Wandering Bear Podcast

Mike Rogers is the Head Coach of Manawatu in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship. He is also the Director of the Inside Running Academy.

Anthony is the Managing Director of Elite Performance.He was originally a Physical Education and Psychology Teacher and has spent the last 30 years working as a Psychologist and Performance Coach. He has worked in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, in government and non-government education and consulted to a wide variety of corporate organisations.In sport Anthony has worked with Australian teams internationally and at the Olympic Games, with national sporting bodies, AFL clubs, Tennis Australia, Motor sports, Rugby teams and with a wide variety of other sports and individual athletes.He has also competed and coached in track & field and a number of other sports.Anthony’s qualifications include:Masters of Management & International BusinessMasters of PsychologyGraduate Diploma of PsychologyBachelor of EducationHe is also the author of the fantastic book “The Performance Mindset, 7 Steps To Success In Sport And Life” Buy Anthonys Book “The Performance Mindset, 7 Steps To Success In Sport & Life” https://www.amazon.com.au/Performance-Mindset-Steps-Success-Sport/dp/0730394689Contact Anthony https://www.eliteperformance.com.auhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-klarica-118b139b/

Dave Wessels is the former Head Coach for the Melbourne Rebels & The Western Force. And is the current Head of Rugby for the Stormers.

This week on the podcast we sit down with the Queensland Reds Forwards Coach Zane Hilton

Anthony Eddy is the current Director of Symmetry Sports a company focused on Elite Athlete Management and Representation, Coach and High Performance Management& High Performance Health Assessments. www.symmetry-sports.com.In his coaching career Anthonys has been the Director of Rugby Sevens for the Irish Rugby Union, the National Programs Manager For Rugby Australia, the Director Of Rugby For Sydney University, the Head Coach of Worcester as well as being an Assistant Coach both the Brumbies and the Queensland Reds.

This weeks guest is 1999 World Cup Winning Tighthead Prop & one of the worlds best Scrum Coaches Mr Andrew Blades.

Brian Doyle is the Boxing coach for the Gracie Jiujitsu Smeaton Grange Fight Team, home of former UFC Champion Robert Whittaker and one of the most renowned MMA Teams in Australia . In his boxing career he trained under legendary Boxing Coach Johnny Lewis and was the main sparring partner for Jeff Fenech & Kostya Tszyu during the World Title Runs.

This weeks guest is Warringah Rats Head Coach Michael Ruthven, we reflect on the 2022 Shute Shield Season, the importance of having mentors and being true to your values, learning from mistakes, how to stay true to your values and much much more.

Zak Beer is the Head Coach of Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in the Shute Shield Premier Grade Competition. During the pod we talked about the rapidly improving standard of the Shute Shield, how neither of us enjoyed the 2022 Shute Shield season, how we can learn from disappointment and use it to our advantage, the importance of self care and much much more. Zak was incredibly honest and open with his answers and gave some great insights into the ups and downs of coaching, why Norths have had so much recent success and what it takes to have sustainable long term success.

Mick Byrne is the Head Coach of the Fijian Drua Super Rugby Team. As a skills coach Mick has worked with the Wallabies, All Blacks, Scotland and Leinster. As an athlete Mick played professional Australian rules Football for Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney.

This weeks guest on the Podcast is Simon Strachan. Simon is a co founder of Gain Line Analytics http://www.gainline.biz a company he formed with former Wallabies Prop Ben Darwin. Gain Line Analytics is an operations and management consultancy with a unique perspective on success in professional sport and business. Their work has shown that great teams are more than just the sum of their parts and that great teams are the product of linkages and connections within the organisation. Through their work they help sporting clubs, organisations and businesses build these linkages and connections with a view to sustainable. Gain Line places a strong focus on data analysis and quantitative research using the unique field of Cohesion Analytics. This podcast is a fascinating look at how some of the most successful teams in the world built these connections from the ground up.

This weeks guest on the podcast is 2022 Sydney University Head Coach, Shute Shield Coach of the year, Shute Shield 2022 Premiership winner, former Melbourne Rebels Attack Coach & the current Head of Coaching for the international Rugby Academy Mr Sean Hedger.