Coaching in Clubland
Coaching in Clubland is an Aussie podcast designed for current and aspiring coaches from all levels across a range of sports to share their experiences about the caper. We discuss the rollercoaster that is the coaching experience - the highs, the lows, the joys and the pitfalls.
Episodes
44 episodes
VTCA's 'Off the Long Run' - Episode 6, 2022/23
Join host Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) for season two, episode six of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. He was joined by Deer Park skipper Ricky Suvada, Yarraville Club young gun Jackson Martin, VTC...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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46:23
VTCA's 'Off the Long Run' - Episode 5, 2022/23
Join hosts Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) for season two, episode five of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. He was joined by Doutta Stars gun Paddy Willach, VTCA President Zoran Havranek, Caroline Spr...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:14:27
VTCA's 'Off the Long Run' - Episode 2, 2022/23
Join hosts Mitch Johnstone (Yarraville Club captain-coach) and Mick Andreadis (Deer Park coach) for season two, episode two of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association's 'Off the Long Run'. They were joined by Maribyrnong Park-St Mary's star Dani...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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56:13
Greg Chappell - 'Not Out'
Greg Chappell is one of the most accomplished Cricketers Australia has ever produced. While he was a run machine, he batted with a touch of elegance and grace that few have seen before or since. The second of three brothers to play for Australi...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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1:11:37
John Buchanan - 'Conquering Everest'
John Buchanan is the most successful international cricket coach in history, with a staggering winning percentage of over 75% across all three formats of the game. While good enough to play seven first class games and one List A game for Queens...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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39:24
Heath Scotland - 'Scotland the Brave'
Heath Scotland was recruited by Collingwood from the Western Jets with pick 44 of the 1998 draft, and played in 53 games with the Pies. He featured in the 2002 and 2003 Grand Final losses to the Brisbane Lions.Crossing to Princes Park fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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50:51
Dan Smith - 'Dan, the man with a plan'
Dan Smith was a swashbuckling and combative former New South Wales wicket-keeper batsman who played 25 first class and 30 List A games for his beloved Blues, as well as featuring for both the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers in the BBL from 201...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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31:30
Nick Hegarty - 'Nick has the knack for coaching'
Nick Hegarty had a decorated youth career where he played with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday among other clubs, before eventually making over 100 appearances for Grimsby Town as a feisty midfielder in the lower rungs of the English ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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44:00
Evan Gulbis - 'Coach Gobbler has got the Blues'
Evan Gulbis represented Victoria, Tasmania, the Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Stars in over 100 games of professional Cricket in First Class, List A and Domestic T20 competition. An aggressive right-handed top order batsman and fast mediu...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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44:34
Xavier Clarke - 'The X Factor'
Xavier Clarke was recruited by St Kilda with pick 5 of the 2001 National Draft from St Mary’s in the Northern Territory Football League. The man affectionately known as ‘X’ played 105 games for the Saints from 2002 to 2009 as a dashing and high...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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44:29
Brendan Joyce - 'Jump for Joyce'
Brendan Joyce has been a wonderful servant of Australian Basketball as both a player and a coach in a career spanning over 40 years. Most notably, he was the coach of the Australian Women’s Basketball team from 2013 to 2016, leading the Opals t...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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58:06
Bryan Harper - 'The Life of Bryan'
Bryan Harper is the Coach Development Specialist at Cricket Australia and has been in this role for four years. He oversees a range of coach development programs and opportunities, and the accreditation scheme for Cricket coaches in Australia. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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41:41
Sean Flynn - 'In like Flynn'
Sean Flynn is both a Ringwood Cricket Club and Victorian Premier Cricket legend. The current coach of Ringwood, Sean has been a wonderful servant of the Rams over many years. A Ringwood hall of famer and life member, Flynny played 244 1st XI ga...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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36:58
Dav Whatmore - 'Whatmore can he achieve?'
Dav Whatmore played seven tests and one one day international for Australia, and made over 6,000 runs for Victoria, however he is best known for his monumental achievements as a coach. World renown for coaching Sri Lanka to victory in the 1996 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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39:20
Matthew Lloyd - 'The Straight Shooter'
Matthew Lloyd is an Australian Football Hall of Fame member. As a full-forward, he kicked 926 goals from 270 games with the Essendon Football Club from 1995 to 2009.A member of the Bombers premiership team in 2000, a three time Coleman m...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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26:50
Paddy Upton - 'The Barefoot Coach'
Paddy Upton is not your typical Cricket coach. A deep thinker with four different degrees from four different universities, Paddy actually started as the strength and conditioning coach for the South African cricket team in the mid 90’s under t...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:00:39
Matt O'Connor - 'Mocca has a thirst for learning'
Matt O'Connor is currently the assistant coach of the Calder Cannons NAB League boys program, and was also previously the head coach of the Cannons girls program, where he still remains involved despite the restructuring of the NAB program...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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37:28
Julie Hoornweg - 'The Netballing Globetrotter'
Julie Hoornweg is undoubtedly a legend of the Netball coaching world. Internationally acclaimed, Julie has coached England, Fiji and Wales, but is equally well known for her exploits with the Melbourne Phoenix and the Melbourne Vixens....
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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26:59
Dean Solomon - 'Solly's Story: From the Bombers to the Dockers to the Suns'
Dean Solomon played 158 games for the Essendon Football Club from 1998-2006, and was an integral part of the incredible Bombers 2000 premiership team, who produced the best season for any team in VFL/AFL history. Known for his uncompromising at...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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44:59
Gary Ayres - 'Rarefied Ayres'
Gary Ayres is a five time VFL/AFL premiership player, two time Norm Smith medalist and former captain of his beloved Hawks, and of course an Australian Football Hall of Fame member. A tough and uncompromising defender, Gary also won the Hawks b...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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58:40
Neil Gray - 'The many shades of Neil Gray'
Neil Gray is certainly a jack of all trades, and master of many. Neil has held a variety of coaching, leadership, managerial and developmental roles across a myriad of sports, including Cricket, Gridiron, Lawn Bowls, AFLW and Basketball. From 2...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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48:12
Andrew Sturgess - 'Venturing into the Lions' den'
Andrew Sturgess is into his second season as the senior coach of the Coburg Football Club in the VFL. Prior to this appointment, he was an assistant coach at the Lions in 2017 under Peter German and then in 2018 under Leigh Adams, before having...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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49:59
Terry Wallace - 'Plough the Master Innovator'
Affectionately known as ‘Plough’, Terry Wallace was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2018. In a truly remarkable playing career, Terry played 254 VFL/AFL games for Hawthorn, Richmond and Footscray, also kicking 123 goals in...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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57:45
Pedro Collins - 'Vote for Coach Pedro'
Pedro Collins played 32 test matches and 30 one day internationals for the West Indies from 1999 to 2006. A left arm swing bowler, Pedro took 106 test wickets and three five wicket hauls, and famously dismissed Sachin Tendulkar three times in t...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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34:58
Christina Polatajko - 'Coach Polly is on a mission'
Christina Polatajko was recently awarded the AFL Coaches Association Women’s Coaching Pathway Scholarship. Currently the assistant coach of the Hawthorn VFLW team after a brief stint with Carlton’s VFLW side, Christina has been involved in wome...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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36:57