Coaching Research to Results Podcast
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Season 1

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Paper

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Ep. 1

The Face Scorecard: How Your Emotional Expressions Shape Team Performance Before You Speak

The Mood Mirror; The Face Scorecard; The Happiness Advantage

van Kleef et al. (2019)

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Ep. 2

Two Smiles, Two Bodies: What Your Face Does to Your Athletes

Two Smiles, Two Bodies; The Mood Thief; The Silent Signal

Furley & Thrien (2024)

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Ep. 3

Bottle vs. Reframe: The Emotion Regulation Science Coaches Keep Getting Wrong

Bottle vs. Reframe; The Three-Step Check; The Emotional Toolbox

Gross (2015)

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Ep. 4

The Armour Paradox: What Serial-Winning Coaches Know About Self-Compassion

The Armour Paradox; The Rumination Tax; The Early Seed Effect

Hägglund et al. (2025)

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Ep. 5

One Size Fits No One: Why Mental Health Literacy Has to Match the Athlete in Front of You

The Cultural Blind Spot; The Invisible Athletes; Don’t Leave It at the Athlete’s Door

Gorczynski et al. (2021)

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Ep. 6

Season Finale Interview: Connecting the Dots (with Dr. Sasha Gollish)

Conversation across all five themes and more

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Season 2

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Title

Big Ideas

Paper

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Ep. 1

Championship Habits

Championship Habits;

Be the Thermostat, Not the Thermometer; Introspection

Donoso-Morales, D., Bloom, G. A., & Caron, J. G. (2017)

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Ep. 2

When Winning Hides the Cracks

Performance Masking;
The Relationship Register; Surviving Before Thriving

Fraser, M. M., Bloom, G. A., & Mallett, C. J. (2024)

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Ep. 3

Start With Me

Start With Me;
Winning Hides the Cracks; Culture Before Trophies

Fraser, M. M., Bloom, G. A., & Mallett, C. J. (2025)

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Ep. 4

The Culture IS the Training Plan

The Current Effect;
Structure IS Culture;
Performance Beyond the Podium

Walinga, J., Obee, P., & Cyr, D. (2021)

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Ep. 5

The Captain Advantage

Yes, But…Small; The Captain Advantage; The Authentic Edge

Clare, C., Hardy, J., Roberts, R., Tod, D., & Benson, A. (2025)

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Ep. 6

That’s How We Do Things Around Here

The Coach Lays the Foundation; The Leaders Hold the Climate; The Two-Storey Building

Zimmermann, J., Vealey, R.S., & Myers, N.D. (2024)

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Ep. 7

The Whole Coach

The Whole Coach;
Trickle-Down Culture; The Safety Gap

Ingram, B.M., Kossman, M.K., Vander Vegt, C. B., McGill, C.A. & Register-Mihalik, J.K. (2024)

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Ep. 8

Season Finale Interview: Culture (with Jocelyn Barrieau, Canadian Women’s Rugby 7s Head Coach)

Conversation across all seven paper and more

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Season 3

Episode

Title

Big Ideas

Paper

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Ep. 1

The “Why Before the How” Effect

The “Why Before the How” Effect; Effect Size Grows with the Learner; The Real game is the Teacher

González-Valero, G., Ubago-Jiménez, J. L., Melguizo-Ibáñez, E., & Fernández-García, R (2024)

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Ep. 2

The Environment is the Lesson Plan

The Environment is the Lesson Plan; Right Tool for Right Size; Keep the Wiring Intact

Davids, K., Araújo, D., Shuttleworth, R., & Button, C. (2003)

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Ep. 3

The Missing Manual for Constraint Design

The Missing Manual for Constraint Design; Noice or Signal?; Bad Habit in a Good Disguise

Kennedy, A., & O’Brien, K. A. (2024)

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Ep. 4

Play the Whole Game

Play the Whole Game; The Cook or the Recipe Follower; The Junction Box

Castro, J., & Morgan, K. (2025)

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Ep. 5

Fat Questions, Skinny Answers

The Skinny 2-7%; Fat Questions; Six Ps for Thinking

Harvey, S., & Light, R. L. (2015)

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Ep. 6

The Look-Away Effect

The Look-Away Effect; The Dopamine Dividend; The Micro-Autonomy Effect

Wulf, G., & Lewthwaite, R. (2016)

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Ep. 7

Praise is Not Feedback

Praise is Not Feedback; The Information Gap; Winning Unlocks the Good Stuff

Corbett, R., Partington, M., Ryan, L., & Cope, E.(2024)

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Ep. 8

Season Finale Interview: Tom Hartley – On coach development and practice session design strategies

Conversation across all seven papers and more

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