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Ep 20: Performance Mindset Coach Cindra Kamphoff On Getting the Most Out Of Yourself

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - May 13, 2020 20:19 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Performance Mindset Coach Cindra Kamphoff knows how to help people get the best out of themselves. She has spent time working with executives and pro athletes like the Minnesota Vikings. And she’s built her career developing her own roadmap. Her clients include Target, Verizon, and Walmart.   Sh...

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Ep 19: Gold Medal Winner Gwen Jorgensen On Olympic Training During a Pandemic

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - May 01, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Gwen Jorgensen won Triathlon gold in Rio 4 years ago, and she wants to race for Olympic gold once again, but this time on the track. Unfortunately, her plans to compete in Tokoyo are delayed due to the Coronavirus, but that hasn't slowed her down. We caught up with Gwen in the middle of a workou...

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Ep 18: Minnesota Wild Matt Majka on COVID-19's Affect on Professional Hockey

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - April 22, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Matt Majka has been with the Minnesota Wild organization for 23 years in various roles, and, like all of us, never anticipated that the world would come to a screeching halt. Up until a few short weeks ago, the Wild had been on an uptick and heading strong into the playoffs. How has COVID-19 aff...

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Ep 17: How John Millea Of the Minnesota High School Sports League Got Over 200 Schools Across Minnesota to Be the Light #BetheLightMN the Night

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - April 13, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
John Millea says he's never afraid to borrow a good idea, and the idea he borrowed has lit up high school football fields, baseball diamonds, and tennis courts across Minnesota. It’s called Be The Light MN #BetheLightMN. The intention is to honor high school athletes that may miss their spring s...

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Ep 16: Positive Coaching Alliance-Minnesota Executive Director Troy Pearson on Navigating COVID-19 as a Non-Profit and How PCA Is Still Teaching Kids and Coaches Despite Canceled Seasons

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 30, 2020 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Troy Pearson has been with Positive Coaching Alliance Minnesota since its inception in 2013, and in 2018 became its Executive Director. Troy is a natural leader. His experience as a Division 3 head basketball coach, Athletic Director, Leadership Consultant, Vice President and Administrator, ...

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EP 15: Mike Smith, Athletic Director and Baseball Coach at Totino-Grace On Innovative Ways to Keep Your Players In Shape During Covid-19

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 26, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Mike Smith and his team were in an unusual situation as schools and businesses started shutting down across the nation. They weren't on the baseball field at Totino-Grace in Fridley, MN, but on a baseball field in Florida. As the thought of what could happen to their season was starting to sink ...

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Ep 14: Marney Gellner On Keeping Perspective During Crisis

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 23, 2020 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Marney Gellner, Fox Sports North broadcaster for the Timberwolves, Twins, and Lynx should be on her longest road schedule of the year. But she, just like the rest of us, is home, staring at a calendar full of canceled games. In this edition of the Sports Life Podcast, Marney shares incredible pe...

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Ep 13: Chad Johnson and How Small Town Sports Pride Pushes Through a Pandemic

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 19, 2020 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
On today's podcast, we are talking once again about the Coronavirus outbreak and its effect on schools and school sports. Chad Johson is from Tri-City United High School in Montgomery, MN, located about an hour south of Minneapolis. Montgomery has a population of about 3,000, a smaller town wher...

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Ep 12: COVID-19's Effect On High School Athletics With Activities Director For Lakeville HS Tom Dasovich

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 16, 2020 16:54 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
COVID -19 has affected every corner of society including high school athletics. It's one thing to talk about seasons and tournaments being canceled, but a lot of kids benefit from the structure of sports both emotionally and in the classroom.   Schools are working to support students as much as ...

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Ep 11: Minnesota Basketball Coaches Hall of Famer Larry McKenzie

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - January 18, 2020 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Larry McKenzie was a great podcast guest!  He's the type of coach who doesn't build teams, he builds young men.    He was the first coach in Minnesota basketball history to lead two schools to multiple titles, Minneapolis Patrick Henry and Minneapolis North.    He's been inducted into th...

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Ep 10: University of Minnesota and NBA Great Richard Coffey

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - November 16, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Richard Coffey will tell you failure is an important part of any process.   His story is more than basketball and the time he spent playing at the University of Minnesota and the NBA. It begins in the small town of Aurora, NC where he was surrounded by family and gained a deep understanding of...

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Ep 9 Hockey Great Lou Nanne

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - May 30, 2019 05:32 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Hockey legend Lou Nanne spent his entire professional career with the Minnesota North Stars playing 635 games from 1968 through 1977. His career then took him from the ice to the bench as general manager and coach of the North Stars rebuilding the team into consecutive year playoff contenders. O...

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Ep 8 CEO of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx, Ethan Casson

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - May 02, 2019 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Ethan Casson is finishing his third season as the CEO for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Minnesota Lynx, and the Iowa Wolves which is the Timberwolves G-League team. Prior to his current role, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for the San Francisco 49ers among other roles. Since his ...

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Ep 7 Former Minnesota Viking Great Matt Birk

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 18, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Our guest today is Matt Birk! Matt, a hometown kid, spent 14 seasons in the NFL, most with the team he grew up watching, the Minnesota Vikings. He's a great guy with a lot of layers, and we're not just talking about the weight he lost since leaving the NFL. He played for Harvard, he has 8 childr...

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Ep 6 Basketball Great Lou Pucillo

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - March 07, 2019 06:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
At 5 foot 8 Lou Pucillo was an unlikely basketball star.     He was cut from his high school basketball team and the sport seemed like an unlikely dream.  But he went to a prep school after graduation, continued playing and caught the eye of a college coach named Everett Case.   Pucillo went...

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Ep 5 Elite Runner Gabriele Grunewald Battles a Rare Cancer One Mile At a Time

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - November 16, 2018 02:52 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
We continue our series on "Overcomers" and this one will grab your heart.     When I talk to Gabriele Grunewald, she elicits this image in my head of Wonder Woman pushing back on the forces of evil.  At 32, she's been battling cancer for 9 long years.      Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma is a r...

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Ep 4: Olympic Swimmer and Survivor Contestant Katrina Radke

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - October 10, 2018 23:47 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
At 17, Katrina Radke swam for Team USA. Soon after she faced some of the toughest battles of her life. What stood between her and an Olympic Trial comeback would be daunting for most, but not for Katrina. Her tenacity and amazing spirit have given her a fresh perspective on how to fight and win,...

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Ep 3: Scott Stansfield, Former Cop and High School Basketball Coach On Why Out of Control Parents Forced Him to Quit

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - October 10, 2018 23:42 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Coaching high school basketball became a challenge that Scott Stanfield says he could no longer endure.  He spent seven years as head coach of the boys' basketball team at Brainerd High School and says the threatening behavior of some of the parents took too much away from the rewards of coachin...

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Ep 2: Why Former Minnesota Twin Corey Koskie Thinks We're Making Some Serious Mistakes When It Comes to Kid's Sports

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - October 10, 2018 23:37 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Corey Koskie thinks we’re making some serious mistakes when it comes to kids’ sports.  And he knows a thing or two about what it takes to compete at the highest level.     He spent nearly 20 years playing professional baseball with 11 years in the major leagues with the Minnesota Twins, Toro...

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Ep 1: Why This Podcast Matters From the Man Who Started a Movement To Promote Better People, Better Athletes

Sports Life Podcast for PCA MN - October 10, 2018 23:32 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Jim Thompson saw a void in youth sports and founded The Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) in 1998 through the Stanford University Athletic Department.     Thompson worried the “win at all cost” mentality of youth sports was squeezing out the survival, life and teamwork skills that go well bey...

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