The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

By: Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey
  • Summary

  • We explore leadership through the lens of high performance sport, by interviewing great coaches from around the world, to try and find ideas to help all of us be better leaders.

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    Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey
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Episodes
  • On Pep Guardiola
    Nov 21 2024

    Today’s episode focuses on Pep Guardiola, and I am joined for the discussion by Dr David Turner, who has been on the podcast many times before and is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching at ARU in Cambridge, UK.


    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you; please get in touch with us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com


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    40 mins
  • Roy Masters
    Nov 14 2024

    Our Great Coach on this episode is Roy Masters.

    Roy is an Australian sports journalist and former rugby league football coach.

    He started life as a schoolteacher in the NSW countryside coaching school sides and by 1974 had been appointed as the Australian coach of the Australian School boys’ team. He then became coach of a youth team at the professional club Penrith Panthers before becoming the Head Coach of the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1978. He was a Head Coach for 10 years, and on three occasions, he was coach of the year and twice runner-up on Grand Final Day. He then walked away from Coaching and started life as a journalist. In 2012, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to sport and journalism.

    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you; please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com


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    59 mins
  • Nicole Pratt
    Nov 7 2024

    Our Great Coach on this episode is Nicole Pratt.

    As a player, Nicole reached a career-high ranking of #35 and won 4 ITF singles titles. As a doubles player, she reached a doubles ranking high of No.18 (September 2001) and captured nine WTA doubles titles and nine ITF doubles titles. She then switched to coaching with the Australian Institute of Sport and worked with players and coaches transitioning onto the WTA tour. She has worked with a long list of players, including Daria Saville, Ashleigh Barty, and Casey Dellacqua, and is presently the Women’s Coach lead and National Teams coach at Tennis Australia.


    If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com


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    42 mins

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