<p>The man who coached <strong>Dame Jess Ennis-Hill</strong> to Olympic and world titles, <strong>Toni Minichiello</strong> joined us on the show today&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_Toni" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Coach_Toni</a>).</p><p><br></p><p class="ql-indent-1">We discuss about how he&nbsp;<strong>grew up as a immigrant in the UK</strong>, and talk about some of his&nbsp;choices as a young man. With all his success there had been some dark times in Toni's life which we also touched on&nbsp;and reflect on how he develop Ennis-Hill to become an <strong>Olympic champion....</strong></p><p><br></p><p class="ql-indent-1">During NLTV's podcast <strong>'Hidden Greatness' </strong>Minichiello talks about how the track and field <strong>funding system</strong> in the UK is broken and discusses ways in which it can be improved to aid better performances.</p><p><br></p><p class="ql-indent-1">The 2012, UK Coach of the year spoke about why he chose to be a track &amp; field coach, discusses the highs and lows in the sport and blamed himself for the injury which led <strong>Ennis-Hill</strong> to miss out on the <strong>2008 Olympics</strong>......</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>What We Discuss with Toni:</strong></p><ul><li>His decisions to<strong> become a coach</strong> from 19 years old.</li><li>What it was like coaching <strong>Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill</strong></li><li>What it was like being recognised as <strong>one of the nations best coaches</strong>.</li><li>The politics he had with <strong>British Athletics</strong></li><li>How he views the current<strong> state of track and field </strong>Internationally.</li><li>And much more…</li></ul><h3><br></h3><p><br></p><p><a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/5e96f63854d7de3705752238/episodes/www.thehiddengreatness.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thehiddengreatness.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>