The Way of Champions Podcast is brought to you by Changing the Game Project and hosted by Changing the Game founder John O'Sullivan. Each week we connect you with the top minds in sports, coaching, leadership, and building championship programs so you can take your athletes and teams to the next level.
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The podcast where parents, players, and coaches come together around the stuff that really matters in youth sports
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ARE YOU A PARENT OR COACH WITH A CHILD PLAYING SPORT? Listen to educated people around the world on the topic of youth development in sport. No 1 reason children start playing sport is because it is fun but a staggering number of kids leave sports because they stopped having fun. Why? These and many other questions about youth development in sport are discussed in this series. Come on! Join me it's a lot to learn about this.
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As youth sports become more demanding, both of the kids and the parents, I'm providing my expertise as a resource for the highest level of personal training for youth athletes; and helping parents navigate youth athletics. Over 30 years in athletics as well as raising 3 collegiate scholarship athletes, my dynamic background helps position me as an expert in the health, fitness, and professional industries. I specialize in speed, quickness and jump training for youth athletes. Along with bein ...
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Solomon Alam has been a youth baseball coach in the Houston area since 2006. He played college baseball at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Upon graduating college, he began coaching youth baseball and has since realized his true love and passion. Along with Joe Pirozzolo, whom Solomon coached while Joe was in high school, they both share their experiences and passion for coaching youth baseball in The Houston Baseball Coach Podcast. Coach Joe played collegiately at St. Edward ...
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Welcome to the "Parent Portal Show," where hosts Stephen Nold and Coach James Gumbert explore the intricate world of youth sports, athlete development, and the ever-evolving landscape of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) agreements. With a perfect blend of insightful discussions and personal experiences, this podcast is your go-to source for all things related to young athletes, their aspirations, and the challenges they face. Join Stephen and Coach Gumbert as they navigate through compelling ...
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On "The Recruiting Closet Podcast," we hear from elite college athletes, owners and directors of some of the largest youth Lacrosse, Volleyball, Soccer, Field Hockey, and Baseball clubs in North America. We interview college coaches at NAIA and NCAA colleges at the Division 1 (DI), Division 2 (DII), and Division 3 (DIII) collegiate levels to find out what they're looking for when they recruit student-athletes. Our guests know what's important in the complicated world of college athletic recr ...
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#408 Marginal Gains are Dead with Mehdi Kordi, Olympic and World Champion Cycling Coach
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Mehdi Kordi has led the Dutch track riders to nine different Olympic medals including six Gold and 16 World Championships titles over 8 different athletes all on a fraction of the budget of their rivals. Interestingly Mehdi has never ridden a competitive bicycle race at any level or discipline. Prior to coaching the Dutch, Mehdi had a convoluted ca…
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#407 Anson Dorrance Pt. 2: Another NCAA Title, the New UNC Coaching Regime, and the Importance of Love in Your Coaching
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On November 14, 2024, we interviewed 22 time NCAA Champion Coach Anson Dorrance from University of North Carolina Women's Soccer. At the time the Tar Heels were in the midst of another winning season, and Dorrance had resigned his head coaching duties, handing the reigns to interim coach Damon Nahas, Asst. coach Tracy Leone and GK Coach Chris Ducar…
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The Secrets of a Successful Halftime Talk with Eamon Devlin, Founder of Minute9
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Eamon Devlin is a multifaceted professional with a career spanning business, law, and elite sports performance. Originally from Ireland and now residing in England, Eamon is the founder of Minute9, (https://www.minute9.io/) a consultancy creating cutting-edge communication systems for elite sports teams, focusing on and half-time interactions. Thro…
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"You Might be the Last Coach with a Chance to Reach that Kid": A Conversation with Terry Steiner, USA Women's Wrestling Head Coach
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Coach Terry Steiner is the Head Coach of the USA Women's Wrestling Team. A 2024 inductee into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and a 3x All American wrestler under legendary Iowa coach Dan Gable, he has been coaching Team USA since 2002. In six Olympics, he has coached four gold medalists, three silver medalists and six bronze medalists. In 17 W…
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#404 Doug Lemov, Author of The Coach's Guide to Teaching and Practice Perfect (Replay)
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This week on the Way of Champions Podcast we dive into the archives with author Doug Lemov. Doug is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion, Teach Like a Champion 2..0 and Practice Perfect. He is one of the foremost teacher educators in the world, and recently he has branched into the world of coach education. He now consul…
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#403 Anson Dorrance on his Retirement as Head Coach of 21x NCAA Champs UNC Women's Soccer, Self Awareness, and Being a Truth Teller to Your Athletes (Part 1)
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Anson Dorrance recently stepped down as Head Coach the University of North Carolina Women’s Soccer program. In his career spanning 1979-2024, he won over 1100 games, 21 NCAA Championships, 7x NCAA Coach of the Year awards, 12 ACC Coach of the Year Awards, and even one NCAA Men's Coach of the Year award. He also led the US Women’s National Team to t…
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#402 How to Build and Exceptional Youth Sports Club with Mike Kelleher and Derek Broadley of Charleston SC
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This week on the podcast, we dive into the qualities of an exceptional youth sports experience with Mike Kelleher and Derek Broadley of Charleston SC in South Carolina. We discuss the importance of vision and core principles, the need for a curriculum that coaches of all abilities can implement, how to get buy in from coaches who do not want to fol…
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#401 2x Olympic Champion Ashton Eaton and 2x Olympian Gabriel Costano on the Importance of Their Multi-Sport Childhoods, the Character Lessons Learned from Sports, and Transitioning to the Workforce After ...
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Ashton Eaton is a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2012 and 2016) and a 5x World indoor and outdoor champion in the decathlon. He was the former world record holder in the decathlon and still holds the world record for the heptathlon. At the University of Oregon, he was a 5x NCAA champion and all American. Yet he grew up in Central Oregon a multi-sport at…
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#400 Phil Jackson, 13x NBA Champion Coach and Player on Coaching Jordan, Kobe and Shaq, Lessons from Vince Lombardi, and More
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It is hard to believe but we have reached episode 400 of the Way of Champions Podcast, and we wanted an incredible guest to celebrate this momentous occasion. Enter Phil Jackson, a 2x NBA Champion as a player with the NY Knicks and an 11x NBA Champion coach with the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers. He coached all time greats such as Michal Jordan, Scot…
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#399 Acacia Walker-Weinstein, 2x NCAA Champion Coach of Boston College Women's Lacrosse
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Acacia Walker-Weinstein joins us this week on the Way of Champions, continuing our October run of champion coaches. Walker is the Head Women's Lacrosse coach at Boston College, the 2024 NCAA Champions. As either a player or coach, Walker has participated in 20 of the last 21 NCAA Tournaments and was a part of Northwestern’s three consecutive NCAA t…
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#398 Frank Busch, Hall of Fame University of Arizona and Team USA Olympic Swimming Coach
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In the world of swimming, you would be hard pressed to find a coach whose resume matches that of American Swim Coaches Association Hall of Famer Frank Busch. As a collegiate coach at The University of Arizona, his teams won 2 NCAA Championships and his swimmers won a combined 80 individual and relay national championships. He was a 6x NCAA coach of…
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#397 Roy Williams, Hall of Fame NCAA Basketball Coach with North Carolina and Kansas: "You have to leave every player you ever coach with something that is still positive 30 years later"
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Roy Williams served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. With a total of 903 wins, Williams took his teams to nine Final Fours in his careers at Kansas and North Carolina and won 3 NCAA Championships at UNC. Williams is the fifth NCAA Men's Division I head coach to reach 900…
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#396 The Champion Sports Parent: Practical Wisdom for Raising Confident, Competitive, Mentally Tough Athletes
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In this weeks episode, John and Jerry discuss their brand new book The Champion Sports Parent: Practical Wisdom for Raising Confident, Competitive, Mentally Tough Athletes. They wrote this book as a companion to last year's The Champion Teammate, so that parents can best support their children along their athletic journey. Many parents have grown f…
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#394 Ted Kroeten, Founder of Joy of the People, on the Massive Importance of Free Play in Athletic Development
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In this replay from 2019, John talks with Ted Kroeten (@Joyofthepeople), founder of Joy of the People, a free play soccer program in Minnesota. Kroeten leads the way in rethinking and delivering player development always championing kids and possibilities based on his experienced, dedicated, and innovative soccer career. Joy of the People’s mission…
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#394 Juwan Brescacin, Professional Football Player and 2x CFL Grey Cup Champion
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Juwan Brescacin (@jbrescacinjones82) is a former collegiate football player at Northern Illinois University and the 15th overall Canadian Football League draft pick in 2016. He played 8 years professionally in Canada, winning two Grey Cups (2018 and 2022) before retiring and founding the High Point Athletes Foundation. Today he is pursuing a master…
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#393 Brett White, Author of Behave: The Power of Coach Behavior in Shaping Athletes' Performance and Personal Growth
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Brett White is a seasoned sports coach and leadership expert with over 17 years of experience in football (soccer) coaching. He currently serves as the Head Coach for Bonnet Bay FC’s First Grade team in the SSFA Premier League. He has a rich history of fostering talent and managing large teams, having served as the Coach & Player Development Coordi…
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#392 Dr. Joe Baker on the Tyranny of Talent, How it Compels and Limits Achievement, and the Damage Early Labels Can do to our Kids
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Dr. Joe Baker (@bakerjyorku) is the Tanenbaum Research Chair at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is a world-leader in research on talent identification, developing sport expertise, relative age effect, and high performance athlete development and has held visiting researcher/professor positions in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. His…
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#391 Rasmus Ankersen, Southampton FC Director of Football, Author, Film Maker, and More: How to Identify the Talent That Whispers
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In this excellent conversation from 2021, we are joined by Rasmus Ankersen (@RasmusAnkersen), an internationally known author, speaker, and film producer and one of the worlds leading experts on talent identification and development. Today he is one of the founders of Sport Republic, which is the majority shareholder of Southampton FC, where he als…
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#390 Ken Ruoff and Jean Linscott, Authors of What is the Goal? The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry
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Ken Rouff and Jean Linscott are the authors of What is the Goal? The Truth About the Youth Sports Industry. Today we discuss their new, book, many of the problems with the youth sports industrial complex and how it more often than not negatively effects children and drives them out of sports. Ken, jean and John share their own parenting experiences…
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$389 Neill Collins, Former Barnsley and Tampa Bay Rowdies Manager, on Building Relationships, Trust, Values, and Taking the Long View in a Short Term Focused Environment
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Neill Collins is a former professional soccer player, with nearly 600 appearances across clubs such as Sunderland, Leeds, Wolves, Sheffield United, and the Tampa Bay Rowdies. As a player he won promotion to the English Premier League with both Wolves and Sunderland, and played under managers such as Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy. In 2018 he became he…
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#388 Mike Lee, High Performance Coach to NBA Stars on Developing a Champion's Mindset
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Mike Lee (@whoisMikeLee) is a globally recognized keynote speaker, internationally sold author, and coach who shares high-performance leadership lessons from inside the hearts and minds of NBA’s elite. His work helps individual contributors, leaders and organizations elevate engagement, win the war for talent, and create cultures of belonging in a …
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#387 How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women with Maggie Mertens, Author of Better, Faster, Farther
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Maggie Mertens www.MaggieMertens.com) is a writer, journalist, and editor located in Seattle. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, Sports Illustrated, ESPNw, Deadspin, VICE, The Cut, Glamour, Pacific Standard, Refinery29, and Creative Nonfiction, among others. Her work has also appeared in The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2021…
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#386 Tara VanDerveer Returns! The All Time Winningest NCAA Basketball Coach on Retiring from Stanford, Her New Coach Mentorship Role, and How Championships are Won in the Locker Room
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Tara VanDerveer was the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until her retirement in 2024. VanDerveer was a 10 time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the 1990 National Coach of the year, and led the Stanford Cardinal to three NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990, 1992 and 2021. She took a leave of absence i…
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#385 Urs Koenig, former UN Peacekeeper and Author of Radical Humility on How to be an Exceptional Leader AND a Good Human
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Urs Koenig is a veteran executive coach, professor, ultra-endurance champion, former UN Peacekeeper, author, and keynote speaker. All these seemingly disparate paths led him to one idea: that the best leaders lead from a place of humility. Urs has captured those ideas in his new book, Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human. His lesso…
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#384 How to Find Your Identity, Define Your Purpose, and Take Your Team to The Next Level with Owen Eastwood, Author of Belonging (replay)
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This time of year there is a lot of fear in sport, We see it in the Copa America and Euro Soccer championships, Olympic Trials, and even on the youth level as our kids tryout for teams. In this podcast replay from 2021, we are joined by Owen Eastwood (@oweneastwood), one of the world’s most sought after high performance coaches. He has worked with …
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