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  • Damian McGrath - Learning Through Life

    Damian McGrath - Learning Through Life
    Jan 15 2025
    In this episode of The Coach Doctor Podcast I talk with Damian McGrath. Damian has been coaching professionally since 1990, starting his career coaching Rugby League in the UK and then making the switch to Rugby Union in the early 2000’s after taking on a skills coaching role with the Leicester Tigers. Since then, Damian has etched his mark in the modified form of Rugby as a 7’s specialist coach. He took England to the Commonwealth Games and The World Cup prior to stints with Spain, Manu Samoa, Canada, Germany and then Kenya. In addition to this Damian is the author of 4 books:
    1. Can You Be Fluent In Success?: A fresh perspective on business coaching through the lens of an international rugby leader.
    2. Damian McGrath's Skills Games for Rugby
    3. Almost 101 Small Sided Games and Relays for Rugby
    4. 101 Rugby Training Drills

    Damian is also known as an empowerment engineer, he focuses on building cultures where individuals feel empowered, valued, and equipped to reach their full potential.

    If you want to know more about Damian or get in contact you can find him via:
    LinkedIn: Damian McGrath
    website: www.damianmcgrath.com



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    59 min
  • Sam Miller - Proteus Motion

    Sam Miller - Proteus Motion
    Oct 20 2024
    In this episode of The Coach Doctor podcast, I talk with Sam Miller, the CEO and founder of Proteus Motion. Proteus is a groundbreaking training system that has transformed the world of fitness and human performance. It has expanded the scope of quantifiable human movement from a limited 5%—primarily focused on vertical pushes and pulls like squats and deadlifts—to an astonishing 98%, encompassing nearly every conceivable angle and type of movement.

    If you have watched the Netflix series Quarterback, you can see Superbowl Champion Patrick Mahomes using the technology as part of his preparation in becoming the most dominant quarterback in the NFL. Proteus is now used by sporting franchises in the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA, the National Hockey League, Golfing institutions such as the PGA, University sporting Programs and also in medical institutions for recovery purposes.

    Whist the technology itself is revolutionary, Sam’s story is also a remarkable blend of innovation, grit and self-belief that stemmed from injuries as a youth athlete, to completing a project started by his father back in the 90’s.

    If you would like to know more about Proteus Motion they have an extremely informative website with a lot of videos and demonstrations using the technology. The web address is proteusmotion.com . Alternative you can check Proteus Motion out on Instagram, Tik Tok, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter / X using the handle @proteusmotion for all platforms. For LinkedIn you can follow Sam via @Sam Miller.

    Thank you for listening to another episode of The Coach Doctor Podcast.

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    59 min
  • Alicia Edge - Compeat Performance

    Alicia Edge - Compeat Performance
    Aug 29 2024
    Alicia Edge is the co-founder and principal dietician at Compeat Performance, a company that is revolutionising athlete nutrition and well-being through technology. Alicia is also the Lead performance dietician for the Matildas, the Australian Women’s Football team who won the hearts of millions for their performances at the 2023 FIFA World Cup. She has also held Nutritionist roles at the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Waratahs Rugby Union. I first met Alicia at an Exercise and Sports Science Australia forum that was discussing women in sport, and I saw someone who was very passionate about sport and performance and more importantly about female heath and well-being. Alicia later joined me on a panel at the Business and Development of Women in Football Conference and again her passion for advocating for women in sport not just as athletes but in all of the support roles such as coaching and organisational roles was inspirational.

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    44 min
  • Marcus Hannon - Nutrition for Youth, Elite and International Athletes

    Marcus Hannon - Nutrition for Youth, Elite and International Athletes
    Aug 4 2024
    Dr Marcus Hannon is the current lead performance Nutritionist at the Qatar Football Association. He has previously worked as a sports nutritionist in the English Premier League with Everton and Aston Villa, with professional boxers and in Professional Rugby Union Clubs. Marcus has a strong research record and his knowledge around the needs of youth athletes is extremely important because they are the stars of the future and with increased training demands of youth athletes nutrition become vital in keeping them fit and healthy and on the pathway. Marcus discusses safe ways to meet weight in weight class sports such as boxing and compares the rigours of a Premier League season to the campaign of an International tournament such as the Asian Cup or World Cup.

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    1 h et 4 min
  • Rama Chand - Renovate it or Demolish it: Understanding Your Role!

    Rama Chand - Renovate it or Demolish it: Understanding Your Role!
    Sep 14 2023
    In this episode I talk with Rama Chand. Rama is the Director of Rugby Development at the Georgian Rugby Union. Previous to that Rama worked in multiple roles with Rugby Australia from Participation Pathway Manager and in Coach Education. He has held coaching roles with the Queensland Reds Super W team and the Queensland Reds Academy and many other teams along the way. He also has a degree in sports studies with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In the episode we discuss Rama's role in Georgia and the process of moving across the world with a young family, to a country where you do not speak the language. We discuss coaching roles and the importance of understanding your expectations. We also look at the changing role of the coach - both from a pathway or developmental approach and also the changes in the role over the course of time since sport has become more professional.

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    1 h et 3 min
  • Amy Shepherd - Developing the Individual and the Team

    Amy Shepherd - Developing the Individual and the Team
    Aug 30 2023
    In this episode, I talk with Amy Shepherd. Amy is the current head coach and football development officer at the Sydney University Soccer Football Club. She is originally from Cambridgeshire England and has experience coaching with Norwich City in their regional development program, Watford FC women’s as well as coaching in New Jersey in the USA. She is now making her mark in Australia working across youth and senior women’s football. We discuss the use of games and constraints based coaching and discuss the importance of individual development plans along with team training. Amy's leadership and experience at the Sydney University Soccer Football Club is highly valued with the club claiming four straight premierships in the senior Womens NPL1 competition between 2018 and 2022 and their youth program being one of the best football programs in Australia feeding into the senior program. They also have qualified for the finals in every youth team in 2023 which speaks volumes for their youth development program.

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    47 min
  • Lee Addison - RugbyLeagueCoach.com.au

    Lee Addison - RugbyLeagueCoach.com.au
    Aug 18 2023
    In this episode I talk with Lee Addison owner of the online coaching website www.rugbyleaguecoach.com.au This website has rapidly become the biggest online rugby league coaching resource in the world! It’s a modern textbook for coaches, players and S&C coaches, with videos and PDFs giving tips and guidance, a bit like a Netflix but for Rugby League. It includes the Aim Higher program which is a clinic roadshow delivering elite level coaching to those most in need. In the conversation Lee discusses his coaching experience, professional development and his work in the online coaching world.

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    1 h et 37 min
  • Dr Dianne Huxley - Enhancing the Athlete Pathway

    Dr Dianne Huxley - Enhancing the Athlete Pathway
    Jun 30 2023
    In this episode I speak with Dr Dianne Huxley who is the national performance pathways lead at Athletics Australia. She has a career in coaching and coach development spanning for over 30 years and has experience coaching from the grassroots to the Olympic level in Track and Field. Like many of my guests Di has taken on additional learning despite the experience she already held. We met at the University of Sydney where she completed her Masters in Coaching and subsequently went on to compete a PhD. Her research has focused on elite junior and senior development pathways. For more information or access to her research you can contact Di through LinkedIn under the name Dianne Huxley.

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    52 min