The Athlete Development Show

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. ” On the show today, I chat with sport psychologist and researcher, Dr Mustafa Sarkar. Mustafa works at Nottingham Trent University in the UK where he is a senior lecturer and researcher, focusing on the psychology of sporting excellence […]

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“You can rely on talent up until a certain time, whatever talent is, but it’s not going to make you the best in the world. Even though in my late teenage years I had a good amount of support behind me, I didn’t understand what I had to be doing and how to utilise that […]

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“If you not keeping them around because your training sux, or you’re not a good guy to hang out with, then you don’t get the opportunity to have everything that you know happen.” On the show today, I chat with Matt Hunter, Director of Youth Sports Performance at Athletic Lab in North Carolina, US. Matt […]

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“Movement is truly the vehicle to teach the principles, to engage with others in joyful ways, to then problem solve and transfer that to make communities stronger.” In this episode, Dr Amanda Stanec, writer, physical educator, and advocate for social justice, talks us through the inspiring work she is doing to promote physical literacy and […]

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“As coaches, what we do is create environments that draw people’s attention to the things they need to consider, that will help them be better.” In this episode, Nick Levett, coach developer, blogger and critical thinker, walks us through how he works with coaches to deliver better outcomes for youth athletes. Additionally, he talks about […]

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Today on the show I’m joined by José Figueira. José is currently the head coach and director of football at Team Wellington FC, where in 2017 he led the team to a New Zealand Football Championship at his first attempt. Under José, Team Wellington also won the 2018 OFC Champions League, qualifying for their first […]

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Today on the show I’m joined by Greg Nicol. Greg has been the Athlete Pathway Manager for Hockey New Zealand for the past 12 years, where he headed up talent selection and development at the  U18, U21 and Development levels across both genders in the game. Over this time, Greg has also coached in the […]

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Today on the show I’m joined by Dave Wright (@davewright07). Dave is a football coach with 17 years’ of experience in England, Australia and New Zealand with players at all levels. After leaving New Zealand in his early 20’s, Dave coached in Australia with Football New South Wales and Football Victoria. He then spent five […]

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Today on the show I’m joined by Jo Kember, the Leader of Learning at Whangaparaoa School, on the peninsula 30 minutes north of Auckland. Jo coordinates the curriculum, mangers learning and develops collaborative practice amongst staff at her school. Prior to this, Jo Spent time teaching in Kindergartens in Hong Kong and Korea, as well […]

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Today on the show I’m joined by Will Roberts (@w_roberts6) and Danny Newcombe (@dannynewcombe). Will and Danny spend considerable time thinking about how best to develop physical literacy for kids. What I love about this is that not only are they doing the research, they are testing their ideas through a programme called Boing Kids […]

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