A Pane in the Glass Podcast
This podcast is hosted by Bill Tschirhart, a chartered professional coach with Coaches of Canada. It's for coaches, instructors , athletes & parents at all levels of experience & skills. Using articles from Bill's coaching manual ("A Pane in the Glass: A Coach's Companion"), his blog site (truenorthbill.blogspot.com), his 30+ years coaching & instructing athletes, augmented by interviews with highly skilled & experienced experts, the aim of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" to provide a valuable resource of information all the while producing episodes that will entertain the listener.
A Pane in the Glass Podcast
Latest Episodes
The End Of An Era
In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I stop the presses for an announcement by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) that "Hockey Night In Canada" will no longer be bringing Saturday night hockey to television set...
One-On-One With John
In today's episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I talk with American curler John Benton about curling of course but more importantly about an addiction challenge that came ever so close to ending John's life.
Coaching Scholastic Athletes (part 2)
In this second episode of "Coaching Scholastic Athletes" we hear from a Canadian soccer player who played for the Cornhuskers of Nebraska and now plays professionally in Canada for the Ottawa Rapid. Her name is Sadie Waite...
Coaching Scholastic Athletes
In this first of a two episode series, we take a look at coaching scholastic athletes in the United States which is very different from the college athletic programmes in Canada (& perhaps in your part of the world if you are not living in ...
Fan Mail
Hi Bill, Thanks for this most recent show. Senior curler here started in 2019 after retiring. I'd agree it's just so obvious this is a team sport. Here at my club level I can tell you that skip broom placement makes all the difference. Some mustn't be holding it at the right place. There are just some skips that make me look like a million bucks. Same goes for good sweepers and weight calls to the skip. Sometimes the magic can't help but happen. Keep the podcasts coming, Kevin.
Richmond Hill, ON