In this pebble water version of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I deal with an application of "The Aggregation Of Marginal Gains" (from last week's episode) and a topic that almost goes without notice at the start of a curling season, footwear, but not one's curling shoes per se but rather that portion of those shoes that actually touches the ice surface including some sound bites on footwear and brushing by Joanne Courtney. Enjoy!

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In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" we go back to Season 2 Episode 49. In that episode I interviewed Chris Karger, the fifth member of Team Denmark at the 2023 European B Men's Curling Championship. Chris had been a professional football player whose career was cut short due to injury. That's when he decided to take up curling, not recreationally, but competitively, really competitively! I was sitting beside Chris behind a pane in the glass at that event that he shared with me, what I called, "The One Percent Solution" but as your will hear Chris describe it, the "Aggregation of Marginal Gains". Don't be deterred by that phrase, it's really about how your team can become greater than the sum of its parts!

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In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I reprise an article I wrote about the Socratic Method of teaching and instructing . As you might guess from the title of the episode, it's all about asking the right questions as opposed to providing what you as instructor/coach believe to be the right responses! I talk about the best "in game" coaching performance I have ever witnessed (it's in the context of a women's ice hockey game with the world championship on the line). I tell you about a real life experience I had last week with the members of the Forest Lawn Bowling Club but it could have been the Forest Curling Facility. I conclude with my thoughts on the value of a delivery script. Use the chapter markers to return to sections of the episode that have particular value for you!

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In this last of the summer series of episodes in "A Pane In The Glass Podcast", we take a look at the way organizations, (i.e. groups of people with a clear objective) go about achieving that objective. To illustrate what many groups do I recount a well known research project called "The Monkeys And The Bananas". I use a soundbite to demonstrate just how easy it is to do two simple everyday tasks the same way each and every time. I share some basic research on the topic of group decision making and end the episode with a very familiar curling situation where you have the opportunity to employ a tactic that makes your team unpredictable!

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In this Sunspot episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" we're going to play a game and it's about your life, how long you wish it to be and the status of your health as you enjoy longevity. Before that you will hear from some fellow listeners with their reply to the three episode series on "The Culture Of Sport". I have an exciting announcement to share with you regarding wheel chair curling. Enjoy Sunspot #8!

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In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" you will hear the thoughts of other listeners about the last two episodes on the culture of sport and entitlement. You may agree or disagree with what you hear but hopefully, what you hear will make you think!

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As you can see by the title of this episode of "A Pane In the Glass Podcast", it's a continuation of the last episode ("The Culture Of Sport"). If you have not listened to the previous episode, please do so, it will make this one make more sense and the one to follow (which is where I hope you will weigh in on this topic).

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In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I reach into my coaching manual ("A Pane In The Glass: A Coach's Companion") to a piece entitled "The Culture Of Sport". That was back in May of 2008 but the topic is just as relevant today as it was then and will be moving forward.

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