My special guest is Jamie Dwyer. Jamie is a legend of World Hockey with his stellar career including being the most capped Kookaburra of all time with 365 appearances. He won 3 Olympic medals including a Gold in 2004, 2 World Cup Golds, 3 Commonwealth Golds, 6 Champion Trophy Golds and was remarkably World Hockey Player of the Year on 5 occasions.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:30 – Welcome Jamie Dwyer
4:06 – A room for his accomplishments
4:52 – Origins in Rockhampton
5:45 – Family love of Hockey
6:45 – His children getting involved in the game
7:50 – Pathways and the love of the game
8:51 – Picking up the stick at 4 and developing as a player
9:40 – Childhood heroes
12:00 – The advantage of playing on grass & developing hand eye co-ordination
13:40 – The 10,000 hour rule
15:18 – Making up a lack of size
17:00 – Meeting Mark Knowles & Mark marrying his sister
18:37 – Family representation
19:23 – Taking the chance to move to Brisbane
22:00 – Being selected to train and move to Perth
22:45 – Feedback on development
26:33 – Being presented his first jersey by David Wansbrough
27:40 – Reason behind being the number 1
30:06 – Missing a sitter in his international debut
32:10 – Sydney Olympics and the transition into the team
33:17 – Goal setting
34:52 – Tearing his ACL
38:40 – Making the 2004 Olympic Team
40:00 – Dealing with expectation and pressure
43:15 – The strength of the Dutch
45:23 – The Golden Goal to take the Gold
48:10 – Post final celebrations
50:20 – Achieving the ultimate and the difference in motivation
54:22 – Being World Player of the Year 5 times
57:29 – Leadership and responsibility
1:00:51 – Being dropped in 2014
1:02:00 – Ric Charlesworth
1:04:00 – The comeback
1:06:28 – Toughest opponent
1:07:09 – Favourite venue
1:08:05 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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