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Episode 106 - Jamie Dwyer


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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