Way of Champions Podcast

Apr 10 2025 429 ep. 66 mins 438

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The Way of Champions Podcast is hosted by Dr. Jerry Lynch and John O'Sullivan, team culture and performance specialists. Each week we connect you with the top minds in sports, coaching, leadership, and building championship programs so you can take your athletes and teams to the next level.

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#424 Raymond Verheijen, 4x World Cup and EURO's Coach, on the Importance of Fitness Training Within Sport Context, Overuse Injuries, Periodization of Training, and Managing Load When Athletes Play up an Age (replay)

Apr 10 2025 90 mins

Raymond Verheijen (@raymondverheije) is a world renowned fitness coach and has been involved as an assistant in 4 World Cups and 4 EURO’s working under Legendary Dutch coach Gus Hiddink, as well as working with several European top clubs like FC Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City. As a youth player Verheijen was part of the famous Dutch Youth Academy structure. Unfortunately,

#423 Mark Bennett MBE, Former British Commando and Founder of PDS Coaching on The Rule of Three, and How Coaching Behaviors is the Key to Excellence

Apr 04 2025 79 mins

Mark Bennett (@pdscoach) is one of our most popular all-time guests, and for good reason. His coaching methodology through PDS Coaching has influenced countless teams and coaches throughout the NBA, MLB, professional rugby, soccer and Olympic and World Championships. John has had the pleasure of working with Mark, and it changed him forever as a coach. Mark has extensive experienc

#422 Dr. Debbie Sayers, Co-Founder of the Campaign for Children's Rights in Football

Mar 27 2025 70 mins

Dr Debbie Sayers is a lawyer from the UK with a PhD in human rights law. She founded Salisbury Rovers FC in April 2016. The youth football club takes a human rights-based approach to sport, prioritising the rights of children in practice. The club has gained recognition nationally and internationally for its ground-breaking work, and we have been fans since its inception. Debbie re

#421 Matthew Mitchell, 3x SEC Coach of the Year for University of Kentucky Women's Basketball

Mar 19 2025 65 mins

Matthew Mitchell (@coachmatthewmitchell) is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, speaker, three-time SEC Coach of the Year, and the winningest head coach in the history of the University of Kentucky women's basketball program. The foundation for his teams’ achievements is the Winning Tools principles: honesty, hard work, and discipline. Through Mitchell’s focus on the fun

#420 Breanne Smedley, 4x State Champion Volleyball Coach on Incorporating Mental Training Into Every Practices

Mar 13 2025 61 mins

Coach Breanne Smedley is a 14-year head coach, 4x state champion, certified mental performance coach, and co-founder of The Elite Competitor. She helps coaches build mentally tough, connected, and resilient teams so they can consistently compete at a championship level. After stepping into her first head coaching role fresh out of college, she quickly realized that while she knew t

#419 Dr. Jamie Taylor on Sport Skill Acquisition, Coach Development, and the Keys to Designing Effective, Engaging and Challenges Practices

Mar 13 2025 58 mins

Jamie Taylor, PhD (@Jattaylor) earned a doctorate in psychology from the University of Edinburgh in 2020. He is currently an assistant professor and lecturer in coaching and elite performance at Dublin City University. As a senior coach developer at Grey Matters UK, Taylor offers ongoing contributions to the development of coaches and coach supporters in athletics, netball, rugby u

#418 Rob Ramseyer, Founder of the Impactful Coaching Project, on Leading and Coaching the 21st Century Athlete

Feb 27 2025 70 mins

Dr. Rob Ramseyer is the Vice President of Athletics and Strategic Expansion at Friends University, where he oversees 24 teams and also serves as a member of the President’s Cabinet. Under his leadership the athletic department has reached many milestones both on-and-off the field including two Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Commissioners Cups (KCAC), many teams qualifying

#417 David Baird, UEFA A Licensed Coach and Founder of Scoreboard Soccer on How to Create More Engaging Practices and Small Sided Games

Feb 21 2025 52 mins

David Baird (@CoachDavidBaird) holds a UEFA A License and a UEFA Elite Youth A License. He has coached youth soccer for more than 15 years. Currently, David works as a Coach Educator and Football Development Officer for the Scottish Football Association. Prior to this, he spent time coaching in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, and most recently, with the Heart of Midlot

#416 Jonah Oliver, World Renowned Performance Psychologist, on Taking Positive Action Instead of Waiting for Positive Thoughts

Feb 14 2025 69 mins

In this replay from May of 2022, John interviews Jonah Oliver (@jonah_oliver1) one of Australia’s leading performance psychologists. Combining his training in sport psychology and neuroscience, Jonah brings a unique, simple and effective approach to facilitating peak performance. Over the past two decades he has worked with a wide variety of clients: ranging from professional gol

#415 Damian DiGiulian, St Michaels College Ice Hockey Head Coach, on the Current State of Youth Sports and Being a Great Assistant Coach

Feb 07 2025 65 mins

Damian DiGiulian is in his his 13th season as the men's ice hockey head coach at St Michaels College in Vermont. DiGiulian has also coached in the USA Hockey development system and at NCAA Division I and III as assistant coach at University of Vermont and Middlebury. John and Damian worked together at UVM from 1999-2003. DiGiulian has led the Purple Knights to a pair of Northeast-1