#026 Off the Pitch with Active: Interview with Joey Peters, 3 World Cup & one Olympic Games with Matilda’s & founder of Game-Play-Learn

Hall of Famer & mother of 8, Joey Peters has 110 caps for
Matilda’s, including 3 World Cups (’99, ’03 & ’07) & One
Olympic Games (2004) and she scored 28 goals for the
Matilda’s. 


She played in USA, Brazil, and my birth country Sweden


Retired from pro football ’09 and continued as a Development
Coach for International Football School for 6 years on the
Central Coast


Joey study at AIS, she has FFA/FIFA A-Lic and you see her on SBS
as a football analyst.


But in this podcast, we discuss the important work she does with
Game Play Learn. “Design the game-Let them play-Watch them learn


60:25   min episode Overview:


02:15   In the introduction, Joey Peters talks about
how the professional background, she played in, didn’t work for
her as a coach. After frustration and stress, she saw the light
and developed Game Play Learn, a model based on Swedish Spela
Leka Lär 10:15        
Needed to change the way she coached to be more “chilled” and let
them have more fun and focus more on the enjoyment. Suddenly, she
observed a great development in kids.


16:45 She discovered being a Facilitator rather than a Coach
which was better for the athletes.


28:20   Joey explains the Game Play Learn model and the
Game Play Learn courses with the online community?


47:05   Joey provides some ideas on how a coach can
implement aspects of Game Play Learn without changing their club
curriculum?


53:25   In closing Joey believes that even after, 3
World Cup and one Olympic Games, including playing professionally
in Brazil, USA & Sweden, she would still use the Game Play
Learn model if she coached the Mathilda’s.


Contact:


Website: http://www.gameplaylearn.net/


Twitter: @_gameplaylearn


@joeypeters10


Facebook: @gameplaylearn


Instagram: @gameplaylearn