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In episode 4 of Coaching Crossover we welcome Giovanni Guidetti and Greg Hamilton, two coaches who are guiding Canadian programs to their biggest stages in sport.

Greg Hamilton - Director & General Manager, Canada‘s Senior National Baseball Team

Greg Hamilton has been a national team coach with Baseball Canada for over 30 years, working with the Junior National Team since 1999. He’s won two WBSC U18 Baseball World Cup bronze medals with the program and one silver. His group has also won three Pan Am Games medals, including gold in 2011 and 2015, two Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 and all four World Baseball Classic events.

Giovanni Guidetti - Head Coach, Canada’s Women’s Senior National Volleyball Team

Giovanni Guidetti is the coach of Canada’s women’s national volleyball team. He’s also been the coach of a club team in Turkey since 2008. At the national level he has coached in Bulgaria, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, Serbia, and now in Canada, hoping to get the women’s team to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Under the leadership of Guidetti the Turkish National Team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the team reached the quarter finals for the first time in Olympic history. He also served as Italy’s vice coach in the 1998 World Championships in Japan and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia.

Today we’ll talk about the differences in athlete development between Canada and other countries, coaching with empathy, and identifying young talent and building team chemistry.