Podcast appearances and mentions of John Kessel

Tear into tacos with Richard Butner as we discuss the early influence of Harlan Ellison, the time he went through the same trapdoor as Harry Houdini, which creative career he decided at age nine he was already too old to pursue, the paragraph from his recent collection I adored the most, the ways in which setting can be a character, why he defines his writerly self as being neither gardener nor architect but explorer, how he's attracted to writing about the type of  characters Bruce Sterling once described as "criminally unemotional," what ambiguity truly means and why it matters, how meeting John Kessel changed his life, and much more.

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Here's the audio from the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading, with John Kessel & Caitlin Rozakis, recorded on July 9th, 2025, live at the KGB Bar. We need your help to stay funded! Support the reading series by clicking here!​​​​​​​... Continue Reading →

Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel. As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe. He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space.Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel. As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe. He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame. John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Main fiction: "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" by John KesselBorn in Buffalo, NY, novelist and story writer John Kessel is emeritus professor of literature and creative writing at North Carolina State University, where he taught courses on literature and creative writing and helped found the MFA program in creative writing.His fiction has received the Theodore Sturgeon, Locus, James Tiptree Jr./Otherwise, Ignotus, and Shirley Jackson awards, and twice received the Nebula award. The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, was published in 2022, and his The Presidential Papers appeared in PM Press's Outspoken Authors series in 2024. He lives with his wife, the novelist Therese Anne Fowler, in Raleigh.This story originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Sept 1981.Narrated by: Will StaglWill Stagl lives in his adopted home of Tucson Arizona where he is a creative professional by day and proudly recruits talented voice actors for StarShipSofa whenever duty calls. He shares a birthday with Mark Twain, Billy Idol and Winston Churchill, who will all be raising a pint together at the end of this month in celebration. Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What webs we weave, indeed! This episode we attempt to unknot that cross-over of the century - the NINETEENTH century that is - PRIDE AND PROMETHEUS by JOHN KESSEL. Mary Bennet decides to take one last crack at life before resigning herself to spinsterhood and two people wind up dead. That's what happens when you pin your hopes to the saddest Swiss nerd at the ball. Especially when they have the kind of baggage that is super tall, speaks at least three languages, has committed murder in the name of loneliness, and is technically their child. Do the major differences of "Frankenstein" and "Pride and Prejudice" boil down to imagination vs. domesticity? Where is the fascination of sex to be found without love and affection? What can be made of men talking about women talking about men? Trigger warnings - we talk about anatomy, sterilization, murder, and miscarriages in this episode.

Lisa Yaszek, John Kessel, and Robby Soave join us to discuss Robert Heinlein's classic novel Stranger in a Strange Land, about a human being raised by Martians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For 35 years, John Kessel was the Director of Sport Development for USA Volleyball, but his impact on the game is not limited to just those accomplishments. His philosophy of coaching has affected just about every high school, club and university coach. Kessel has conducted coaching clinics in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, while also advocating for Para Volleyball and helping that sport grow.John joins Terry Pettit to discuss the many hats he has worn in promoting volleyball over the years, including his roles at several Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Making Camp Great, Evaluating Your Practice Plan, and John Kessel USA Volleyball 6 on 6 Games Skill: Making camps fun and effective Scenario: How to evaluate your practice The Art of Coaching Volleyball videos we focused on this week: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/camp-warm-up-ship-to-shore/ https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/serving-games-for-youth-camp/ https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/bjerring-tournaments/ Resource: John Kessel's 166 Top Drills https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0096/9745/Top_166_Volleyball_Drills_from_Around_the_World__6.01.08.pdf

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, John Kessel, Cory Doctorow, Jacob Weisman, Rina Weisman, and Karen Brenchley.The episode features commentary from Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, John Kessel, Jacob Weisman, Rena Weisman, Karen Brenchley, Cory Doctorow, and Ramsey Kanaan talking about the role Terry played in creating progressive science fiction community. This is also the final book club episode for Fire on the Mountain, covering through the end of this an alternative history centering around a socialist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution.We're going to talk about Terry for two more weeks here at Our Connected Culture before closing up this season: Next week, we'll be sharing audio of Terry narrating The Left Left Behind, Terry's own contribution to the PM Press Outspoken Authors series he edited, that was shared with us by the publisher. (Thank you again to Ramsey and everyone else over there.) Then at the end of the month will have one last episode of this season to go deeper on Tomorrowing, the collection of Locus columns we talked about briefly today and during our first episode. We're also going to keep our virtual book club going, so you can join us to talk about Tomorrowing in our Discord for a live discussion at 1pm eastern time on May 26th! Tomorrowing was released by Duke University Press and they have also graciously shared a discount code with us for this book club: use E24BSSON to save 30% off the book in their official store. Link to the Discord and more information about our release schedule at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureWe've also created a curated list of related works at bookshop.org/shop/MidMtn, (MidMountain is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will get a small commission to support our work if you purchase from our links)MidMountain is a cooperative production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are. This episode written, reported, and edited by Andy "River" Peterson. Original audio for this episode produced by QRAWN and Big 22 4 Lyfe Productions.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail. More info: midmountain.org/mail

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, and John Kessel.The episode features commentary from Terry himself, Mary Corey, Peter Coyote, Cory Doctorow, Ramsey Kanaan and just a tiny preview of the Science Fiction in San Francisco crew who are going to be the focus of our next episode. We cover up through page 119 of the 2009 PM Press edition of the book and go deep into the revolutionary philosophies that inspired Fire on the Mountain, the work Terry did as part of the above ground radical movement by editing the Committee's newsletter “Death to the Klan,” and his stint in prison to defiance of a Grand Jury subpoena targeting underground activists connected to militant work with the May 19th Communist Movement.We'll also talk about the importance of imagining better futures and building inclusive communities through a virtual book club of Fire on the Mountain, an alternative history centering around a communist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution. Join the bookclub in the MidMountain Discord for a stream covering through the end of the book 1pm ET on May 12, 2024.Link to the Discord and more information about our release schedule at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureWe've also created a curated list of related works at bookshop.org/shop/MidMtn, (MidMountain is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will get a small commission to support our work if you purchase from our links)MidMountain is a cooperative production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are. This episode written, reported, and edited by Andy "River" Peterson. Original audio for this episode produced by QRAWN and Big 22 4 Lyfe Productions.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail. More info: midmountain.org/mail

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, and John Kessel.We'll also talk about the importance of imagining better futures and building inclusive communities through a virtual book club of Fire on the Mountain, an alternative history centering around a communist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution. Join the bookclub in the MidMountain Discord for our first live stream covering the half of the book, through page 119 of the 2009 PM Press edition, at 1pm ET on May 5, 2024.Link to the Discord and more information about our release schedule at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureWe've also created a curated list of related works at bookshop.org/shop/MidMtn, (MidMountain is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will get a small commission to support our work if you purchase from our links)MidMountain is a cooperative production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are. This episode written, reported, and edited by Andy "River" Peterson. Original audio for this episode produced by QRAWN and Big 22 4 Lyfe Productions.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail. More info: midmountain.org/mail

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, and John Kessel.We'll also talk about the importance of imagining better futures and building inclusive communities through a virtual book club of Fire on the Mountain, an alternative history centering around a communist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution. Join the bookclub in the MidMountain Discord for our first live stream covering the half of the book, through page 73 of the 2009 PM Press edition, at 1pm ET on April 28, 2024.Link to the Discord and more information about our release schedule at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureWe've also created a curated list of related works at bookshop.org/shop/MidMtn, (MidMountain is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will get a small commission to support our work if you purchase from our links)MidMountain is a cooperative production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are. This episode written, reported, and edited by Andy "River" Peterson with audio production assistance from Doug Kallmeyer. Original audio for this episode produced by QRAWN and Big 22 4 Lyfe Productions.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail. More info: midmountain.org/mail

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, and John Kessel.We'll also talk about the importance of imagining better futures and building inclusive communities through a virtual book club of Fire on the Mountain, an alternative history centering around a communist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution. Join the bookclub in the MidMountain Discord for our first live stream covering the first quarter of the book at 1pm ET on April 21, 2024.Link to the Discord and more information about our release schedule at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureWe've also created a curated list of related works at bookshop.org/shop/MidMtn, (MidMountain is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will get a small commission to support our work if you purchase from our links)MidMountain is a cooperative production of MidMountain, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, arts collective, and project in constant growth that believes in the power of people to reclaim space and caring for your neighbors — no matter how far away they are. This episode written, reported, and edited by Andy "River" Peterson with audio production assistance from Doug Kallmeyer. Original audio for this episode produced by QRAWN and Big 22 4 Lyfe Productions.You can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail. More info: midmountain.org/mail

In season one of Our Connected Culture we explore how late science fiction author Terry Bisson's lifelong activism was central to how he imagined a better world in his 1988 novel Fire on the Mountain, using previously unreleased and archival audio of Bisson and as well as interviews with friends and comrades including Peter Coyote, Kim Stanley Robinson, Annalee Newitz, Paul Park, Mary Corey, and John Kessel. We will also talk about the importance of imagining better futures and building inclusive communities through a virtual book club of Fire on the Mountain, an alternative history centering around a communist utopia emerging in the U.S. South a hundred years after the success of the Harpers Ferry raid led by John Brown sets off a self-emancipating revolution. Join the bookclub in the MidMountain Discord for our first live stream covering the first quarter of the book at 1pm ET on April 21, 2024. Link and more at midmountain.org/ourconnectedcultureYou can support our work and get postcards of great art for as little as $5 a month by joining MidMountain by Mail! More info: midmountain.org/mail

Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel. As a volleyball player John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe. He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1971 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. It as a coach and administrator though where he has had the most profound impact on the game. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.He is an author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual which is now in its 33rd edition. He has been inducted in the Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame and in 2007 was named a Sport Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport. John consults to other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching and in particular in the youth space. This was one of those interviews which I would classify as a master class. Among the many highlights som that resonated with me were: His view that the player who knows why they are doing something will beat the player who knows how to do something. The power of praise as a coach, and looking for ways to catch people doing the right things and reinforcing those. How one part of a coaches job is to help each individual within the team show competency and this does not necessarily have to be connected to skills required within the team, and how this strengthens the group.And How he defines success as a coach as never being an athletes last coach.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Todd Rogers, Mark Fishman, John Kessel & Joe Rich are American volleyball coaches whose pedigree extends to the highest level of juniors, NCAA, professional indoor and beach volleyball, and the Olympic games (with Rogers winning a gold medal as a player). They are also the founders (and current board members) of "Beach Nation" - dedicated to teaching beach volleyball in a inclusive environment using their own curriculum, one developed by teachers, Olympians, US National Team coaches in a way where they prioritized teaching skill development and not just using drills to teach. 01:18 - The beauty of doubles on a global scale, logistically, strategically, more touches, size mattering less 09:52 - What does "Beach Nation" Bring to the table? 21:20 - developing a curriculum for best practices, process and technique 24:21 - the benefit of inclusiveness, and being open to new ideas 29:55 - Looking for more than just athletes: how does the player behave 38:00 - Interesting places traveled for clinics, and charitable function within the Beach Nation 49:49 - Sharing input with other coaches, player who will remember you years from now 52:27 - Never tell a kid what they can and can not do 59:05 - Not cutting corners on skill set, and the coaches responsibility 1:02:42 - Levels to this 1:07:23 - The skill that juniors learn the quickest, and the skill that is the most difficult 1:11:12 - Lightning rounds, and a fun story at the end NOTE: A little correction - Mark Fishman wanted to give credit and thanks to Trevor Regan (whom he called "Trevor Noah"). Easy fix. Also available on iTunes and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0oBylM7eIxaz5GLRSMiO10?si=d0a260c0efb04fa7 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-178-todd-rogers-mark-fishman-john-kessel-joe-rich/id1472687787?i=1000616390103

John Kessel has long been a favourite of the podcast. We spoke to him in July about his major new retrospective short story collection, The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, so it's no real surprise that he's part of our Advent Calendar.   Today Gary had the pleasure of calling John and chatting about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, and what he's been working on. As always, we thank John for taking the time to talk to us and hope you enjoy the episode.

Thank you for helping us reach 300 episodes of the podcast! To celebrate we will go to one of our earliest guests, and great friend of our work John Kessel. John recently retired from USA Volleyball (USAV), where he had worked since 1985, most recently as the Director of Sport Development. He is one of the most sought after coach educators and speakers in the coach development space. John served as the staff liaison for Disabled Programs, USA Deaf Olympic Teams, Starlings USA, National Parks and Recreation Assoc., the YMCA and over 30 other Affiliated Organizations working with USAV. He was Secretary of the NORCECA Technical and Coaches Commission, and Director of Development for World ParaVolley. He was Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. In 1995, Volleyball Magazine's special Centennial issue named him one of the 50 most important people in the sport in the past 100 years. In 2013 the American Volleyball Coaches Association inducted him as their 60th member of the AVCA Coaches Hall of Fame. Currently John and his wife Lily have opened a retreat center www.PumaHills.com where they host leadership and personal development events in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. In our talk today we discuss how many coaches practice in order to look good at practice, instead of to perform in competition. He also shares some great one liners such as "Fear can be a great motivator but a horrible compass" and our personal favorite when it comes to coaching, "First, do no harm!" BIG NEWS: Save the date, the 2023 Way of Champions Conference will be held August 4-6, 2023 at Colorado Academy in Denver, CO. Click here to learn more, registration will open January 1, and we will be announcing guest speakers and other conference related events soon. Its going to be amazing to be back in person in 2023!  This week's podcast is brought to you by our friends at Sprocket Sports.  Sprocket Sports is a new software platform for youth sports clubs.  There are a lot of these systems out there, but Sprocket provides the full enchilada. They give you all the cool front-end stuff to make your club look good– like websites and marketing tools – AND all the back-end transactions and services to run your business better so you can focus on what really matters – your players and your teams.  Sprocket is built for those clubs looking to thrive, not just survive, in the competitive world of youth sports clubs.  So if you've been looking for a true business partner – not just another app – check them out today at https://sprocketsports.me/CTG. Become a Podcast Champion! This weeks podcast is also sponsored by our Patreon Podcast Champions. Help Support the Podcast and get FREE access to our most popular online courses, a $300 value. If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of our best podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A code to get free access to our online course called “Coaching Mastery,” usually a $97 course, plus four other courses worth over $100, all yours for free for becoming a patron. Other special bonus opportunities that come up time to time Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past four years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions

In this episode, Clarence and Stephen catch up, talk growth with the podcast, how time moves so fast, and getting into the fall festivities with their Halloween plans. Then they sit down with former USA Volleyball director of sport development, the one and only John Kessel (9:02 - 1:30:22). John talks about his coaching philosophy, gives some real life example coaching tips, shares his ideas about the growth of the game, how he "coaches coaches" and so much more!

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Welcome to Bookin's 200th Episode!  Host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary award-winning author John Kessel, who discusses his newest collection The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel, which is published by our friends at Subterranean Press.  Topics of discussion includes the literary scene in North Carolina, Kim Stanley Robinson, birth, education, genre writing vs. non-genre writing, the current state of science-fiction, gatekeeping in the sci-fi community, and much more.  Copies of The Dark Ride can be purchased here from Explore Booksellers.  

John Kessel (@JohnKesselUSAV) is the recently retired Director of Sport Development for USA Volleyball and one of the most sought after coach educators and sport developers in the world. John has been coaching since 1971 at the collegiate level or above, including Women's U.S. Open titles in 1986 & 1987, Disabled Programs, USA Deaf Olympic Teams, Starlings USA, National Parks and Recreation Assoc., the YMCA and over 30 other Affiliated Organizations working with USAV. He was Secretary of the NORCECA Technical and Coaches Commission, and Director of Development for World ParaVolley. He was Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. In 1995, Volleyball Magazine's special Centennial issue named him one of the 50 most important people in the sport in the past 100 years. In 2013 the American Volleyball Coaches Association inducted him as their 60th member of the AVCA Coaches Hall of Fame.. A sought after international lecturer, he has conducted seminars in all 50 states, and in over 50 nations. In our discussion, first released in August 2017, John and John discuss the need for coaches to be vulnerable, adaptable, and always learning. As the opening quote of the podcast says, if your doctor practiced medicine the same way he or she did 5 years ago, it would be malpractice, yet why do so many coaches still coach the way they were coached 20-30 years ago? We discuss teaching through the game, why our parents did not hire a bike riding coach, and so much more. Get ready to take some notes! This week's podcast is brought to you by our friends at Sprocket Sports.  Sprocket Sports is a new software platform for youth sports clubs.  Yeah, there are a lot of these systems out there, but Sprocket provides the full enchilada. They give you all the cool front-end stuff to make your club look good– like websites and marketing tools – AND all the back-end transactions and services to run your business better so you can focus on what really matters – your players and your teams.  Sprocket is built for those clubs looking to thrive, not just survive, in the competitive world of youth sports clubs.  So if you've been looking for a true business partner – not just another app – check them out today at sprocketsports.com. Become a Podcast Champion! This weeks podcast is also sponsored by our Patreon Podcast Champions. Help Support the Podcast and get FREE access to our most popular online courses, a $300 value. If you love the podcast, we would love for you to become a Podcast Champion, (https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions) for as little as a cup of coffee per month (OK, its a Venti Mocha), to help us up the ante and provide even better interviews, better sound, and an overall enhanced experience. Plus, as a $10 per month Podcast Super-Champion, you will have access to never before released and bonus material, including: Downloadable transcripts of our best podcasts, so you don't have to crash your car trying to take notes! A code to get free access to our online course called “Coaching Mastery,” usually a $97 course, plus four other courses worth over $100, all yours for free for becoming a patron. Other special bonus opportunities that come up time to time Access to an online community of coaches like you who are dedicated listeners of the podcast, and will be able to answer your questions and share their coaching experiences. Thank you for all your support these past four years, and a special big thank you to all of you who become part of our inner circle, our patrons, who will enable us to take our podcast to the next level. https://www.patreon.com/wayofchampions

This week we're joined by the distinguished, multiple award-winning John Kessel, whose collection The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel is recently out from Subterranean Press, representing John's four-decade career as an SF writer, teacher, editor, scholar, and workshop leader. We touch upon not only his short fiction, but novels like The Moon and the Other and Pride and Prometheus, his early studies under James Gunn, his thematic anthologies co-edited with James Patrick Kelly, and what really happened in SF during the 1980s. As always, we'd like to thank John for taking the time to talk to us and hope you'll enjoy the episode.

The Dark Ride collects John Kessel's best short fiction, beginning with 1981's “Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!” and ending with 2021's “The Dark Ride.” The stories range from flash pieces to novellas, from comedy to existential horror, from far future SF to Kafkaesque fantasy, including 40,000 words of never-before-collected fiction and extensive author's notes. "Completely strange and idiosyncratic. His stories are singular experiences. ...They burst out of their texts with news that is strange, mysterious, beyond reason or parsing--beyond Kessel himself, it seems, who must have been as startled as anyone to see such sentences appear on his page. They are uncanny." --Kim Stanley Robinson, from his Introduction The Dark Ride collects John Kessel's best short fiction, beginning with 1981's "Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!" and ending with 2021's "The Dark Ride." The stories range from flash pieces to novellas, from comedy to existential horror, from far future SF to Kafkaesque fantasy, including 40,000 words of never-before-collected fiction and extensive author's notes. All his best are here, among them Nebula Award winners "Another Orphan" and "Pride and Prometheus," by the writer Sci-Fi Weekly called "quite possibly the best short story writer working in science fiction today." "...capable of the most artful and rigorous literary composition, but with a mischievious genius that inclines him toward speculative fiction... [Kessel] writes with subtlety and great wit...and his craftmanship is frequently absolutely brilliant. Plus, his sense of comedy is remarkable. --Publishers Weekly Buy the book here:  https://wellingtonsquarebooks.indiecommerce.com/book/9781645240587

In this episode, we explore reasons that coaches use punishment and consequences in their coaching. We are joined by Heidi Anderson, John Kessel, David Cordes and Loren Anderson, who share their thoughts, experiences and learnings.

Interview with special guest, John Kessel! New Quantum Leap, new James T. Kirk, Stacey Abrams is President of Earth, and a major Star Trek convention is coming up in Chicago. We talk at length about the "trolls and tribulations" of Patrick S. Tomlinson, and William Gibson gets poured a cold one.

 In this episode we sit down with Patrick Bringley (an author and expert on Jacob Hays) & Edward Conlon -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Conlon and listen to a reading of “The Importance of Trifles”. Originally published in EQMM, January 1969, as "The Man Who Killed Sailors" Reprinted in Best Detective Stories of the Year : 24th Annual Collection, Ed. Allen J. Hubin (Dutton, 1970) and The Investigations of Avram Davidson in 1999. For more information see www.avramdavidson.com 

In this episode we sit down with John Kessel and listen to a reading of  "Faed-Out".   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_KesselOriginally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1963 .For more information see www.avramdavidson.com    

Season 2 kicks off with a talk with Coach John Kessel. Coach John is an US Volleyball Hall of Fame inductee with over 50 years of coaching men's and women's volley ball at the collegiate, international and Olympic level.Coach Kessel is a strong advocate of specificity and authentic representative practice and empowering athletes through relationships and prioritizing a love for sport. John credits much of the success of US Volleyball to an era that embraced the science of learning and more specifically motor learning for sports. It was a privilege to have a coach I admire and one that influenced my thinking so much on the podcast to share his wisdom.For more of Coach John Interviews, this link provides a collection of many of his interactions over the years. https://www.owltail.com/people/FcUKJ-john-kessel/appearancesLastly, this episode had some sound quality issues due some lost connectivity during our conversation. 

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Episode #65 of The Coaches Network Podcast The guest for this episode is John Kessel. Since 1985 John has been working for the National Governing Body of the sport, USA Volleyball (USAV), now as Director of Sport Development. He currently serves as the staff liaison for Disabled Programs, USA Deaflympic Teams, Starlings USA, National Parks and Recreation Assoc., the YMCA and over 30 other Affiliated Organizations working with USAV. He is Secretary of the NORCECA Technical and Coaches Commission, and Director of Development for World ParaVolley. He was Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal. In 1995, Volleyball Magazine's special Centennial issue named him one of the 50 most important people in the sport in the past 100 years. In 2013 the American Volleyball Coaches Association inducted him as their 60th member of the AVCA Coaches Hall of Fame. John joins CoachYas to discuss a range of his experiences, what the ‘White Belt Menality' is and how we can use this to help us and our athletes develop. Enjoy! Why not become an official member or supporter of The Coaches Network? The Coaches Network is proud to formally reveal our very first Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/TheCoachesNetwork ) membership. This membership consists of monthly donations with a price worth as much as a cup of coffee! Only £3.50 per month! What benefits will there be you say? Click here ( https://www.patreon.com/TheCoachesNetwork ) to find out more. Click here ( https://www.thecoachesnetwork.co.uk/coach-education ) for more information on our upcoming Coach Education Webinars and Mentor Programmes. Enjoy and be sure to subscribe & connect with your host on social media to make your up to date with everything we're doing. Coach Yas ( https://www.thecoachesnetwork.co.uk/coach-yas ) - Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/thecoachesnetwork/ ) - Twitter ( https://twitter.com/thecoachesnet ) - LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-coaches-network/ ) - Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/TheCoachesNetwork ) - Patreon ( https://www.patreon.com/TheCoachesNetwork ) - Podcast ( https://instabio.cc/TheCoachesNetwork ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-coaches-network-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Les habitudes c'est la base ! Met en place des bonnes habitudes pour devenir un super héros. John Kessel disait "Nous faisons d'abord nous habitudes, ensuite elles nous font " Tous est dit

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A new addition to the New York Legion roster for next weekend's VLA Kickoff Classic, outside hitter Cody Kessel (@codykessel) joins the show in anticipation of returning to volleyball in a week. He talks about growing up in Colorado where there's barely any boys' volleyball, having USAV legend John Kessel as a father, taking a gap year between high school and starting at Princeton, switching from opposite to outside hitter as a pro, and playing abroad with a record setting number of Americans on a team. We also get into his long standing connections with Team LVC and what a great opportunity being able to play next weekend is. Great chat with a big name in the USA Volleyball world.

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ANCORA IMPARO with John Kessel – Part 2 Soon to be former Director of Sport Development at USA Volleyball, John Kessel discusses lessons learned throughout his coaching career. In part two we talk more about coaching youth volleyball, how his coaching philosophy has evolved, and we hear from some of his students. Ancora Imparo “Yet, I am learning” spoken by 87-year-old Michelangelo. Gold Medal Squared At Your Fingertips Join GMS+ and gain complete access to the Gold Medal Squared library of Drills, Videos, Skill Courses, and GMS Stats to help you win more! Get started with GMS+ and invest in the success of your program. The post ANCORA IMPARO with John Kessel – Part 2 appeared first on Gold Medal Squared Blog.

ANCORA IMPARO with John Kessel – Part 1 Soon to be former Director of Sport Development at USA Volleyball, John Kessel discusses lessons learned throughout his coaching career including how his practices have changed, coaching kids, and being a life-long learner. He’s an example of the motto Ancora Imparo “Yet, I am learning” spoken by 87-year-old Michelangelo. Gold Medal Squared At Your Fingertips Join GMS+ and gain complete access to the Gold Medal Squared library of Drills, Videos, Skill Courses, and GMS Stats to help you win more! Get started with GMS+ and invest in the success of your program. The post ANCORA IMPARO with John Kessel – Part 1 appeared first on Gold Medal Squared Blog.

Much to the disappointment of the listeners of Coach Your Brains Out and SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, there will be no Anchorman-esc battle between the two podcasts. We're now on the same team. That's right. VolleyballMag.com is now the distributor for both podcasts, which are as similar as they are different, both focusing on the same sport while diving into it in vastly dichotomous angles. Coach Your Brains Out began as many podcasts do: A few friends with a similar interest, an iPhone, and a bit of editing know-how. John Mayer, Billy Allen and Nils Nielsen put an iPhone on a table and just talked about whatever volleyball and coaching topics came to mind. Allen would edit, they'd post, and, as they joke frequently on the show, maybe a few people would even listen.    They enjoyed doing it. Soon, they realized more than a few actually enjoyed listening. The show expanded in every way a podcast could. The audience grew, the technology evolved from one iPhone to a few mics. Guests have been some of the top performers in their respective spaces, including the likes of volleyball legends Phil Dalhausser and Karch Kiraly, authors Joshua Medcalf and James Kerr, and coaches John Kessel and Tom Black, among dozens of others. It isn't just coaching they analyze, but traits and features of high performing individuals and teams, digging into the various recipes for greatness, both physiological and psychological. “Around the time we were starting it we were turned on to ideas like Train Ugly's website, a lot of ideas like motor learning and different ways to teach the game,” Allen said. “That was a lot of what sparked our first couple episode and we were fired up on that. Before we did the podcast it was fun to pick [John's] brain and just talk, that kind of stuff, and now we're still able to do that and get some great coaches from around the world too.” “We try to find people striving for mastery in whatever they do,” Mayer added. “Whatever ways we can find to be our best.” Coach Your Brains Out publishes on Thursdays, typically in 30-minute episodes. 

John Speraw of UCLA, John Kessel of USAV and Kelli Sheffield of Wisconsin headline another TNL

Here's Part Two  of my 2004 novella "The Wreck Of The Godspeed" which was first published in a Science Fiction Book Club anthology called BETWEEN WORLDS.  Our hero starts to settle in for the long journey.  Time:  19:02  File Size: 13.2mb Please don't forget my for pay projects, which help keep this podcast going!  I'm on Audible with two novels new to audio Wildlife  and Look Into the Sun along with the venerable StoryPod collections 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 and over in Digital Printland, there are five issues of Strangeways on Kindle and Nook.   And brand new in fine bookstores (almost) everywhere DIGITAL RAPTURE: THE SINGULARITY ANTHOLOGY edited by yours truly and John Kessel, from Tachyon Publications.