In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I interview Brian Chick who has authored a hands on workbook which guides a curling team wishing to move its yardsticks down the field by planning for both the anticipated and unexpected.  Brian is a lifelong curler and instructor who has coached at several national & international championships. He has also taught at more than 70 curling camps around the world.  In 2019 he wrote and released "Written In Stone: A Modern History of Curling".  His most recent publication is "Curling Workbook: Team Building & Season Planning ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" we hear from Nolan Thiessen, Curling Canada's Executive Director of Marketing and Fan Experience. He's taking about you, the curling fan who makes your way to the venue to watch elite curling up close & personal. Who thinks about the experience you will have? Well, Nolan does and what he says will amaze you ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass. Podcast" we get to hear the curling world's foremost expert on what it takes to keep a curling facility open and functioning on a day-to-day basis. That person with a unique set of skills and experiences is Danny Lamoureux, the interim CEO of Curling Canada but who for many years was the manager of a thriving curling facility in Canada's capital city affectionally known simply as "The Ottawa" before becoming a staff member for the national sport governing body running national championships and, well, keeping the lights on in curling facilities everywhe ..read more

It's Remembrance Day in Canada. "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" pauses along with thousands of my fellow citizens to remember those who paid the price for the freedoms we enjoy today. They were "The Greatest Generation ..read more

My guest today on "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" is 96 year old Jim Hong from the Cranbrook Curling Centre in British Columbia. Why interview Jim on this episode? This is episode 96 of the podcast!  As you might guess, Jim has a wealth of experience in his long curling career from its start in Alberta to now in Cranbrook where he curls three times per week and only transitioned to the delivery stick three seasons ago.  He has a delightful outlook, not  just on curling, but life in general. I want thank my friend and Hall of Fame curler Pat Sanders for helping set up the connectio ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I take a look at one of the most often used terms in sport but one that is frequently misunderstood or perhaps misused. Culture is the system of beliefs, mores and expectations by the members of a group embodied in a code of conduct/ethics over and above the group's established rules & regulations. The most interesting aspect of the culture of sport is that it can and almost always does change from sport to sport. The same individual might act and react quite differently while participating in one sport as opposed to another. Why is that and ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I share the microphone with Dean Kleiter, coach of Team Kleiter from Canada's wheat province. Dean and I deal with a number of topics, starting where the last episode left off ("Why Teams Lose") with Dean providing an up close and personal view on winning and losing.  We then moved on to Dean's favourite topic, "On Ice Coaching" where he gives an update on this new coaching modality, which led to this question "Would you give up your time outs to be able to speak with your team between every end?".  Well, would you? Dean and I (especia ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I start with that cold bucket of water in the face, "losing" and why many teams get really good at it. It's been said that winning becomes habitual but so does losing. I base my thoughts on one of my favourite sport psychology books, this one by Jame Loehr, "The New Toughness Training For Sports".  In part two of the episode, I provide an antidote of sorts for losing in the form of advice from real life experiences by yours truly.  I leave you with a brief look at why experience plays such a vital role in success ..read more

This is the first time since "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" was born that I'm going to suggest that you listen to a previous episode before listening to this one. The episode to which I refer (S1E11) is by my friend and mentor, Pat B Reid. If you did listen to it, perhaps a revisit will put today's episode into better perspective.  The title of Pat's episode is "Dealing With Two Imposters"!  "The Score Takes Care Of Itself" is a book by the late Hall of Fame NFL coach Bill Walsh. It's about winning and losing. I review the book in this episode with a clear suggestion that you pick up ..read more

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I interview the playwright of "The New Canadian Curling Club" (Mark Crawford). His play takes place over a number of months in a very typical small town curling club/facility in Canada but it could be anywhere in the curling world. The theme is one with which this podcast has dealt on two occasions, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, not only in curling but other activities as well. Go to S1E56 & S1E57 to hear those episodes! Four "new Canadians" (from Syria, India, China & Jamaica) sign up for a "Monday Night Learn To Curl" programme. T ..read more