A Pane in the Glass Podcast

This podcast is hosted by Bill Tschirhart, a chartered professional coach with Coaches of Canada. It's for coaches, instructors , athletes & parents at all levels of experience & skills. Using articles from Bill's coaching manual ("A Pane in the Glass: A Coach's Companion"), his blog site (truenorthbill.blogspot.com), his 30+ years coaching & instructing athletes, augmented by interviews with highly skilled & experienced experts, the aim of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" to provide a valuable resource of information all the while producing episodes that will entertain the listener.

Podcasting since 2022 • 239 episodes

A Pane in the Glass Podcast

Latest Episodes

Pebble Water 23.5

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I briefly talk about "frustrations" and "distractions" and then introduce the episodes for the remainder of the summer months. It's another narrated story by the same author who wrote "

July 07, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 21 • 18:26

Pebble Water 23.0

In this "Pebble Water 23.0" episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" you will hear an email from a regular listener (Leslie Gerard) who has some thing to say about soccer/football now that the games of World Cup 2026 have begun....

June 28, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 20 • 33:12

The End Of An Era

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I stop the presses for an announcement by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) that "Hockey Night In Canada" will no longer be bringing Saturday night hockey to television set...

June 20, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 19 • 42:52

One-On-One With John

In today's episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I talk with American curler John Benton about curling of course but more importantly about an addiction challenge that came ever so close to ending John's life.

June 14, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 18 • 37:33

Coaching Scholastic Athletes (part 2)

In this second episode of "Coaching Scholastic Athletes" we hear from a Canadian soccer player who played for the Cornhuskers of Nebraska and now plays professionally in Canada for the Ottawa Rapid. Her name is Sadie Waite...

June 07, 2026 • Season 5 • Episode 17 • 30:14

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Fan Mail

Wanted to say your podcasts are a great find. Took up curling 5 yrs back as I headed into retirement. Love the social aspect and sweeping is an open ended cardio workout. What's been hard is getting helpful instruction. I'm up in Goderich. The Maitland Club sadly closed but Vanastra at Clinton is now going strong. Curiously people seem reluctant to offer advice and tbh few of the senior curlers have forms you want to emulate. It's a curious thing. I have a 36yr old friend I encouraged to come out, but her frustration is the same as mine...too little qualified coaching. We see new people come out, get thrown right into game settings and go away frustrated and muscle sore. Hopefully they haven't had a fall. Wondering if u could suggest where we could find coaching opportunities in this area?

Goderich, ON