Episode 13: Charissa Barham

Charissa Barham (affectionally known as Reecy) has approximately 30 years coaching experience across many levels, including the New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball team. She is deeply passionate about youth sport and enabling youth / player voice to help frame their experience. A lot of coaches value player-centered approaches, where Reecy has a tangible and sustainable way of bringing this approach to life to become the heart-beat of teams she coaches. 

Reecy is currently a Sport Consultant for Sport New Zealand, where she works with Regional and National sporting organisations to help foster quality sporting experiences that meet the needs and motivations of young people. It's always a pleasure connecting with Reecy, where there are plenty of laughs, D&M's and poems / raps. We yarned about...

• A life of service through coaching.
• The joys and complexities of coaching teenagers. 
• How to use player voice to frame a season - tangible examples of engaging and implementing.
• Building leadership in young people.
• Her role as a Sport Consultant for Sport NZ.
• And more...