Chantal Vallée completed her masters thesis on Coaching leadership. She then set about putting her knowledge into action by taking over one of the worst basketball programs at a Canadian Univisty, the University of Windsor lancers. Over 6 gruelling years she took the team from, in her words, worst to first; ultimately winning five consuective Canadian National Championships. She has captured her learnings from that journey in her new book Dare to Win.

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Our great coach on this episode is Gilbert Enoka.

Gilbert is a mental skills coach who has worked with some of the world's great teams, including Chelsea FC, The English Cricket Team, The New Zealand cricket team, The Silver Ferns - the New Zealand Netball team, the Canterbury Crusaders Rugby Team and most notably the New Zealand Rugby Team , known internally as the All Blacks, for 23 years. On that journey he has been with the team for over 300 matches while they have won back-to-back Rugby World Cups, 21 consecutive Bledisloe Cups, three Grand Slams, eight Tri Nations and Nine Rugby Championships.

He has just captured his learning and insights from this career in a book called Become Unstoppable.

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Our guest on this episode is Professor Adam R Nicholls.

Adam is based in the Department of Sport, Health, and Exercise Science at the University of Hull, UK. His primary research is related to stress, appraisal, and coping among athletes.

He has published 3 books and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles. His research has brought him into contact with elite-level Rugby Union, Rugby League players, as well as golfers who have won majors, where he has “learned a great deal about what it takes to perform under pressure.”

He also posts terrific content on LinkedIn which is where the Great Coach John Buchanan first brought Adam to my attention.

Much of our discussion today is based on his latest book: Psychology in Sports Coaching: Theory and Practice. Which I highly recommend.

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