Men Behind Sport

✒️Ian’s vision as CEO of the British Athletes Commission led to the sector strengthening the support offered to vulnerable adults in sport. He also played a key role in the DCMS review of duty of care in sport assisting Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. These became the platform for Ian to deliver sustainable positive change in sport, and mental health provision and for the next generation of sport leaders to apply his values, skills, and experience. ✒️Ian has brought together his significant experience in sport and his passion for helping others under the umbrella of DOCIAsport the company he founded in 2017. He brings a refreshing and independent view to all aspects of duty of care in sport from the perspective of coaches, officials, athletes, administrators, and the sector itself. ✒️Ian delivers change through consultation and collaboration, leading and embodying his values of helping others, equality, inclusion, fairness and honesty. What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, Ian shares some of the highs and lows of his career including some personal challenges, but what is clear is the impact he has had on the sporting system and many individuals by bringing attention to some hugely important issues. ✒️And this is why I’m excited to have this conversation with Ian. He has a view that I don’t know or understand with regard to the funding and system perspective. Talking Points: ✒️The jigsaw of performance sport ✒️The cost of the performance systems' pursuit of medals ✒️The cost this had on Ian ✒️The seduction of sport to the detriment of allowing it to define who we are ✒️Developing your personal board ✒️The greatest challenge and most important journey is looking within ✒️Turning the performance system into a society ✒️Why independent support is key 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: https://www.menbehindsport.com/ 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf 📍Paper: Exploring Mental Health and Illness in the UK Sports Coaching Workforce: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7764556/ 📍UK Coaching: https://www.ukcoaching.org/ 📍GB Gymnastics Whyte review: https://www.sportengland.org/guidance-and-support/safeguarding/whyte-review 📍The Long Win by Cath Bishop: https://cathbishop.com/the-long-win/ 📍Original Sins by Matt Rowland Hill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Sins-Matt-Rowland-Hill-ebook/dp/B096TRHM45 Connect with Ian: 📍Ian's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-braid-m-sc-mcimspa-484238/ 📍DOCIA Sport: https://www.dociasport.co.uk/

✒️Pete has been a performance director and strength and conditioning coach in elite sport and human performance for over 20 years. This has seen him be involved in coaching athletes for 4 Summer and one Winter Olympic Games. He is currently the performance director at Hintsa Performance. ✒️Pete has also held a variety of leadership or board positions in business, church and charities. Currently Advisory Board Chairman at US start-up Rewire Fitness Inc., and Advisory Board at UK start-up Hytro. What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, Pete shares his insights on what has allowed him to maintain a career at the highest level whilst maintaining a thriving family and personal life. Talking Points: ✒️The balance between striving and acceptance ✒️Why knowing values isn't enough ✒️When to push and when to step away ✒️The power of faith to offer a framework to thrive ✒️Why practitioner potential is determined by doing inner work beyond the coach ✒️Courage to stand in integrity 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: https://www.menbehindsport.com/ 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf Connect with Pete: 📍Pete's Twitter: https://twitter.com/petemcknight 📍Pete's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petejmcknight/ 📍Pete's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemcknight/

✒️Dan is a high-performance coach, with a career spanning over 15 years of work in elite sport, both in the UK and the USA including the UK Sports Institute, England rugby 7’s and the Houston Astro’s MLB team to name a few. Dan lectures at Brighton University and is also the founder of Collaborate sports where he is passionate about creating real-world learning opportunities for developing coaches and practitioners to enhance their impact and success within performance sport organisations. What You'll Learn: ✒️ In this episode, Dan shares his experience, some of his main challenges, how he has maintained a successful career whilst having a balanced life outside of work, why he founded collaborate sports and the skillsets he offers to practitioners and finally what he sees needs to change in sport to facilitate the full potential of practitioners. Talking Points: ✒️Learning from mistakes ✒️Self-preservation and developing comfort in being vulnerable ✒️Self-awareness and leadership ✒️The issue with blindly moving through the ranks ✒️Agile solutions in the moment ✒️Being brave enough to challenge the status quo 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: https://www.menbehindsport.com/ 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf Connect with Dan: 📍Collaborate sports: https://collaboratesports.com/ 📍Dan’s X: https://twitter.com/HowellsDan 📍Dan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collaborate_sports/ 📍Dan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-howells-574018150/

✒️Kaarle is a former professional cyclist with a 15-year career that led her to being at the top of her sport of track sprint cycling in Australia and the world. Since retiring in 2021, Kaarle has stepped into the realm of performance practitioner. She is now both a performance coach at the Queensland Academy of Sport and Deputy Chef Du Mission for the Australian Olympic Committee as they head into the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. ✒️What You'll Learn: In this episode, Kaarle shares he very unique lens of both a world-class athlete and a high-performance coach. You'll experience what an inspiration she is with regard to her integrity and courage to do things against the accepted "norm." Talking Points: ✒️What made a good practitioner/coach vs a great one ✒️Why Kaarle left her coaching role with British cycling ✒️Kaarle's 3 pillars of coaching ✒️Boundaries and protecting time ✒️The key non-technical skills that have helped Kaarle, and what she feel is important for practitioners to develop in themselves (non-technical) ✒️What makes an elite performance staff department environment in Kaarle's experience 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-store... 📍Clarifying High Performance and the Role, Responsibilities, and Requisite Attributes of the High-Performance Director in American Professional Sport: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/abstract/2023/08000/clarifying_high_performance_and_the_role,.4.aspx#:~:text=This%20emerging%20executive%20position%20is,disciplinary%20silos%20that%20can%20thwart Connect with Kaarle: Kaarle's Linkedin article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leaving-british-cycling-kaarle-mcculloch-oly%3FtrackingId=QABT%252B%252FUh8ckho%252F9Fh%252FfGGA%253D%253D/?trackingId=QABT%2B%2FUh8ckho%2F9Fh%2FfGGA%3D%3D

✒️Ben has a vast array of experience and is currently Head of Strength & Conditioning at Inter Miami CF. Previously he has worked at the pinnacle of rugby at Saracens and England as well as the pinnacle of English football at the English FA with both men’s and female national teams including European championships and world cups. Ben is also passionate about helping high-performance coaches, practitioners & and graduates get better results through clarity, systems & and processes. Ben radiates clarity, intention and the embodiment of processes. ✒️What You'll Learn: In this episode, Ben shares his experience, advice and fantastic insight into how he tackles challenges head-on with intention that has enabled him to have a sustainable career as a practitioner at the elite end of professional sport. Talking Points: ✒️Ben’s experience of burnout and what he did to recover ✒️Ben’s North Star with regards to the optimal performance department ✒️Why intention is crucial ✒️The importance of knowing self in 360 degrees ✒️Facing challenges head-on ✒️Intentionally seeking memories vs the easy route ✒️The non-negotiable boundaries ✒️How Ben detaches from the pressures of work 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-store... 📍Flow Genome Project: https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ 📍Stealing Fire: https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ste... 📍Rise of Superman: https://www.stevenkotler.com/book-pag... Connect with Ben: 📍The Sport Science, Strength & Conditioning Playbook: 📍Linkedin:

Jack’s career path has been pretty unconventional. He is currently Head of Sports Science at Everton FC. Previously he has spent the last 10 years at Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, and Celtic. An incredible resumé that many in the industry would love to have. His experience is pretty unique, and the way he leads is also in a less common style from what I’ve heard in many discussions with practitioners. And this is why I’m excited to have Jack on this episode What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, we dive into his personal experience and what has enabled him to operate successfully as a practitioner in these high-performance environments. As well as some of the struggles Jack has had to navigate, which may not be obvious when you look at a resumé like Jack’s. Talking Points: ✒️Jack's struggle with imposter syndrome and how he works with it ✒️Importance of belonging and connection for true open innovation & collaboration ✒️The power of honesty ✒️How Jack experienced the grief after Nick Broad died ✒️What did PSG & Chelsea do well that made him feel supported and a sense of belonging ✒️What can performance environments learn from this? ✒️How do we get access to more percentage points of potential within the human side of practitioners within this system? ✒️How Jack detaches from the pressures of work 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf 📍Making Sense of Complexity (Cynefin) by Dave Snowden: https://thecynefin.co/about-us/about-cynefin-framework/ 📍Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/261-5165940-1922023?pd_rd_w=focsg&content-id=amzn1.sym.40f919ed-e530-4b1a-8d7e-39de6587208d&pf_rd_p=40f919ed-e530-4b1a-8d7e-39de6587208d&pf_rd_r=ZQGZK3K24VK5Q61831C8&pd_rd_wg=Odev8&pd_rd_r=03c1f5a5-abae-4731-a67e-9fa7d07292b0&pd_rd_i=0141033576&psc=1 📍Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Noise-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0008308993 📍Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-J-R-Tolkien/dp/0261103253/ref=sr_1_4?crid=HEC26S0R921H&keywords=lord+of+the+rings+books&qid=1697192722&s=books&sprefix=lord+of+the%2Cstripbooks%2C70&sr=1-4 Connect with Jack: 📍Jack's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-nayler-58380721/ 📍Jack's website: https://swoopconsults.com/

Tulshi is a highly experienced coach and has worked for elite organisations such as Hintsa Performance and Mercedes AMG Petronas, where was the first performance manager and coach for the world championship-winning Formula One team. Tulshi is the founder of the podcast: Unapologetically You. Tulshi and her co-host Kelly discuss their personal experiences regarding exhaustion, stress and anxiety and how you can find ways to integrate healthier habits to prevent burnout and build happier, healthier relationships at work and home. Tulshi has also recently published her first book Happiness Within: A Journey of Reflection and Self-Discovery What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, we discuss Tulshi's burnout, the challenges in being able to see it, and the process of reflection that has unlocked significant freedom in her career and life. Tulshi is another powerful female voice to add a perspective that I don’t have with regards to the nuances female coaches experience in elite sport and her wisdom with regards to reflection and self-growth. Talking Points: ✒️Tulshi's inner drivers that led her into a career in pro sport ✒️Her process of burnout and how she overcame it ✒️The process of reflection Tulshi uses that enables her to live authentically and with integrity ✒️The key practices Tulshi uses to support her health and wellbeing 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching (1-1 & GROUP OPTIONS): https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf Connect with Tulshi 📍Follow on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TulshiVarsaniCoach 📍Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tulshi.coach/ 📍Tulshi's book: Happiness Within: A Journey of Reflection and Self-Discovery: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happiness-Within-Journey-Reflection-Self-Discovery/dp/B0CF3CPJV1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 📍Tulshi's Website: https://www.tulshivarsani.com/

Stu Singer is a highly experienced sport psychologist (PsyD, ABD), performance consultant and founder of WellPerformance, who has worked with teams in the NBA, WNBA, NCAA, Major League Soccer, & the National Women's Soccer League He's passionate about helping people sharpen their high-performance skills in a healthy, sustainable way. What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, we discuss Stu’s own challenges that he has faced as a practitioner in performance sports, and how he sees the issues affecting practitioners in elite sports through the lens of a psychologist. Talking Points: ✒️Getting it “wrong” as a practitioner, overworking and how that impacted his life ✒️How he now stays anchored to his values ✒️The importance of walking the walk with regards to values and practices to maintain optimal self ✒️The challenge of breaking self-imposed stories and the freedom that creates ✒️Best practices for practitioners to think about for a sustainable career ✒️His perspective as a trained sport psych on what he sees that needs to change within sport 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching Program - 1-1 & Group options: https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf 📍Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life by Jon Kabat-Zin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wherever-You-There-Are-Mindfulness/dp/0749925485 📍Clarifying High Performance and the Role, Responsibilities, and Requisite Attributes of the High-Performance Director in American Professional Sport: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/abstract/2023/08000/clarifying_high_performance_and_the_role,.4.aspx#:~:text=This%20emerging%20executive%20position%20is,disciplinary%20silos%20that%20can%20thwart Connect with Stu: 📍Stu’s Website: https://www.wellperformancecoach.com/ 📍DOSO Mindfulness App: https://www.thedosoapp.com/ 📍Follow Stu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wellperformance 📍Follow Stu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellperformance/

Welcome to this episode of the Untapped Potential podcast with today’s guest Ivi Casagrande. Ivi is a Performance Coach and sport scientist from Brazil who has worked at the top level in professional female soccer. She was recently part of the Brazil team at the 2023 Women World Cup. Her current position is now working for the Ireland Senior Women’s football team and as lead sport scientist at Lewes FC. She is passionate about not only the holistic physical preparation of athletes but also empowering young coaches in their own journeys in the world of sports. Through the mentorship she leads, Ivi shares her own journey and experiences to provide guidance for young coaches in order to help and support them in their own career. What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, we dive into the human connection aspect of performance. We discuss why taking personal responsibility is crucial to curating our experience in career and life. By doing so it will unlock the shackles that currently hold back most high-performance environments. ✒️We also discuss some of Ivi’s struggles in her career, how she navigates those struggles and what she sees as the next steps we need to take as practitioners to evolve our environments into ones that utilise our full potential. ✒️This is a really great conversation because we cover topics that are hidden and rarely spoken about within the seriousness of performance sport Talking Points: ✒️Ivi’s inner drivers that led her into a career in pro sport ✒️The areas she’s struggled with personally and professionally ✒️The non-technical attributes she has developed in her own journey of understanding herself ✒️The importance of connecting to feelings and practical ways of embracing authenticity ✒️What non-technical skills she feels are crucial to empower us as practitioners and coaches 📍If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: Men Behind Sport: www.menbehindsport.com Practitioner Needs Analysis: https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf Connect with Ivi: 📍Follow Ivi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivicasagrande 📍Follow Ivi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivicasagrande/ 📍Ivi's Website & Mentorship: https://www.ivicasagrande.com/

Welcome episode 3 of The Untapped Potential Podcast with today’s guest Keir Wenham-Flatt Anyone who knows Keir will know he has some strong perspectives with regard to performance sport, which is why I wanted to bring his voice to the podcast. Keir has a vast amount of experience as a strength & conditioning coach across many elite environments, most notably in professional rugby. From NRL, Argentina Rugby, & Japanese Rugby, and stints at American universities. He also founded, built and now sold the very successful Strength Coach Network. However, this is NOT why I wanted to talk with him. What You'll Learn: ✒️In this episode, we dive into the non-technical aspects of performance. We discuss some of Keir’s struggles in his career, how he’s navigated his struggles and what he sees as the next steps we need to take as practitioners to evolve our environments into ones that utilise our full potential. This is a side of Keir you may not have seen before, which is why I feel it's a powerful episode of the Untapped Potential Podcast. Talking Points: ✒️Keir’s inner drivers that lead him into a career in pro sport ✒️The achievement feedback loop ✒️His struggles with low self-esteem and how he’s overcome that ✒️The non-technical attributes he has developed in his own journey of self-growth ✒️What non-technical attributes he empowers the practitioners and coaches in SCN to develop ✒️The 4 P’s of job selection ✒️How practitioners can create freedom to choose their working environment ✒️Where do we go from here? If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis Coaching Program: https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf 📍The Status Game by Will Storr: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/dp/0008354634 📍Waking Up by Sam Harris: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waking-Up-Searching-Spirituality-Religion/dp/1784160024/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OM8AO2WP55P9&keywords=waking+up&qid=1695907627&s=books&sprefix=waking+up%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-1 📍Transcendence by Scott Barry Kaufman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Self-Actualization-Scott-Barry-Kaufman/dp/1399805584/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1CNNTKE1RBSHJ&keywords=transcendence&qid=1695907670&s=books&sprefix=transcendance%2Cstripbooks%2C74&sr=1-8 📍Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elon-Musk-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1398527491/ref=sr_1_3?crid=ECD1CVVHI3TU&keywords=elon+musk&qid=1695907696&s=books&sprefix=elon+muck%2Cstripbooks%2C72&sr=1-3 📍Flow Genome Project: https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ Connect with Keir: 📍Strength Coach Money Moves: https://callmekeir.com/ 📍Keir's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RUGBY_STR_COACH?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 📍Keir's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/call.me.keir/

Welcome to this episode of the Untapped Potential podcast with today’s guest Callum Walsh. Callum is a hugely experienced practitioner who has over 15 years of experience in elite performance management. He has worked in several leagues and competitions across different cultures and continents, including the Premier League, Euro 2016 Championship, Championship, League 2, Turkish Super Lig, and Brazilian Serie A. He has also collaborated with various coaches and stakeholders at multiple levels, from international senior and junior teams to world-leading performance institutes such as EXOS and Aspire Academy. His mission is to apply his scientific knowledge, practical skills, and cultural awareness to help athletes and teams of staff achieve their full potential. And this is why I wanted Callum to be on the untapped potential podcast. His voice in the space of helping coaches and practitioners is greatly needed and I’m super excited to share this with you, particularly around his own personal struggles, the solutions he has used personally and his doctorate research. What You'll Learn ✒️ In this episode, we dive into the non-technical aspects of performance that underpin the success or failure of a performance department. We also discuss some of Callum’s struggles in his career, how he’s navigated his struggles and what he sees as the next steps we need to take to as practitioners to begin to evolve our environments into ones that begin to utilise our full potential. Talking Points: ✒️ Callum’s inner drivers that lead him into a career in pro sport ✒️ The areas he’s struggled with personally and professionally ✒️ The non-technical attributes he has developed in his own journey of understanding self ✒️ What his doctorate is revealing about our performance environments ✒️ What non-technical he feels are crucial to empower us as practitioners and coaches If you enjoy this episode please leave a review on iTunes or Spotify platforms, and by doing this you will actively help in spreading this content to the practitioners that need it. Resources: 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis: https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/135824/themes/2151472001/downloads/7588dc2-4bdb-7f25-e68-4bf0e717d1ed_Practitioner_Needs_Analysis_Overview.pdf 📍Clarifying High Performance and the Role, Responsibilities, and Requisite Attributes of the High-Performance Director in American Professional Sport: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/abstract/2023/08000/clarifying_high_performance_and_the_role,.4.aspx#:~:text=This%20emerging%20executive%20position%20is,disciplinary%20silos%20that%20can%20thwart 📍The Creative Brilliance of Dyslexia: https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_griggs_the_creative_brilliance_of_dyslexia Connect with Callum: Callum's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-walsh-1a7b263b/ Callum's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Walshy2123

Welcome to the Untapped Potential podcast with its host Richard Husseiny. Untapped Potential focuses on real stories from performance practitioners that highlight the inconvenient truths within performance sport that affect so many. We are guided by measuring our success by external benchmarks, fueled by a relentless drive to upskill only through the technical lens. This leaves us with huge blindspots within ourselves that limit our happiness and the impact we deliver. It's easy to learn the scientific principles of our trade. The hard part is mastering our human side, which has been forgotten amidst the data, programs, promotions, medals won & papers published. In this podcast, we aim to carve out the non-technical specific skills required to thrive and activate the untapped potential within the men and women who serve in the support roles behind the world’s best athletes. This Untapped Potential unlocks the qualities that are most important for you to show up in your role, career and life in your fullest expression - leading to a desperately needed change in culture within our high-performance environments that unlocks profound impact and deeper fulfilment in your being. Richard shares the reasons why this podcast is here, what you as a practitioner are going to get from it and you'll learn some of Richard's personal story about what drove him to create Men Behind Sport in the first place. Talking Points ✒️My career highlights ✒️The biggest struggles within my career ✒️My journey to founding Men Behind Sport ✒️My research: Common themes, the cost, real examples ✒️Beyond the Coach a.k.a. Practitioner Needs Analysis (taking personal responsibility) Resources: 📍Practitioner Needs Analysis: https://www.menbehindsport.com/ 📍Prevalence and Correlates of Mental Health Symptoms and Well-Being Among Elite Sport Coaches and High-Performance Support Staff: https://sportsmedicine-open.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40798-022-00479-y 📍Beware of the blues: Wellbeing of coaches and support staff throughout the Olympic Games: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17479541221116880#:~:text=To%20our%20knowledge%2C%20the%20present,focus%2C%20and%20feelings%20of%20guilt. 📍Stakeholder conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness in English Premier League Football academies: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23750472.2023.2239259 📍Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E. Frankl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mans-Search-Meaning-classic-Holocaust/dp/1844132390