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The Coach Doctor Podcast

Dr James Barkell discusses all aspects of sports science and coaching with top researchers, high performance practitioners, sports coaches, exercise physiologists and many more people on the front line of the sports industry. Interviews discuss coaching pedagogy, skill acquisition, sport psychology, leadership, gender issues in sport, how to deal with a losing season and many other topics. If you are involved in sports performance and looking for that extra edge for your team or athletes, the Coach

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69:12

Dr Mitch Hewitt - The Spectrum of Coaching Styles

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/10/05

In this episode I talk to Dr Mitch Hewitt, who is the National Youth Programs Manager at Tennis Australia. Mitch completed his PhD at the University of Southern Queensland and studied the teaching styles of tennis coaches in Australia using the Spectrum of Teaching Styles as the theoretical framework for his research. He has published multiple papers and presented at many Coaching and Physical Education conferences and more recently been a co-author on the book The Spectrum of Coaching Styles. In

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54:51

Kyle McLean - The Musical Sports Coach

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/09/30

Kyle is the owner of The Coaching Gig, a business that specializes in coach development and coach education. Kyle has worked with multiple sports organisations across New Zealand and Australia and his mantra is to help 'people thrive on and off the field.' He is also a bit of a musician playing the guitar, drums and piano as well as being able to sing very well. This interview definitely brought up a few issues in coaching worth thinking about in more depth for me. The future of coaching courses and

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65:41

A. Professor Kate Pumpa - Fuelling Performance with...

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/09/15

On this episode I talk to Associate Professor Kate Pumpa. Kate is a lecturer and researcher in the fields of exercise physiology and sports nutrition at the University of Canberra. She is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Advanced Accredited Sports Dietitian. Kate completed her PhD at the Australian Institute of Sport in 2008 and has been working as a sports dietician practitioner for almost 15 years. Like many of us in the sports industry, she began by volunteering as a sports dietician for

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63:27

Dave Reynolds - Developing Effective Coaches

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/08/26

This week I speak with Dave Reynolds who is in charge of Coach Development in the South Australian National Football League. Dave was recommended to me from Professor Shane Pill as an absolutely brilliant coach development practitioner and he has not let me down. Dave is a passionate coach developer aiming to implement and improve coaching on a number of levels in his beloved sport of Australian Rules Football. He has a passion for developing female coaching talent in the state and is also a part of

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79:23

Professor Chris Cushion - Research to Practice

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/08/06

Professor Chris Cushion is currently the head of coaching at England Netball and a professor of coaching and pedagogy at the famous Loughborough university in England. When it comes to the coaching environment, practice and coach behaviours Chris is one of the most prominent researchers in this space with over 100 publications and over 8000 citations from other authors and researchers. One of the things that sets Chris apart from a lot of his peers is that he has also had an exceptional coaching

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56:02

Professor Jean Côté - Transformational Coaching

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/07/22

In this episode I speak with one of the masters of sports development and coach research Professor Jean Côté. Professor Côté is a member of the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston (Canada). His research interests are in the areas of children in sport, coaching, positive youth development, and sport expertise. Professor Côté has published more than 130 research articles on a variety of sport psychology and coaching topics as well as publishing 50 book chapters

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61:21

Dave Diggle - Mind Games

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/06/21

In this episode I talk with Dave Diggle. Dave is a veteran of the sporting arena with over 40 years of competitive and hands-on experience at the top level.He represented Great Britain as a Gymnast and now works with the next generation of elite performers across a range of both team sports and individual sports, ranging from rugby union to car racing.With a background as a high-performance coach, Dave turned his attention to the mental performance and psychological battles that coaches, athletes

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54:21

Dave Ellis - The Role of the Skills Coach

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/06/15

In this weeks episode of the coach doctor podcast I speak with Dave Ellis. Dave is a New Zealand based rugby coach who has had experience coaching with the Blues in Super Rugby, Connacht in the PRO 14 Competition, the Bristal Bears in the English Premiership as well as many other clubs throughout the world. Dave is a coach who loves to share and presents his coaching ideas via webinars on his website EllisRugby.co.nz and is also a coach educator with IRANZ – International Rugby Academy of New

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57:29

David Shillington - The Mindful Enforcer

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/06/05

In this episode I speak with David Shillington. Dave played Rugby League in the amazing Queensland era alongside the likes of Greg Inglis, Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Jonathan Thurston to name a few and was coached by Mal Meninga one of Queensland’s greats. He also had a distinguished NRL career with the Sydney Roosters, Canberra Raiders and Gold Coast Titans. Dave discusses the anxiety he dealt with as an up and coming player in the NRL and some of the coaches who led him on his path to being

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62:32

A. Professor Andrew Bennie - Effective Coaching to...

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/05/11

In this episode of the coach doctor podcast, I speak to Associate Professor Andrew Bennie. Andrew’s PhD research investigated effective coaching in professional sport contexts. From the research, he developed an effective coaching model which includes three core components: (1) the coach and their personal characteristics and philosophy; (2) coaching skills such as leadership, communication, planning and people management, and (3) the environment which should be positive and have a strong sense of

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53:42

Tom Carter - Power Runner to Power Coach

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/04/22

In this episode I talk with Tom Carter the current head of physical performance with the Australian Women’s Rugby 7’s team. In this episode we discuss Toms transition from a professional rugby player into his current role in 7’s. We discuss the way Tom was perceived as a player for the NSW Waratahs and how that has shaped his professional career after rugby and we also look into Tom’s association with other sports such as Cricket and how we as coaches can learn from other sports. Despite the persona

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63:52

Brian Ashton MBE - The Super VUCA Coach Part 2

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/04/11

In Part 2 we discuss Super VUCA coaches, discuss one of Brian’s inspirational heroes and talk about the road to the World Cup final with England in 2007 and hear about Brian’s forays into other sports such as cricket Netball and Premier League Football.Brian has a had a wealth of experiences in sport, especially rugby union but one of the key aspects to Brian’s development was the transformation into a player centred coach and the ability to keep learning throughout his career as a coach.Despite

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44:13

Brian Ashton MBE - The Super VUCA Coach Part 1

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/04/06

In Part 1 of this episode I speak to Brian Ashton. Former coach of Bath Rugby Club and the England national Rugby team and now very much a renowned figure in coach education. Brian discusses his initial introduction to rugby, his transformation from an autocratic coach in his early days as a strict schoolteacher into a democratic player centered coach. Brian touches on his experiences during a career of coaching, including the clash of the codes when England's strongest Rugby Club Bath played

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61:57

Matthew Elliott - The Change Room

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/03/23

Matt is a former NRL head Coach with the Canberra Raiders, Penrtith Panthers and NZ Warriors and is currently working in a leadership and assistant coaching role with the St George Dragons. He has also started a business called the Changeroom which we will discuss during the podcast but this is essentially a place that helps people recover from both physical and mental injuries and ill health. Some of the key take aways I got from the discussion with Matt were the importance in developing human

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65:24

Ben Cross - Don't Be Bitter, Be Better!

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/03/01

In this episode I talk to former NRL hard man Ben the boss Cross. Ben has had a distinguished career playing at three NRL clubs, playing in two NRL grand finals and winning one and a state of Origin series with the NSW Blues.Towards the end of his career Ben took up coaching roles whilst playing in the north of England before returning to Australia and working on the development pathway with the Newcastle knights and the NSW Blues Women’s Origin team. Ben was later offered an assistant coaching role

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66:57

Daryl Gibson - Leading While Losing

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/01/30

In this episode I talk to Daryl Gibson. Daryl is a former New Zealand All Black and Super Rugby Champion with the Canterbury Crusaders. More recently Daryl has held the role as head Coach of the NSW Waratahs before stepping down after a losing season. Daryl has gone on to research what elite teams do during a losing streak and his findings are brilliant. Whilst there is a plethora of research into successful teams and cultures, the originality of Daryl’s work looking at how to successfully cope

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38:41

Jack Rolfe - Enhancing the Learning Environment using...

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/01/16

In this episode I chat with Jack Rolfe who is the owner of the Coaching Lab – a business that aims to provide coaches at all levels with tools and resources to improve their coaching, especially within games. One of the resources the Coaching Lab offers are match play cards – a set of cards with a variety of both team and individual challenges that you can apply to coaching in game settings. We discuss a few examples and how they may be utilised in the training environment. Another cool resource is

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39:07

Cameron Orr - The Path to Elite

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/01/11

In this episode I talk with Melbourne Rebels player Cameron Orr. We discuss his pathway to becoming an elite athlete and the importance of athlete journaling to help achieve those smaller goals or the 1%’s that add up to greater benefits over the long run. Cameron also talks about the importance of team journaling and how this can assist team performance by keeping teammates accountable to group goals.More recently Cameron started a business with Waratahs player Carlo Tizzano called ‘Elite

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47:43

Jay Tregonning - Preparing for a World Cup

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2022/01/03

In this episode I speak to newly appointed Australian Wallaroos Coach Jay Tregonning. We discuss the team’s preparation leading into a world cup year and the growth and development of women’s rugby union in Australia. Some of the key takeaways for me were that coaching a national team requires a lot of preparation so managing time around family and fulltime work commitments is really important. Balancing a teaching career with coaching a national team provides some hurdles and Jay has put some

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71:37

Dr Nico Furlan - Rowing for Gold

The Coach Doctor Podcast ·

2021/12/30

This is a story of adaptation involving changing countries, languages, cultures and sports in a very demanding environment. Nico has just finished up a role with Chinese Rowing culminating with his team’s performances at the Olympic games in Tokyo. Originating from the north of Italy and completing his PhD in Sports Science at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. His background lay in Rugby Union, but he was given the chance to work with the Chinese Olympic Program and found himself

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