Today we welcome a true NZ legend, former All Whites and Wellington Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert to the show.

Ricki is an incredible guest, as he is what I refer to as a “triple threat” meaning she can speak from all three perspectives (being an Athlete, a Coach and a Parent) with great authority.

Ricki was an accomplished football player, competing (and winning titles) in national level competitions in both NZ and Australia before securing a big move to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the UK. He represented the NZ AllWhites over 60 times, including the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

More commonly known for his coaching exploits, Ricki moved quickly through coaching NZ powerhouse Central United onto roles within the NZF setup including U17 & U23 and All White assistant roles. Taking over the top job in 2005, he qualified the team for the Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, where the team went UNDEFEATED, with three draws including against the then-current champions Italy.

Ricki also spent an additional 10 years coaching in the Australian A league with Wellington Phoenix before stints in India, Papua New Guinea and Maldives, before returning to NZ and focusing his energy on developing future generations of talents in the Waikato.

Ricki is also father to Kale, a burgeoning football coach who is forging his own path with various coaching roles with big NZ clubs.

#RH3 #allwhites
@nz_football

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Ben Stroud is an athlete forging his own journey in the complex world of professional football.

After moving through the ranks of the NZ domestic scene, Ben moved into the US College pathway where he spent 4 years as a student-athlete.

He has captained a team to promotion to the Finish 2nd division and is now plying his trade at Perth SC, a perianal powerhouse of NPL football in Western Australia, where his coach is former NZ Football great, Danny Hay.

This is a really grounding conversation, where, unlike some future guests that have reached the top of their proverbial sporting mountain, Ben is still on his path and the learnings he is taking from his many different environments and support people, are helping him get one step closer.

#stroudy_6 #inthearena
@stroudy_6 @platformsports1

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Simon Gerathy is a successful businessman in the various world of marketing & sports and someone I came to know in my earlier years at Coastal Spirit.

His oldest son Liam was a promising young footballer who made his debut for the national league team Canterbury United Dragons after spending time at one of NZs best footballing institutes, the Ole Academy.

Liam didn’t quite make the transition to a professional athlete and has since turned his passion for football into non-playing roles, namely coaching & analysis with some major clubs in Sydney, Western Sydney Wanderers and Manly United.

For me, opening up conversations with parents such as Simon, who have been right there on the difficult journey of transitioning from talented youngster to experienced pro does not occur enough.

Through taking in the observations of parents, it will only serve to help us become better coaches, administrators, athletes and also parents.

It’s time to treat parents as allies, rather than advisories.

#parentlife #simongerathy
@SimonGerathy

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Maia Vink is a NZ football coach, who is the current head of women’s football at Western Springs in Auckland, NZ.

After a successful playing career in NZ, winning multiple national titles at school, club and federation levels as well as representing NZ at the U17 level, Maia has worked as a coach in some top professional environments, such as PSV Eindhoven, Vancouver White Caps and the Wellington Phoenix. She is also the current NZ U20 assistant coach & analyst.

In this episode, Maia draws upon her experiences as a coach working across professional and international environments and shares her perspective on what's vital for these youth players to transition into the senior professional or international stage.

#westernsprings #maiavink
@WspringsFC @maiavink

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On this episode, we chat with NZ football coach, Ben Bate

Ben works as the Director of women's Football at Auckland United, where he looks after the female pathway in terms of methodology, philosophy and progression of talented players from youth to senior ranks and hopefully onto international honours.

I’ve known and worked with Ben for the past 8 years, initially as my analyst with the NZF U17 team. Before coming to NZ, Ben worked as an analyst with New Saints in Wales and has since branched more into the coaching space, where he has worked with different NZ age groups teams as well as achieving success winning the NZ National Womens league twice, once with AFF and recently with his current club Auckland United.

#aucklandunited #benbate @Auckland_United @benbateanalyst

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On this episode we chat with professional footballer, Lily Alfeld.

Having experienced the great highs of representing her country numerous times at youth levels before heading to the US to play College Soccer where things didn’t quite go to plan, she returned to NZ where she rediscovered her love for the game.

Lily then headed to Australia where she played in the Australian A league for Perth Glory, before returning to NZ to sign on with the Wellington Phoenix as their inaugural signing and captain.

As she STRIVEs her way back to full health following a serious back injury Lily shares with us her learnings from her time aboard as well as the joys of representing New Zealand and her desire to play for the Football Ferns.

#wellingtonpheonix #lilyalfeld
@WgtnPheonix @LilyAlfeld

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