Athlete Development

“You can’t make excuses. You had to wake up every morning to train. You had to eat the right foods and make sure you...

I’ve known Helene Wilson for a while now. In 2016 I had the privilege of helping her integrate sports science into her Netball Northern Beko...

It’s difficult to contain your emotions when you care deeply about something, or someone, and things go wrong. Remember how it felt the last...

Sport is more competitive than ever before at school level, I certainly don’t need to convince you that, which is leading to athletes doing...

(Listen to the excerpt from Valerie Adams here) “I think if you hand everything to a young athlete they’ll never learn. You actually need that...

“Right from the start mum has always felt that cooking good food for us is something she could do to make a big difference…...

In episode 27 of the Athlete Development Show, I spoke with Mystics and Silver Ferns defender Michaela Sokolich-Beatson. On the show, I asked Michaela...

There’s a deep-rooted belief in youth sport that training should leave you sore, red faced and out of breath. A belief that the fittest...

My guest on the show today needs little introduction. Her name is Dame Valerie Adams, and she’s one of the best athletes New Zealand...

"If you focus on what’s important to you and your standards, then that's really the only thing that should matter... finding your own path...