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Hosted by Prairie Hockey Academy · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 116 episodes
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Grit & Growth dives into the journey of becoming life champions. This podcast is for athletes, coaches, parents, and anyone pursuing excellence—both in sport and in life. Join us as we uncover the experiences and expertise of our guests including professional athletes, sports psychologists, coaches, and more. (Formerly known as the Win All Day Every Day podcast).
Prairie Hockey Academy hosts Grit and Growth, a sports show with 116 episodes published.
In Part Two of our conversation with Canadian Olympic bobsledder Ben Coakwell, Justin and Shane dig deeper into what changed when Ben and his teammates stopped competing with each other and started finding ways to make e
Ben Coakwell’s journey to three Olympic Games began in small-town Saskatchewan, where a background in multiple sports eventually led him to bobsleigh. In Part One, Ben reflects on his adaptability through each transition
Few people have shaped Canadian women’s hockey like Mel Davidson. Across five Olympic Games, she helped guide Team Canada as a coach and general manager, building a legacy that earned her induction into both the Canadian
In this second half of Shane and Justin’s conversation with Jonathan Carone, the discussion goes deeper. A simple question about what it means to “coach hard” opens the door to a much bigger conversation, one that challe
Every parent wants to help their child succeed. But along the way, it's easy to confuse supporting them with steering them. Jonathan Carone, founder of Healthy Sports Parents, joins Justin and Shane for a thoughtful conv
Mindset only becomes useful when an athlete knows what to do with it in the moment. In Part Two, sport psychologist Dan Abrahams, whose work has included Premier League clubs and Formula One, returns to the ideas behind
Control is a word coaches use all the time, usually while looking at the game. Dan Abrahams starts somewhere closer: the athlete’s ability to take control of themselves. A former professional golfer, Dan is now one of th
Winning was never the destination in Chantal Vallée’s research. It was what could happen after transformation took root. In Part Two, Chantal talks about the coaching model behind her book Dare to Win and what happened w
What if the biggest obstacle to growth isn’t failure, but the instinct to protect yourself from it?Chantal Vallée is the head coach of the University of Windsor women’s basketball program, a five-time national champion,
In Part Two, JP Nerbun returns to The Culture Captain and the question sitting underneath so much of the book: what happens when achievement keeps asking for more than it gives back? JP talks about the mountain of achiev
J.P. Nerbun returns to Grit and Growth to discuss his new book, The Culture Captain, a guide for young athletes built around a simple idea: leadership starts long before anyone gives you a title.In Part One, JP explains
In part two of our conversation with Olympic coach Rob Fegg, the focus turns to how coaches adapt to the athlete in front of them. Rob reflects on the ego work required to lead today’s athletes well, the limits of author
Rob Fegg has coached luge athletes through five Olympic Games, including stops with Canada, South Korea, and the United States. In part one of our conversation, Rob looks back at how his own difficult exit as an athlete
In part two of our conversation with Aaron Wilbur, the discussion turns toward the small moments that shape players over time. Aaron reflects on what young athletes actually carry with them years later, and why so much o
Aaron Wilbur is the founder of The Coaches Site, a coach development platform with more than 40,000 members worldwide, and host of the Glass and Out podcast. In part one of our discussion, Aaron reflects on what he’s lea
Episode 100 brings together some of the most impactful moments from our first 99 conversations.Drawn from nearly one hundred hours with esteemed coaches, pro athletes, and respected leaders, this is a curated collection
In Part Two, clinical psychologist Dr. Jody Carrington shifts the conversation toward what actually helps in the moments that matter most. She explores the power of acknowledgement and why emotional regulation is somethi
In this Applied episode, Carmen Busse from Carzan Meats breaks down what actually works when it comes to fueling athletes around competition, drawing on her experience building products like beef jerky and snack sticks m
In Part One, clinical psychologist Dr. Jody Carrington brings her trademark honesty to a conversation about regulation, leadership, and why kids and athletes cannot settle if the adults around them are not settled first.
In Part Two with Canadian Olympic basketball stars Katherine and Michelle Plouffe, the conversation moves beyond results and into what was actually happening underneath it all. They talk about the pressure they put on th
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