Media and interviews

Kelly and Juliet Starrett asked me about the day I was dropped from my national team four weeks before a World Championship, and what it taught me about stress and performance. My fitness had not changed. My ability to use it had.

We covered how I coach the Aussie Sharks now. Why happy athletes perform better. Warm up games before matches to take the edge off performance anxiety. Beating Serbia at the Paris Olympics, the six weeks in Europe before the Games, and removing decision fatigue on match day. The quarterfinal shootout loss to the USA.

On the training side we talked about the physicality of elite water polo, borrowing from wrestling and MMA for strength in the water, eye training and vision work, breath work, how I structure sessions, and coaching on the road with whatever equipment is there. Influences we discussed: Peter Twist, Dan John and Pavel Tsatsouline. My book pick was Legacy by James Kerr.

Recorded when I was a TRX Master Instructor. We talked about suspension training, why new training methods can challenge even very fit people, using body temperature data to spot illness before it hits, and reaching out to the people you admire in the industry to learn from them.

A short interview on recovery, performance and mobility for water polo players, from my time as a TRX Master Instructor and Trigger Point Master Trainer. It covers my playing background with the New Zealand national team and Balmain Tigers in the Australian National Water Polo League.