Off the Pitch with Active Ken Willner

This is part 2 of a conversation I had with Chris end of last year. If you haven’t heard part 1 yet, go to episode 53 to make full sense of our discussion in this episode.
Chris is an experienced coach-developer and football administrator with over 10 years’ experience in grassroots football programs working with member federations in Australia, NPL clubs and associations in both Western Australia and NSW.
Chris is passionate about how we rethink grassroots football as we look to cater for players of all abilities.
Show notes: https://yellowforyelling.com/off-the-pitch-with-active/

Leveraging two master’s degrees—in sports psychology and early childhood development—and thirty years of professional coaching experience, “Coach Reed” Maltbie has dedicated his life to creating the best environments for athletes of all ages to achieve peak performance, on and off the sports field.
Coach Reed has implemented training programs with all types of sports
organizations—Gaelic Games Association, US Sailing, USA Hockey, USA Swimming, Ontario Volleyball, US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Soccer Canada, and PGA of Canada, to name a few.
Show notes: click here

Chris is an experienced coach developer and football administrator with over 10 years’ experience in grassroots football programs working with member federations in Australia, NPL clubs and associations in both Western Australia and NSW.
Chris is passionate for how we rethink grassroots football as we look to cater for players of all abilities.
AFC/FFA A Lic
AFC/FFA level 1 GK coach
FFA Community coach educator
AFC/FFA C Lic instructor
AFC/FFA B Lic instructor
Today we talk about retention of youth in football.
Show notes: https://yellowforyelling.com/off-the-pitch-with-active/

Helen Connolly became South Australia’s first Commissioner for Children and Young People in April 2017.  The position was established under the Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016.  The Commissioner promotes and advocates for the rights, development and wellbeing of all children and young people in South Australia, with a special focus to engage with and listen to children who aren’t usually heard.
Helen has 30 years’ experience as a leader in human services.  Throughout her career, Helen has taken an active advocacy role on the main policy issues that impact on the wellbeing of Australian families and children, with a strong focus on early intervention and prevention strategies.
In this episode we talk about her recent report “More than a game-What do children & young people think about sport”
Show notes: https://yellowforyelling.com/off-the-pitch-with-active/

Sasha Graham is the founder of Tiny Ninja Books and is the author of Milo Does Not Like Mornings and Whitney Wins Everything. Sasha is a former executive at the Walt Disney Studios and her writing has appeared in magazines, newspapers and on television.
Sasha lives with her husband Alan in beautiful Arizona where they encourage each other, and their children, Finn, Indy & Odessa, to always listen to their Tiny Ninjas.
Today we will talk about her latest book “Whitney Wins Everything” and the importance to engage children with story telling.
Show notes https://yellowforyelling.com/off-the-pitch-with-active/

Mark O’Sullivan is helping me kicking of the 50th celebratory episode of “Off the Pitch with Active”.
To me he is an inspiration fueling my burning desire to help influence people to create a youth sport environment which Mark said in the opening “Meets the physical and emotional needs of children and youth”.
So, I put together this episode with a mixture of previous guests, who shared their view of the best possible environment for youth to thrive in sport. My question to them was “What is your Sound of Music of youth sport?”
You will love what they have to say.
Thanks for staying with me and following my journey to discover ideas on how to reduce the dropout rate in youth sport.
show notes and links https://yellowforyelling.com/off-the-pitch-with-active/
 
List of filmmusic.io played during the episode;
Fantastic World by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7042-fantastic-world  
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Main Theme (The Grand Score) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4960-main-theme-the-grand-score- 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Total Happy Up And Sunny by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/555-total-happy-up-and-sunny
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license