HeyJaredPlatform Podcast
Platform Sports Management assists secondary student-athletes in gaining USA college sports scholarships. Platform Sports Management works directly with professional coaches, academies and schools in both New Zealand and Australia.
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Ben Sippola, Head Coach of Auckland United and Former MLS Player, on Why Character Beats Talent Every Time (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to maximise your potential as a young footballer? Ben Sippola has thought about this question for most of his adult life. A former Division I player at Butler University, MLS draft pick, and professional footballer in Sweden, Ben is now head coach of Auckland United's men's first team and one of the most experienced voices in New Zealand on the U.S. college recruitment pathway. In this episode he shares the three Cs framework every coach uses, the Kyle Adams story that
Three Years, One Degree, and a Shot at the MLR Draft. What the U.S. College Rugby Pathway Did for Logan Wild. (opens the original)
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Logan Wild was a teenager at Massey High School in Auckland when he came across a clip of American college rugby on Instagram. He had no idea what the pathway involved, no frame of reference for what he was walking into, and no guarantee it would work out. Three years later, he graduated from Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland with a degree and a clear answer: he would do it all again. In this episode, Logan talks through what college rugby actually looks like from the inside. The coaching
The Coach on the Other Side of the Desk: What a Division II National Championship Coach Actually Looks for When He Recruits (opens the original)
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The Coach on the Other Side of the Desk: What Franklin Pierce's Diego Thielen Looks for in International Recruits Most content about the U.S. college recruitment process is written from the outside. This one is not. Diego Thielen is the head coach of Franklin Pierce University's men's soccer programme in Rindge, New Hampshire, a Division II programme that has won back-to-back national championships in 2022 and 2023. He receives around 180 emails in a single week during peak recruitment periods.
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