The BackShot... TDH Podcasts

In Episode 5 we chat to Alan Fritz, the President of Swimming South Africa, about his family and his journey from Swimming Coach to the top aquatic job in the country. We also get to chat to him about his radical new vision for Water Polo South Africa, why change has become necessary and the new Operational Structures being put in place.

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In Episode 4 we chat to Kelvin Watt, a water polo parent but also the Managing Director for Africa, Asia Pacific and Middle East at Nielsen Sports. With almost 30 years experience in the sports marketing industry especially around sponsorship, there are few people more knowledgeable about the subject. Which is why we wanted to chat to him. To get an insight into what any sport's team, schools, and event's organising committees should be doing to secure sustainable sponsorship.

We also chat to him about the National Premier Hockey League to find out how they got that off the ground and what it would take to do the same in water polo.

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In Episode 3 we chat to Ryan Castle about his journey from first picking up the coaching whistle in Grade 11 at Wynberg Boys to coaching the South African and Kazakhstan National teams and eventually settling into the USA College system as a Division 1 coach. We get to explore his view on South Africa's performance on the international stage and how we could find a better way forward.
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In Episode 2, brought to you by Echocast Radio, we chat to Stanislav Gospodinov about his journey from jumping in the pool as a 6 year old in Bulgaria to representing the Bulgarian National team at 36, his coaching journey from St Davids to Crawford Lonehill and WSA and his thoughts about being behind the whistle. We also get to explore his view on national selections and how we should be approaching international competitions and developing our national teams.
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In Episode 1, brought to you by Staunch Water Polo, we chat to Dean Whyte about his journey from playing at Parktown Boys, his days at UJ and OJ Eagles and then playing for South Africa and eventually coaching the current SA U17 boys team that took SILVER at EU Nations. We explore his view on coaching at school boy and club level and touch on the Super 6 Winter Programme starting in Gauteng. And then there was the controversial letter that was leaked about the SA U17 ladies' trip to Czech a couple of weeks ago and how that affected the U17's Boys trip.
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