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Off the Pitch with Active

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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Update frequency
every 30 days
Average duration
52 minutes
Episodes
59
Years Active
2017 - 2024
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#038 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Hernan Chousa, Ex pro tennis player, Parent, CEO & author

#038 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Hernan Chousa, Ex pro tennis player, Parent, CEO & author

Hernan Chousa is an author from Argentina. He lives in Buenos Aires, and he runs his zinc flake coating business as the CEO of Chousa SRL. Unplugged is his first novel where he could fuse two passion…

00:48:07  |   Fri 26 Mar 2021
#037 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Betsy Butterick, The Coaches Coach & Communication Specialist

#037 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Betsy Butterick, The Coaches Coach & Communication Specialist

The buzzword most often associated with high performing teams is "chemistry". Chemistry is formed through connection, and at the heart of connection is communication. 

Betsy understands that language…

00:42:44  |   Tue 23 Feb 2021
#036 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Matt Young, Quality Sports Hub- Operation manual for actioning athlete development

#036 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Matt Young, Quality Sports Hub- Operation manual for actioning athlete development

Matt was introduced to the power of sport by a teacher who helped him use sports as a conduit to self-actualization. He have spent the last 25 years learning, coaching, mentoring, and experiencing th…

00:57:19  |   Thu 17 Dec 2020
#035 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Allon Khakshouri, Mental game of Tennis

#035 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Allon Khakshouri, Mental game of Tennis

Despite the odds being stacked against Allon, he was determined to change his fate. From a struggling kid, with various disabilities, to fulfilling a childhood dream and managing some of the world’s …

00:43:09  |   Sat 22 Aug 2020
#034 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence

#034 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with VJ Stanley, Balanced Excellence

VJ Stanley was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school and won the school’s first ever Leadership Award. As an athlete, VJ won the high school hockey league scoring title as a junior and was a F…

00:50:42  |   Thu 30 Jul 2020
#033 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joel Franco from Chesapeake Films

#033 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joel Franco from Chesapeake Films

Joel Franco is using his passion in film making in producing a documentary about youth sport “Where our children play”. Three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one…

00:47:13  |   Thu 14 May 2020
#032 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Mark O’Sullivan, UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden

#032 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Mark O’Sullivan, UEFA A licensed coach at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden

Mark O’Sullivan is a UEFA A licensed coach and is head of youth development for 8-12 at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden and is part of their Research and Development department. Mark is currently doing PhD …

01:07:24  |   Sun 01 Mar 2020
#031 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Shorter, founder of Non-Perfect Dad

#031 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Shorter, founder of Non-Perfect Dad

The sports world is a high-pressure environment, Richard’s skills and experience mean he is able to probe the tough issues and challenges parents and coaches face, without being judge mental or pushy…

00:54:34  |   Tue 11 Feb 2020
#030: Interview with Mikael Wallsbeck Founder of Imagine That in Stockholm, Sweden

#030: Interview with Mikael Wallsbeck Founder of Imagine That in Stockholm, Sweden

Mikael Wallsbeck have a European Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology, from Högskolan in Halmstad. He is also educated in psychotherapy in cognitive behavior therapeutic direction. Mikael has bee…

00:49:16  |   Sun 12 Jan 2020
#029 Interview with Marcos Flores, Ambassador for Adelaide City & Johnny Warren Foundation, Yellow for Yelling Soccer Profile Player & founder of PTA

#029 Interview with Marcos Flores, Ambassador for Adelaide City & Johnny Warren Foundation, Yellow for Yelling Soccer Profile Player & founder of PTA

Born in Argentina, Marcos Flores, had a great career in professional football in Union de Santa Fe between 2001 and 2003 where he began his professional career, then Newell’s Old Boys and he also pla…

01:02:33  |   Sun 01 Dec 2019
#028 Interview with Ben Galloway, Academic and the mind behind Opposite Direction YouTube channel

#028 Interview with Ben Galloway, Academic and the mind behind Opposite Direction YouTube channel

Ben is a young football coach based in Brisbane, Australia. Just off the back on spending the last 9 months in Uganda, East Africa working at a football academy called Football for Good. Currently st…

01:12:58  |   Mon 04 Nov 2019
#027 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dave Wright, Co-founder & Editor of Player Development Project

#027 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Dave Wright, Co-founder & Editor of Player Development Project

Player Development Project is an online learning platform and collaborative project designed to bring together top coaches and experts from around the world. PDP was founded to bridge the gap between…

00:54:57  |   Wed 09 Oct 2019
#026 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joey Peters, 3 World Cup & one Olympic Games with Matilda’s & founder of Game-Play-Learn

#026 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joey Peters, 3 World Cup & one Olympic Games with Matilda’s & founder of Game-Play-Learn

Hall of Famer & mother of 8, Joey Peters has 110 caps for Matilda’s, including 3 World Cups (’99, ’03 & ’07) & One Olympic Games (2004) and she scored 28 goals for the Matilda’s. 

She played in USA, …

01:00:26  |   Mon 23 Sep 2019
#025 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Reed Maltbie

#025 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Reed Maltbie

Reed Maltbie does not really need an introduction, he is a Mentor in youth sport and coaching. With two Masters degrees, one in Early Childhood Learning & one in Sports Psychology, Reed understand ch…

00:47:31  |   Sun 04 Aug 2019
#024 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Stacie Mahoe

#024 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Stacie Mahoe

Sports Mum of 8, Outreach Coordinator at MVP Leadership Academy and owner and founder at Sports Mom Essentials. Stacie run her own podcast “Eating curve balls for breakfast”

50:08   min episode Overv…

00:50:09  |   Sat 27 Jul 2019
#023 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Cashman, Teacher, Coach & Sporting Influencer Blog

#023 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Richard Cashman, Teacher, Coach & Sporting Influencer Blog

Richard is a young (26years old), passionate and innovative coach from North Wales, UK. He continually strives to improve his level of knowledge working within a sporting environment in an attempt to…

00:49:47  |   Sat 06 Jul 2019
#022 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Gordon MacLelland WWPIS & Darren Wensor Little Athletics NSW

#022 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Gordon MacLelland WWPIS & Darren Wensor Little Athletics NSW

Gordon MacLelland set up ‘Working with Parents in Sport’ after 20 years as a teacher and as a coach for all age levels from 7-year olds to Adults. He has a BA/Hons degree in Sports Science from Unive…

00:59:13  |   Mon 10 Jun 2019
#021 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Ruth E. Nicholson

#021 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Ruth E. Nicholson

Ruth Nicholson is an internationally-certified professional facilitator, mediator, and organizational alchemist. She specializes in helping clubs design board processes and club operations to provide…

01:00:29  |   Sun 19 May 2019
#020 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Glen Mulcahy of Paradigm Sport

#020 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Glen Mulcahy of Paradigm Sport

Glen Mulcahy is a professional speaker & coach, mentor with a down to earth flair who shares his knowledge from a lifetime of involvement in multiple sports as athlete, coach and parent. Glen is pass…

01:05:00  |   Wed 03 Apr 2019
#019 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Janis Meredith of Raising Champion Families

#019 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Janis Meredith of Raising Champion Families

Janis is a family coach for all families, but has extensive experience coaching families with children who play sports. She was a coach's wife for 29 years, a sports mom for 21 years, and is now a mo…

00:47:45  |   Wed 13 Mar 2019
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