Apr 3, 2019
Glen Mulcahy is a professional speaker & coach, mentor with a down to earth flair who shares his knowledge from a lifetime of involvement in multiple sports as athlete, coach and parent. Glen is passionate about sharing what he has learned to “bring the game back to the kids”, while leading others to do the same
Glen grew up playing multiple sports across Canada and played on
provincial winning teams in Hockey, Football and Rugby. He is a
graduate and now a mentor of the University of British Columbia’s
Kinesiology Program. Soon after he graduated from UBC he started
coaching, and he has now coached men, women, boys and girls in
slow-pitch, hockey, baseball, softball, rugby and ball hockey for
over 2 decades.
His various hats in the youth sports space include;
• Founder and CEO, PARADIGM Sports
• Executive Director, For the Love of the Game
• Canadian Speaker for Changing the Game Project
• Member of the Quality Coaching Collective
• Hockey Canada NCCP Facilitator and Regional Evaluation
Coordinator for BC Hockey
He has also contributed to various print, radio, TV Media articles
and affiliate blog sites including; The Vancouver Sun, Province,
Times Colonist, Roundhouse Radio, CTV Morning Live and more
recently, Today’s Parent.
64:59 min Overview:
2:00 Glen Mulcahy Bio
5:35 Glen’s sporting background & and why he got involved in coaching.
12:10 FUNdamentals
19:10 There is no such thing as elite 8 or 10-year old.
23:45 Structured play and the digital era may rob children from free play.
33:00 Parents & Coaches expectations is not benefiting children in sport-Collaboration and engagement can turn this around.
41:51 Which child will improve by sitting on the bench?
49:00 A Dad’s distraught call about his son quitting sport and how it turned around.
55:49 Do our children work sport or play sport?
58:49 Last words from Glen which will help you
Links:
All Blacks video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n1JHaDTg4
To contact Glen Mulcahy
Twitter: @Paradigm_Sports
Facebook: @ParadigmSports