Dave Copeland-Smith is the founder of Beast Mode Soccer, best known as a trainer to stars like Alex Morgan, Ali Riley and Kelly O’Hara. A UEFA licensed coach, David is also the founder and CEO of a new app called My Soccer Training. In episode...
In episode 12, Nathan Thackeray joins to discuss building a resilient culture, defining achievement through continuous improvement instead of results, and having a professional mentality. Nathan is an assistant coach with The North Carolina Courage...
Amanda Ferranti is the Founder of Ferranti Empowerment, where as a Certified Performance Consultant she helps teams and individual athletes develop mental skills to perform their best. She studied psychology at Princeton and has her master’s...
In episode 10, John Swofford, Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, joins us to discuss change management, resilience and leadership. John made the transition from star athlete to athletics administration. He lead the University of North...
In episode nine of Beautiful Game, Yael Averbuch-West, CEO of Techne Futbol and Executive Director of the NWSL Player’s Association joins our host Tony Nicalo to discuss setting and achieving goals, resiliency and the joy of competition. Yael...
Before Jack Welch was promoting candor as a critical leadership quality and before Kim Scott was making it ‘radical‘; before Gareth Southgate was importing ideas from basketball and gridiron football; and before women’s soccer...
In episode seven of the Beautiful Game, our host Tony Nicalo discusses overcoming adversity, resilience and forging your own career path with Sarah Hagen. Sarah was a standout striker with Bayern Munich where she won the German Cup. She won the NWSL...
This episode of Beautiful Game features soccer coach and entrepreneur Saul Isaksson-Hurst. Saul has worked for premier league clubs and their academies, including Chelsea’s FC Academy and Tottenham Hotspur FC’s Academy. He is currently the head...
I think more and more players want to know the why. I think gone are the days where it’s like, because I told you so. They want to know why. They want to know the purpose. On today’s episode of Beautiful Game by WeaselsFC, Tony Nicalo speaks...
Willie McNab, Head of Children’s Programme at Celtic FC’s Academy in Scotland joins us for a discussion about performance, resilience and using preparation to turn your passion into a career.