Gold Medalist & Australian Sports Medal Recipient Nick Such | 43

Australia’s Wheelchair High Performance Coach & Gold Medalist Nick Such Joins The Searchers Podcast. Nick is a highly successful coach that has been around basketball as a player and on the managerial side for decades. He has now dedicated his time to developing high performance athletes through Basketball Australia‘s Wheelchair Basketball Programs. He was a part of the men’s and women’s 2022 Commonwealth Games Campaign in Birmingham where they brought home the Gold and a Silver medal. The goal is to bring awareness to Australia’s most successful sports program, and get more coverage for these professional athletes who put in the same amount of effort as other heralded athletes. This was a great episode and we want to thank Nick for joining us and sharing his story and as well as educating us. We look forward to having Nick come back and keep up updated on their future campaigns. Timestamps: (1:58) - Nick tells us what he does (2:30) - How he got into coaching high level wheelchair basketball (7:09) - Australia’s first time in 3x3 international wheelchair basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham (10:49) - Nick speaks on the view on coaching professional athletes with a disability (15:00) - The challenges with making team selections (20:26) - Kirron & Nick speak on the challenges of coaching kids today & social media’s impact (24:14) - Instant Gratification Today (37:37) - Psychological abuse in coaching back in the day! (41:05) - The Search: The meaning of life, what basketball means to Nick, and what he’s searching for? (46:23) - What is Kirron searching for? (48:08) - What is Atem searching for? HOW TO SUPPORT ✅ FOLLOW 👍🏿 @atem_malaat @kirronbyrbe @whosrabko @davidpasquale on instagram and @mbkdigital TIKTOK @thesearcherspodcast tiktok ALSO LIKE 👍🏿 AND COMMENT YOUR THOUGHTS TALK TO US… SUBSCRIBE‼️ ((()TURN ON ALL NOTIFICATIONS)))) ALSO SHARE 🗣 ON SOCIALS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN REAL LIFE. ALSO IF YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SUPPORT AND HELP US CREATE MORE CONTENT SUBSCRIBE TO ‘THE SEARCHERS PODCAST PATREON’ - We’re going to be releasing more exclusive episodes on the patreon, where the supporters get a say in what type of content we do, possible and extra episode a week, interviews, calls, lives. If you’re proud to support join the Searchers Community LINK BELOW Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator Other links: Spotify - https://spotify.link/X1qoEuVnXDb Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-searchers-podcast/id1656166965 Basketball Australia Wheelchair Basketball - https://www.australia.basketball/get-involved/play/wheelchair-basketball International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - https://iwbf.org/australia-team/