Former coastal basketballer, teacher, avid traveller and current North West Thunder coach. Nick Haywood joins the pod to talk about mental health, supporting your mates and the programs the Thunder have implemented into their system to check in and care for one another. It quickly becomes apparent that this coach is about more than xs and os, wins and losses he wants to make sure everyone he comes into contact with through life and basketball become better humans and better at their own self care. We talk about his basketball career, his love for the outdoors and travelling, the importance of mates and relationships, his dedication to coaching, family and getting the most out of life and why it’s so important to check in with each other. I was also honoured to be able to chat about some defining moments in his life including the death of his father and a young Thunder player and how this affected him and the team as a whole.
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