EDUCATION/TRAINING
SPEAKERS
Finn Gunderson
HPSports Director of Sport Education
Finn Gundersen has over 40 years of experience as an educator, teacher, coach, and sport administrator. As a co-founder of the oldest sports academy in the nation, Burke Mountain Academy, he held positions as a teacher, head coach and Headmaster for a total of 25 years.
In his current position, he is the HPSports Director of Sport Education for an elite soccer development program, working with coaches from the grassroots to the professional level. In this capacity, he travels extensively throughout the world attending a wide variety of conferences and seminars, researching the best practices in youth development and coaches education.
John O'Sullivan
Founder, CEO Changing the Game Project
John started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high school, college and professional level. He is the author of the No. 1 bestselling books Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids and Is it Wise to Specialize?
John is an internationally known speaker for coaches, parents and youth sports organizations, and has spoken for TEDx, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, US Lacrosse, IMG Academy, and at numerous other events throughout the US, Canada, Asia and Europe.
When he speaks, John brings to the table a wealth of practical, hands on knowledge garnered through years of working with players and their families on sport specific development, fitness and nutrition, college recruiting, and most importantly, training high-performing athletes by creating a player-centered environment.
Matt Whitcomb
US Cross Country Team - World Cup Coach
SKI RACING MEDIA: The United State’s cross-country team has set the precedent of what it means to be a team, which in sports that revolve around individual success is often hard to find.
After years of hard work by coaches and athletes alike to foster a healthy team culture, the fruits of their labor have shown in their results. For example, at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall teamed-up in the sprint to win the first gold medal for the United States in cross country skiing.
Now, cross country teams across the world want to train with the United States to see exactly how they do it. Coaches and athletes from other teams join in on camps just to observe. U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s initiatives to build a more open, communicative environment across all teams is modeled after the cross country team’s system. So what is it exactly that this team does that others don’t, in order for athletes to prosper?
SSCV STAFF LIBRARY
Thank you for a successful staff training. We had amazing speakers that each recommended books to read. We thought it would be a great idea to start a SSCV Staff Library. We encourage you to take the opportunity read some of these great books.
If you have any books in your own library that you are interested in donating to the SSCV Library, please let us know. If you are interested in signing out one of the books, please see Taryn.
