#19 Grant Elliott - The Journey of Discovering the Silver Bullet - a podcast by Logan van Beek

from 2020-08-11T09:38:19

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In this episode, Grant with host van Beek discuss his journey:

Chapters

  • Childhood/Growing up in South Africa/Key Moments (5:26)
  • The moment Grant believed he could do Cricket as a career? (12:29)
  • Advice for 20 year old Grant Elliott (14:15)
  • Grant wishing he set his Goals higher (17:30)
  • Moving to New Zealand – starting at zero again (19:28)
  • 2001 to 2007 - How was the mindset and were there any key moments that influenced Grant as a cricketer (23:57)
  • Learning from Negative experiences (30:16)
  • 'Never been so nervous in my life' - Making his Test Debut for the Blackcaps (34:34)
  • Common piece of advice - "Enjoy what you do" - How did you go about 'enjoying' Cricket (39:30)
  • Amazing start to Blackcaps career - to fighting fitness/form and out of the mix (43:34)
  • The disappointment of missing out on the 2011 World Cup Squad… “I was ready to pack it in” (47:34)
  • Fulfilling a boyhood dream - Named in the 2015 World Cup Squad (50:58)
  • ‘The Grant Elliott moment’ - The 2015 World Cup Semi-Final vs South Africa (56:36)
  • ‘The Dale Steyn handshake’ - a great sportsmanship image (1:02:32)
  • Going into big moments ‘feeling calm’ - the tools Grant learnt (1:04:12)
  • What would you and the Team do differently going into that Final (1:06:57)
  • How do you train mentally to be able to perform in those high pressured moments? (1:08:29)
  • Keys for a High Performing team – Good or Toxic behaviours? (1:11:53)
  • Key features from the best leaders Grant has been around? (1:16:18)
  • What were the last few years of your career like after that epic World Cup moment? – Playing the different T20 competitions around the world (1:19:30)
  • Career transitioning - advice for current professional sportspeople (1:22:29)
  • Where is Grant Elliott in 10 years time? (1:26:09)

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