I’ve been training through PreKure to become a Health Coach and recently discovered a friend from my school days, Paul Barnett has this podcast. I remember Paul from our days in school between grades 4 to 6 … and at high school. I will share this podcast to my peers in the PreKure Health Coaching community. The connection between youth sport, and Health Coaching adults is intriguing. I recall watching the novice and often untrained coaches who lead our own children who played youth sport over the years (in my family these have been mainly out of school cricket coaches, gymnastics coaches, AusKick, junior soccer, junior rugby, basketball, touch football, Sailing, as well as various school sports, who are often also trained teachers). The importance of the role of skilled and talented coaches for children or teenagers helps to keep our children engaged in sport … my boys are now 15 and 18 and don’t have any organised sport in their life. So they don’t currently have any “Coaches”. That’s a loss in my opinion. There’s a huge jump to the professional sport and profession of coaching.

Great insight into coaching and how to work with your teams and what makes them tick but also how to get the most from them . It also shows that being a good coach is a challenge and requires a great set of skills and resilience. The interviews are professional but relaxed at the same time , so you really get to know the coach !

Enjoyable listening and great to hear what makes a great coach. Some great nuggets that can be used in any leadership role.