Sports Business Mind: Recent Episodes
R Sasikumar
This is a podcast where we tell the untold stories of Sports entrepreneurs making an impact in the World through their sports coaching business.
In this episode, I speak to TJ Kostecky a highly experienced soccer coach who developed a game-changing training programme called Vision Training Soccer. TJ has traveled the world to preach his methodology and on this podcast, he shares his journey on how he started the business and his ambition to take the brand global.
BJ Mumford, founder of Play Practice Basketball was a guest on episode #2 and he started working with me after the podcast realizing that he has a gap in his business that needs fixing.
I invited him back on the podcast to share his journey of going from around $3k a month in revenue which wasn't consistent to now forecasting to do $500k in revenue next year. What was the major shift?
BJ shares how the Sports Business Mentorship programme has completely changed his life and business.
This is an episode you don't want to miss!
In this episode. I speak to Graham Wilson, truly an Englishman in New York about his consultancy business that he started during the pandemic with the hope of helping US college athletes find opportunities to study and play in Europe.
Graham is the founder of Hoops Career and he shares his journey as an entrepreneur and what he aims to achieve with his start-up.
In this episode, I speak to Antonios Assaad, a former professional soccer player turned sports entrepreneur who took his passion for the sport and turned it into a business.
Antonios is the founder of Ape Mode Fitness based in Canada, talks about how he started the business after coming back from the Middle East and his ambition to take his brand global.
In this episode, we travel to Italy to speak to Christian Narciso, a professional and youth player development basketball coach.
Christian explains how he moved back home to his native Sardinia to set up "Lockdown with coach Christian." An online programme that is helping basketball players all across the World to stay fit and mentally focused during these difficult moments.
He also explains why he incorporates mental training as part of his programme and what he plans to achieve with his basketball coaching business.
In this episode, I speak to Mark Pedreiras a former collegiate soccer player who turned pro and spent time playing in the Portuguese league before returning home to the US to take up coaching.
Mark holds the USSF coaching license and started AMP Futbol training and talks about the highs and lows of starting a soccer coaching business and dealing with the pandemic.
In this episode, we go all the way to Sri Lanka to speak to Thaabit Ahmed, a passionate soccer player who started a soccer school business called TAFA in 2009. He talks passionately about how he started his business with just 5 students and since then it has grown to support the football development of over 200 children annually aged between 3 - 18.
Thaabit talks about the challenges he faced as an entrepreneur to launch and grow his soccer business.
In this episode, I speak to Richard Bucciarelli, Founder, and CEO of Soccer Fitness based in Canada. Richard has conducted more fitness assessments on youth soccer players than anyone else in Canada over the past 15 years.
He talks to me about how he started his business and the challenges he faced early on and how he markets his business to continuously recruit new clients.
In this episode, I speak to Basketball entrepreneur BJ Mumford of Play-Practise basketball. BJ Mumford has been working with players and coaches from elementary school to the pro’s around the world including the USA, South America, and the Caribbean since 2005.
He holds a B.S.S in Coaching from the United States Sports Academy, and a FIBA license and USA Basketball Gold license, as well as a TAGteach level 2 certification.
He talks to me about how he started the business, the challenges he faced, and how he intends to grow his business.
In this episode, I interview Felicia Mycyk, who lives and breathes her purpose of elevating others by amplifying the leader within them. She offers motivational speaking, consulting, or coaching services that utilize fundamental sport coaching techniques to help individuals, teams, and corporate clients reach an unprecedented level of self-leadership; empowering them to lead themselves and lead others.