About Life through Sport Show | Hosted by Omar Zeenni
Omar sits down with athletes and coaches to discuss their personal journeys and examines how those experiences translate to help them in their daily lives.
Ep.25 Louis Hunt, San Diego Wave Goalkeeper Coach | Coach Series
Life
:00 Intro
:45 What has fatherhood taught you?
3:20 Any similarities between your coaching and fatherhood?
5:00 How are you REALLY doing?
7:00 Title for the current chapter in your book?
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Player Advice
9:30 Scouting: What are you looking for in a College goalkeeper?
11:35 What are players missing that would make their pro transition easier?
15:10 Working with Canada #1 Kailen Sheridan
18:55 What is something you learned during that process?
20:15 Key traits in Carly Telford and Kailen Sheridan?
24:00 Taking into account a players’, as well as your own journey
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Coach Advice
26:30 What is your training environment like?
29:50 What is the emotional attention you would give to each player?
32:35 What is your confidence (re)building process like?
36:00 What was a bad habit that you had to get rid of?
41:25 Sacrificing: a small opportunity that gave you the best ROI?
47:10 Are you proud of yourself?
48:35 Outro
15 May 2023
Ep.24 Chris Sharpe, Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper Coach | Coach Series
Our guest for today, Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper Coach, Chris Sharpe and my name is Omar Zeenni, Welcome to the Life through Sport Podcast.
As mentioned in the introduction, Chris discusses how players can consistently demonstrate their value week after week to make it harder for the coaching staff to make a decision about who should start. And throughout the episode, he drops gems on topics like: specific character traits that he looks for in players, reflects on his own meaningful failures, and discusses how his experience as a #2 for much of his career has given him a unique perspective as a coach. Chris is not just a highly knowledgeable and respected figure in the goalkeeping world, but also a top footballing mind with valuable insights on life. I am thrilled for you to have the opportunity to learn more about him and his personal journey.
0:00 Intro
Life
3:28 How are you really doing?
5:04 What has fatherhood taught you?
6:29 What did your father teach you?
8:24 Book title for this current stage in your life
Player Advice
11:34 Scouting: What are some of the tangible character pieces you look for?
15:34 What do you look for in an “emotional profile” of a player?
18:54 What are your thoughts on retention levels; with regards to learning ability?
21:34 How do we instill these character pieces into our players?
24:54 How can a player make it difficult on you throughout the week to influence your team selection?
29:34 How does a player “build their case” to be the starter? Soundbite
32:54 One final piece of advice for players?
Coach Advice
37:04 What are failures that you cherish?
42:34 Feeling the vulnerability to fail
44:19 Detail your immediate feelings when the Rapids signed Tim Howard?
48:04 What was a bad habit that you had to let go of?
51:09 Processing failure
54:34 What do you think is the meaning of all this?
57:34 Building strong relationships with players
24 Apr 2023
Ep.23 USC Women's Head Coach, Jane Alukonis | Coach Series
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:50 How was your first season at USC?
2:35 Any doubts after starting 0-2?
3:15 What did you learn from the staff at UCLA?
4:05 What lessons transitioned w/ you from your teaching days?
6:10 How do you think people would describe you?
7:30 OZ: Scouting presentation that was completely wrong
7:55 How have you managed presentations so the they’re not taken literally? Soundbite “we like to do less talking than the players”
9:00 Guided Discovery
9:15 What are some misconceptions about you?
11:10 Creating a training environment — story about old club environment / how everything was scripted
12:45 John Cohn helping set training
13:20 Advice to young coaches on how to create the right training environment
14:24 “you keep it or you attack”
14:40 Goal scoring expert mark Simpson
15:00 How often are you revisiting your team principles?
16:00 Adapting and reinventing yourself
18:10 Steve Cherundolo quote
18:40 Did your club days help you as a HC support your Asst. Coaches’ ideas / growth?
20:00 “Clear Objective, Loose Instruction”
22:05 Early days of Jane
24:50 Jane’s first game as a young coach
25:40 Where does your emotional intelligence come from?
27:00 Working hard for players
28:35 What were you like as a player?
29:10 Getting invited to USYNT’s
30:00 Were you the leader for you HS team?
30:50 “who combines the best”
32:15 Supporting your assistant coaches
34:10 How do you challenge people?
35:00 What were the habits that young Jane had?
36:20 Creating a safe space for players
37:00 Going to Duke
38:20 Being named team captain
39:10 How do you create a sense of urgency with your players?
40:00 Dealing with the last man on the roster?
41:10 Cabral Story
42:55 How do you deal with failure?
45:00 How much value do you hold in the awareness that you don’t know everything?
47:15 Angel City game
47:50 Early days at UCLA as a young volunteer assistant
49:50 Job responsibilities as a volunteer assistant
52:22 Is UCLA where you formed your own game model?
53:10 What has been the proudest moment of your career?
55:55 What kind of a player just Jane look for?l
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