The JOLF Man

A fascinating chat with Mike who is a rugby coach based in Sydney, Australia. We connected a number of years ago as part of a community of practice/mentoring program that has seen us remain connected. Have always loved our chats and interactions about coaching and this one was superb. A real deep dive into coaching and our respective journeys.

Something that I have regularly considered and chatted over with children, parents, teachers and coaches. As ever just thought I would have a ramble, share it, listen back and then talk it over with others. Let me know know what you reckon...

Gavin connected with us when we launched JOLF and was one of the original coaches to sign up and deliver JOLF. I have loved connecting with him over the years as we have talked about being a coach and coaching. We extend that in this chat and discuss many things including; having conversations with ourself, coaching our own children, coaching values & parenting values, empathy and being our authentic self.

Day 10 of my podcast and I have LOVED putting it together. I have enjoyed the interactions and conversations that have come from it. So a short message for any coach who wants to chat coaching and all things golf (sure other stuff will come up also!!!)

An extremely wide ranging chat where Rob and I throw our thoughts out and see what happens!! Parenting, basketball, coaching, following ones passions, observing play, being an expert just a a few of the things we covered!!!

A few thoughts after watching “The Test” on Amazon Prime. An amazing insight into the journey of the Australian cricket team and I picked up on the coach, Justin Langer.

Seth Godin’s blog 10th January 2021 “Natural Technique Doesn’t Exist” got me thinking about the definition of technique, when we need to really consider it to be important when children first start playing golf. A great blog to start a conversation in my head that I thought I would share!

We all love to chat and Roy and I chat a LOT, so we thought we would record it! Roy has a fascinating story of how he became a golf coach that he shares as well as some thoughts on “being an expert”

I am only on day 5 of this podcast but already it has gone above and beyond what I had expected to get from it! People listening and then getting in contact and then taking the time reach out, connect and chat. So valuable to our mental health and personal development

We all love to chat and when I set up the podcast it seemed only right that the first person I would chat to would be Nevil, the other half of JOLF. Great to take time out from the business of JOLF that consumes most of our chats to talk about where we are, where we have come from and where we are going.