In August of 2020, Apple TV+ released the first season of Ted Lasso, the story of an American football coach who is hired to manage a soccer team in the English Premier League. After two seasons and 22 episodes, the show is a runaway hit, winning 7 Primetime Emmy awards in 2021, including “Outstanding Comedy Series.” In this episode, I speak with Sean Stevinson of Lafayette, Colorado, and Kim Tuck of Strathroy, Ontario. The three of us have a conversation about the lessons we can take from “Ted Lasso” and use in our youth programs.
NOTE: This conversation was recorded in late January 2022.
Some of the topics we discuss:
* Introductions for Sean (1:50) & Kim (2:04)
* Show summary (2:40)
* First lessons: Kim (3:54), Sean (5:34) & Glenn (6:58)
* Kim's 2nd lesson - Getting joy back into the game (9:05)
* Sean's 2nd lesson - Importance of trust (13:30)
* Kim's favourite character (17:55)
* Glenn's 2nd lesson - Take your athletes' concerns seriously! (19:55)
* Sean's favourite characters (22:53)
* Kim's other favourite character (24:34)
* Glenn's favourite characters (26:10)
* Curling update from Sean (28:48)
* Curling update from Kim (30:04)
* What else is everyone watching? (30:41)
Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:
"Ted Lasso" Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lasso
Rock Creek Curling (Lafayette, CO) Web site
https://rockcreekcurling.com/
Sean's E-mail Address: sean@rockcreekcurling.com
Kim's TW: @HoglineSally
Team Tuck FB Page: @teamtuckmixeddbls
Follow our podcast on Twitter: @kidscurling
Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at coachingkidscurling@gmail.com
The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise
By Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward
Licensed under CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/