Coaching Sports Needs to Change

Helen Wright

Helen Wright, Author of "Barefoot Flying" is a five time university sport national champion coach, who believes coaching sports needs to change to stay relevant with today's athletes, girls in particular.

Please join Helen and guests to engage in the discussion of what needs to change and how that change might look in the future.

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Episode 9 - Interview with Nikki Clouter

Episode 9 - Interview with Nikki Clouter

**This episode contains expletive language**Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #9 is an interview with Nikki Cloutier, who has been an untiring volunteer in this community. Nikki has played rugby to high performance levels; she has coached everything from under fives to senior teams and she has been a primary contributor and administrator in the Edmonton and Alberta rugby Unions. Nikki discusses her love and passion for the game and the challenges that could push her to consider leaving the game. Nikki is not the only volunteer to feel this immense stress and unless this environment changes, we will soon lose the game that we have all grown to love.

Episode 9 - Interview with Nikki Clouter

Episode 9 - Interview with Nikki Clouter

**This episode contains expletive language**Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #9 is an interview with Nikki Cloutier, who has been an untiring volunteer in this community. Nikki has played rugby to high performance levels; she has coached everything from under fives to senior teams and she has been a primary contributor and administrator in the Edmonton and Alberta rugby Unions. Nikki discusses her love and passion for the game and the challenges that could push her to consider leaving the game. Nikki is not the only volunteer to feel this immense stress and unless this environment changes, we will soon lose the game that we have all grown to love.

Episode 8 - Power Over and Boundaries

Episode 8 - Power Over and Boundaries

Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #8 looks at the concept of “power over” and boundaries. It discusses how players, coaches and individuals can retain their own power, while still reaching for goals and overcoming challenges. It also talks about boundaries and how to know what they are and when to use them.

Episode 7 - The Art of Strategy

Episode 7 - The Art of Strategy

Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #7 takes a look why coaches need to create strategies and how asking the right questions can lead you to finding your mission statement and creating strategies that are in alignment with who you are as a coach, regardless of whether you are coaching under five soccer or high performance rugby.

Interview with Jill Zonneveld - Short History of the Women's Game

Interview with Jill Zonneveld - Short History of the Women's Game

Episode #6 is an interview with Jill Zonneveld, who was a significant contributor to the growth of women’s rugby from a local, regional, and national level to the international stage. Jill is the only Canadian woman to have served on the International Rugby Board’s (now called World Rugby) Women’s Advisory Committee. This is the untold history of how the women’s game got onto the international field.

Coaching the Underperforming Player

Coaching the Underperforming Player

This podcast is about the challenges of coaching a player who doesn't seem to be performing to their previous performance levels or capacity. Looking past the obvious areas of fitness, skill and motivation, we may have to delve into an area we may not be comfortable with. We may have to look at the self beliefs that me be blocking the performance. Their spiritual wellbeing is a huge factor in their performance.

The Coach in the Car

The Coach in the Car

This episode discusses the most influential period of time related to most young athletes; immediately before an event and immediately thereafter. What happens in the car on the way there and on the way home has much more impact on the athlete than most people understand.

Interview with Dr. Maxi Miciak

Interview with Dr. Maxi Miciak

Podcast #3 revisits the changing nature of coaching sports with Dr. Maxi Miciak who was a high performance athlete and coach. She is currently a researcher in the area of relationship impact on outcomes. The discussion involves Maxi’s experiences as an athlete, coach and now researcher and how they relate to the changing world of coaching sports.

Why Do We Coach?

Why Do We Coach?

Helen Wright is a five-time university national championship rugby coach and has been an influential creator and promotor of women’s rugby in Canada. This podcast is about her views and discussions on how coaching sports needs to change. Episode #2 looks at why individuals coach and why they stop coaching.

Introduction & Why Do We Play?

Introduction & Why Do We Play?

Helen Wright, Author of "Barefoot Flying" is a five time university sport national champion coach, who believes coaching sports needs to change to stay relevant with today's athletes, girls in particular. This episode is an introduction to the series and starts with the question, "Why Do We Play?"