#13 - Ken Lynch, The HPAD Guru

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Today I welcome an old mentor of mine (of sorts), Ken Lynch to the show.

One of my roles at NZF was the HPAD (High Performance Athlete Development) Manager, where I reported into Ken, in his role at HPSNZ as the National HPAD Manager.

Prior to his time in NZ, Ken worked at the Ireland Institute of Sport Head as well as the Olympic Team Manager for Triathlon Ireland at the London Olympics.

Ken has since moved across the ditch and is now the National Performance Pathway Manager for Australian Sailing.

Unlike traditional guests of the pod, Ken offers a unique insight across the systems, pathways and components of our “transitioning athlete”, which is another way of saying the HPAD space.

Administrator / Coach:

• Ireland Institute of Sport - Personal Performance & Head of Talent Development
• Olympic Team Manager London Olympics (Triathlon Ireland)
• HPSNZ – HPAD National Manager
• 2013-2020
• Australian Sailing - National Performance Pathway Manager 2020 – Present
• AIS Consultant – Elevate Lead – Athlete and Coach Development streams

Chapters -

1.10 Gareth & Ken’s origin story & defining HPAD

6.14 Team vs Individual Sports

8.20 The Irish Olympic Experience

11.00 High Performance Sport NZ

22.20 How to do a GAP analysis

25.50 Key components of a HPAD system

36.50 Advice to HPAD athletes

45.40 Coaches at the HPAD level need to be getting this right...

57.40 Things parents of HPAD athletes can do more of this

1.24.54 Rapid Fire Questions

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