A Pane in the Glass Podcast Coach Bill

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I have gathered some thoughts on five topics, some from my own archives and others from more recent activities in the world of sport. They include "The Culture Of Sport", "Coach Certification", "The Skill Of Calming Down", a sound bite with the #1 golfer in the world and finally my take on how a team recovers from being down 0-3 in a seven game series. If you go to "Chapter Markers" you will find the time stamps for each portion of t...

In today's episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I once again share my microphone with Eugene Hritzuk of Saskatchewan. You know his name if you've listened to other episodes of the podcast in connection with what has become the topic de jour, brushing. On Facebook recently Eugene posted an excellent narration of the same name as the title of today's episode. Some of you might have read the post but if you did not, at the beginning of this episode I have recorded an audio version. If you ar...

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" you'll hear a narrative entitled "Seventeen Inches". It's not new, in fact it refers to a coaches conference in 1996. At that conference, one of the guest speakers was 78 year old Coach John Scolinos who took to the lectern with a baseball home plate hanging from a cord around his neck. Why did he do that? You'll learn why in this episode!

Sarcasm aside, in this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I reach back to an article I penned on my blog site (truenorthbill.blogspot.com) about practice. It was not meant to be an exhaustive examination of the topic, in fact it was aimed at practising when your teammates are not with you. But, I make some general comments about practice as well. It may seem strange to publish an episode when most of the curling world is on summer hiatus but I have listeners in the southern hemisphere w...

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" we return to the "From The Coach's Bench" series, this time with Dr. Glenn Paulley. This series of episodes provides coaches with long and very successful careers an opportunity to share what they have learned along the way. If you seem to feel that you are familiar with the name Glenn Paulley in connection with another aspect of curling, notably "brushing", you would be correct. But, for the next 40 minutes, you're going to hear fr...

My guest in this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" is Danielle Inglis, Curling Canada's Co-ordinator of Social Media and Web Content. But, Danielle also talks about her first time experience in "The Scotties Tournament of Hearts" as the skip of Team Ontario. Also in this episode, I read an email sent to me about the curling stones and the ice upon which those stones are delivered. I felt the concerns expressed had a universal tone which made the message qualify for the podcast.Las...