Gayle's story is unique, it hasn't come easy for her and this is a fascinating chat which provides insight in to her world and also the 7s environment. Cory is a great coach and at times during this conversation I had goosebumps listening to him and imagining what it would be like to be in their environment, 

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