EP8: Chronicles of a Coach - Arna Majstrovic, Rose Hulls and Kelly Swann-Ferris

Welcome back to our segment of The Sideline Yak . . . Chronicles of a Coach, where we get three coaches in a room and discuss topics related to sport!

On this episode I sit down with Arna Majstrovic, Rose Hulls and Kelly Swann-Ferris, three teacher coaches who have worked in and around community and high performance sport and teach PE and Health. They have been involved across a wide range of sports including surf lifesaving, netball, football, swimming and waka ama.

Our kōrero covers what sport looked like for them growing up, their influences, why they got into coaching and we touch on discipline and resilience. We also discuss trials and selections, coaching females, and how we can normalise conversations about periods, hormones and the menstrual cycle.

This was a cool conversation and something I think we need to be discussing more, especially female health in sport. The more education on this topic, the more opportunities we have to create positive sporting experiences for our coaches and athletes.

One last thing... I paraphrased a book in our conversation, so just wanted to acknowledge the book and the author, The Spartan Mindset - Mastering the language of excellence by Reed Maltbie. It's a great book!

If you have a topic that you would like discussed next time on Chronicles of a Coach, please email us at the address in our episode description. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this episode with Arna, Rose and Kelly. Kia ora!

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