This episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" begins a series focused on the "Summer Olympic Games of 2024" hosted by Paris, France. For Canadians who follow the inevitable myriad story lines, those games began with what can only be described as a national embarrassment. It involves the Canadian Women's Football (soccer) Team and more specifically, its head coach and some coaching assistants. I talk about what happened and suggest a bright spot in the darkness of the incident from which your team can take a lesson. But the bulk of this episode is a rant by "The Restless Ranter" who makes his views known on the obsession with Olympic medals. He not only pulls back the curtain on the negative aspects of those medals but to his credit offers solutions.

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" I dig into my coaching manual ("A Pane In The Glass: A Coach's Companion") for two articles. The first is entitled "Right Off" and the second "It's About Time"! I end this episode with another musical happy thought I think you will find uplifting!

In this episode of "A Pane In The Glass Podcast" the subject is "foam density" underneath the yellow stuff. World Curling came out with a directive on the matter late last month. If you didn't see it somewhere, I begin with an audio version of that directive before I call upon my friend Eugene Hritzuk (who has joined me on the podcast a few times when the topic has been brushing) to put it all into plain English. Check the "chapter markers" if you wish to go straight to the discussion I have with Eugene. The episode concludes with a visit from "The Restless Ranter"!