Soccer Nova Scotia You Beauty Podcast

In this week's episode, Wil and I make sense of: Wil's relationship to sport and soccer Volunteerism in sport What children are missing What children are not missing What parents are missing Using the principle of, "maximizing the potential of the present" when delivering and organizing sport in the current climate Not so rapid-fire, rapid-fire questions Quote of the week, "Keep moving and try to maintain a sense of well-being." Enjoy.

Today we connect with Mike Whyatt, Executive Director at Halifax City Soccer Club. We chat about: What is a club? Developing an organization that is doing more than only providing soccer programs. Trying to bring people together during this time - adapting based on current constraints. Achieving Halifax City’s Vision in the time of Convid. Cultural & physical design constraints to neighbourhood play. Setting individual improvement goals. Allowing for individual starting points when speaking about individual development + much much more. Stay on until the end to hear about Mike's favourite stops along his travels in our Rapid Fire section.

Well, wouldn't you know it Soccer Nova Scotia? We are actually in season 5. The first episode in this year's slew of podcasts shines a light on Linday van Kessel, a community leader & champion out of Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Over the years Lindsay has given his time to all matters of development including club, district, and provincial level programming. Currently, Lindsay is the President of Thunder FC, a community club in Lunenburg County. We discuss the following items in our attempt to make sense of the current reality: Technology & boredom Guardians & children playing Community sport & life lessons

Nova Scotia, we are back! To connect, to engage, to entertain, to make sense of our current reality. Looking forward to the dialogue ahead.

Season 4 Episode 3 (S4Ep3) is with Scott Firth (HFX Wanderers) on his current journey as Nova Scotia youth player to CPL professional player . Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) & Scott chat about the following: His memories playing grassroots & youth soccer His experience in the inaugural CPL season The historic first CPL win against Forge FC The support of his family We are also giving away five pairs of two tickets for the FC Edmonton fixture on September 28th game. To win simply retweet or share the new episode and we will randomly select the winners.

Season 4 Episode 2 (S4Ep2) is with Gordon Maclelland (Working with Parents in Sport) on the bridging the relationship between club/coach & parent. Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) and Gordon chat about: Why the need for the WWPIS platform Understanding the WWPIS platform & available resources WWPIS global family Popular WWPIS articles/resources For information on WWPIS and how to join the club scheme click here We are also giving away Wanderers tickets to a suite for the September 28th game. To win retweet @SNS_You_Beauty a topic of interest OR a favourite episode which you want to hear more about

Season 4 Episode 1 (S4Ep1) is with Julia Burton (Grassroots Development Manager) on the hot topic of Skill Centres. Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development), Julia chat about the following: Understanding the Childs needs and Skill Centres The myths around Skill Centres The early success stories on Skill Centres Challenges & solutions with Skill Centres For information on Skill Centres contact Julia: grassroots@soccerns.ca We are also giving away 8 Wanderers tickets to a suite for the September 28th game. To win predict the scores of the next four games and tweet @SNS_You_Beauty: July 1st - vs Edmonton July 6th - vs York FC July 10th - vs Ottawa Fury July 13th - vs Calgary FC

Season 3 Episode 6 (S3Ep6) is with UDFC staff: Adam Miller (Director of Soccer), Mesut Mert (Director of Performance) & Zach Bauld (Director of Skill Centres). Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development), Nino Kovacevic (Strategic Development Manager) & the UDFC staff chat about the following: UDFC's first year reflection Creating club culture away from soccer The removal of tryouts The adoption of Skill Centres The initial interaction with Canada Soccer Club Licence

Season 3 Episode 5 (S3Ep5) is with Jason deVos (Canada Soccer Director of Development). Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) & Jason chat about the following: Canada Soccer Strategic Plan 2019-2021 Coach Education Club Licence Standards Based Performance Leagues And more *Quality of the call occasionally drops

Season 3 Episode 4 (S3Ep4) is with Julia Burton(Grassroots Development). Listen to Mike Whyatt (Soccer Nova Scotia Director of Development) & Julia chat about the following: Experience & learnings to date working in Grassroots Soccer The biggest threat to grassroots soccer Priorities to develop grassroots soccer at the club level Navigating the soccer profession as a female And more