BEYOND THE GAME
BEYOND THE GAME
Podcast Description
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world of high performance sport.
Hosted by Paul Cahill and Jonny Holland, each episode examines the success and the struggles—revealing lessons learned along the way that have allowed our guests find success within their professional and personal lives.
Expect conversations and applicable learnings on:
Resilience – Overcoming setbacks & staying mentally strong
Mindset – The psychology behind peak performance
Leadership – Lessons from sport that apply to business & life
Winning Habits – The routines & discipline that drive success
The principles and tools of leadership, resilience, and high performance don’t just belong in sport—they belong everywhere.
New episodes every fortnight. Listen, learn, and level up.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on key themes such as resilience, mindset, leadership, and winning habits. For example, Episode 1 features Simon Zebo discussing the transferable skills from rugby to business, while Episode 2 with Patrick Horgan reveals insights into mental toughness and motivation, demonstrating how these principles apply beyond the realm of sports.
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world of high performance sport.
Hosted by Paul Cahill and Jonny Holland, each episode examines the success and the struggles—revealing lessons learned along the way that have allowed our guests find success within their professional and personal lives.
Expect conversations and applicable learnings on:
Resilience – Overcoming setbacks & staying mentally strong
Mindset – The psychology behind peak performance
Leadership – Lessons from sport that apply to business & life
Winning Habits – The routines & discipline that drive success
The principles and tools of leadership, resilience, and high performance don’t just belong in sport—they belong everywhere.
New episodes every fortnight. Listen, learn, and level up.
What does it take to perform under pressure – live, unscripted, for decades?
In this episode of Beyond The Game, we sit down with legendary Irish sports broadcaster Ger Canning – a voice synonymous with some of the most iconic moments in Irish sport.
Across four decades behind the microphone, Ger has commentated on All-Ireland finals, Olympic Games, World Cups and historic sporting milestones. But beyond the big calls and famous phrases lies a masterclass in preparation, resilience, focus, and high-performance communication.
From managing pressure in live broadcasting to sustaining excellence over a lifetime in sport, Ger shares the mindset, habits and leadership lessons that have allowed him to stay sharp, relevant and energised in an ever-evolving media landscape.
This is a conversation about composure in chaos, longevity in performance, and the power of storytelling to connect, inspire and lead.
Topics Covered:
Performing under pressure in live, high-stakes environments
The preparation habits behind confident communication
Lessons in resilience from decades in elite sport
Leadership, observation & reading momentum
Adapting to change in a rapidly evolving media world
Purpose, legacy & what truly matters beyond the big moments
Whether you’re a leader, communicator, coach, entrepreneur, or sports fan, this episode is packed with practical insights on resilience, high performance and the mindset required to sustain excellence over time.
For powerful conversations with athletes, coaches and leaders from the world of high-performance sport and the lessons that apply far beyond the game – listen and subscribe to Beyond The Game on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & all major platforms.
Sound and post production by Elaine Smith –Elaine Smith on Linked In
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