On the final episode of Season 1 of Hockey Talk, Shannon Miller's guest is four-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Hayley Wickenheiser. She retired from Team Canada in 2017, finishing her career as the leading scorer for the national team. Hayley is currently the new Assistant Director of Player Development in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs.  They talk about the many things that have contributed to Hayley's success, her insights on different factors that coaches and athletes face today, as well as what she’s doing in her new job and her future plans.  Each Thursday Shannon posts her Drill of the Week on Coach Shannon Miller's Facebook page and to end this season’s Hockey Talk podcast she will be posting books that would be a great read in the off season for athletes and coaches. Visit her FB page @coachshannonmiller on Thursday.

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Canadian trap-shooter Dr. Susan Nattrass is unparalleled both in terms of her successes in world trap shooting events and also her contribution to the way the sport’s governance. At 68, she is now in her fifth decade of competing at elite world level and has been described as the most-decorated and longest-running competitor in Canadian shooting history. Sue is a seven times world champion, she’s competed in six Olympic Games, she’s been 14 times either captain or a member of the American Trapshooting Association All American Team, she’s an International Shooting Sport Federation coach.  Sue was the first woman to participate in a shooting event at the Olympics in 1972. (Shooting was open to both men and women together till 1992.)  Sue won gold at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Sue runs the Puget Sound Osteoporosis Center where she studies the effects of aging in bones of active sports-women over 40.
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Canadian trap-shooter Dr. Susan Nattrass is unparalleled both in terms of her successes in world trap shooting events and also her contribution to the way the sport’s governance. At 68, she is now in her fifth decade of competing at elite world level and has been described as the most-decorated and longest-running competitor in Canadian shooting history. Sue is a seven times world champion, she’s competed in six Olympic Games, she’s been 14 times either captain or a member of the American Trapshooting Association All American Team, she’s an International Shooting Sport Federation coach.  Sue was the first woman to participate in a shooting event at the Olympics in 1972. (Shooting was open to both men and women together till 1992.)  Sue won gold at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Sue runs the Puget Sound Osteoporosis Center where she studies the effects of aging in bones of active sports-women over 40.

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This week’s guest is the Australian world-record holding masters athlete, Marge Allison who at 74, has been described as Australia’s most prolific female medal winner at world level over many years. Marge has set 18 world records in 7 events: the 200m, 400m & 800m races, and the 200m, 300m and 400m hurdles, plus the 4x400 relay. She won a total of 53 world championship individual medals; 38 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze. In 1995, she was the first woman ever over the age of 50 to run 400m in less than 60 seconds. Marge was born in New Zealand and had started to make a name for herself in Open athletics in her youth. Following time off for her family she returned to competition in 1981 as a masters athlete in the 35 - 39 year old age group. Marge moved to Sydney and by the time she was competing in the next age group, the 40 - 44 year old age category, she was breaking more national records.
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This week’s guest is the Australian world-record holding masters athlete, Marge Allison who at 74, has been described as Australia’s most prolific female medal winner at world level over many years. Marge has set 18 world records in 7 events: the 200m, 400m & 800m races, and the 200m, 300m and 400m hurdles, plus the 4x400 relay. She won a total of 53 world championship individual medals; 38 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze. In 1995, she was the first woman ever over the age of 50 to run 400m in less than 60 seconds. Marge was born in New Zealand and had started to make a name for herself in Open athletics in her youth. Following time off for her family she returned to competition in 1981 as a masters athlete in the 35 - 39 year old age group. Marge moved to Sydney and by the time she was competing in the next age group, the 40 - 44 year old age category, she was breaking more national records.

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This week’s guest is Sue Yeomans, who, at the age of 66, is a British track and field athlete with multiple world championship titles in the pole vault event where she has been world champion in her age group no fewer than nine times. Sue holds 13 European championship titles and 22 national British titles. She‘s made 27 British records in the pole vault, 11 European records and she has also been placed in gold medal positions and been proclaimed world champion in both the long jump and triple jump. In August, 2018, Sue won the the world championships in Malaga in her age group, 65-69 years old, after a tough year of health issues. Just ten weeks following major surgery in 2016 Sue won the gold medal at the World Championships in Perth, Australia where she was competing in the 60-64 year old age group.
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This week’s guest is Sue Yeomans, who, at the age of 66, is a British track and field athlete with multiple world championship titles in the pole vault event where she has been world champion in her age group no fewer than nine times. Sue holds 13 European championship titles and 22 national British titles. She‘s made 27 British records in the pole vault, 11 European records and she has also been placed in gold medal positions and been proclaimed world champion in both the long jump and triple jump. In August, 2018, Sue won the the world championships in Malaga in her age group, 65-69 years old, after a tough year of health issues. Just ten weeks following major surgery in 2016 Sue won the gold medal at the World Championships in Perth, Australia where she was competing in the 60-64 year old age group.

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Sports Psychologist Dr. Inga Wolframm returns with another topic that affects athletes in all sports: concentration. This series was first record in 2012/13 when the conversations were focused on equestrian sport but applied to anyone in sport.  Inga methodically unpacks the thinking and psychology behind the topics and what athletes need to understand in order to get the most out of their performance. We also learn how to overcome some of the challenges we face under pressure and how it affects our concentration.  You can hear more topics in this series on Transcending Sport by following this link here.
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Sports Psychologist Dr. Inga Wolframm returns with another topic that affects athletes in all sports: concentration. This series was first record in 2012/13 when the conversations were focused on equestrian sport but applied to anyone in sport.  Inga methodically unpacks the thinking and psychology behind the topics and what athletes need to understand in order to get the most out of their performance. We also learn how to overcome some of the challenges we face under pressure and how it affects our concentration.  You can hear more topics in this series on Transcending Sport by following this link here.

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This week’s guest is World Champion Powerlifter Catherine Walter, who, at 72 holds the world records for the squat, deadlift and bench press for her age and weight categories. Catherine started lifting weights seven years ago already holds World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation records for the 58.5kg bodyweight class, in the women’s Masters 7 class (70 to 75 years of age) for the unequipped squat, bench press and deadlift; and for the Full Power event in which all three lifts are performed on the same day.  She is three-time National Champion and three time World Champion in her class in the Full Power Championships.  In 2018 she was the top woman lifter over the age of 40, and the second woman lifter overall, in the World Drug Free Powerlifting Full Power Championships. Catherine ranked 3rd in the All-Time British Drug Free Powerlifting Association rankings for all women lifters over the age of 40.
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