Sep 29, 2026 · 19 min · 6 segments
In this episode, I reflect on the coaches who influenced me growing up - and the unexpected realisation I had years later as a coach myself. When I started coaching, I thought it was all about me…
Rick WillsmoreHost
What is the memory you have of your first coach? For me, my first private coach, I had a few other group coaches, but I'll start with my first private coach was a gentleman called Peter Broughton.
And Peter had, he traveled around to the Adelaide Hills and he used to coach our McDonald's squad.
For those who remember McDonald's squad, it was basically like a representative squad for your area.
And so at 12 years old, my parents thought it's worth getting some private lessons with Peter.
And look, Peter, the thing that, stands out most for me with peter was every time i saw him he'd be like how are you ricky i was more ricky growing up until probably 21 or two and somehow i transitioned to to more to rick but ricky is you know equally my name um and peter would always and i'm sure he was tight he was a bit older like he would have been in his late 50s at that point uh maybe mid 50s late 50s I'd expect definitely 50s.
I'm not sure what number lesson I was, but it didn't matter what, but he would always have that enthusiastic welcoming to me.
And so admittedly, I would feel good and respond well to that, you know, that positivity.
Now, Peter didn't, I don't think he was the most technical coach, and really he did a lot of feeding, right? A lot of feeding, which was sort of popular at the time, and okay, let's do two forehands cross court, one forehand down the line, et cetera, et cetera, and lots of drills like that.
He could play okay, Peter, but he just, the hitting would only be for a couple of minutes of the lesson.
What is the memory you have of your first coach? For me, my first private coach, I had a few other group coaches, but I'll start with my first private coach was a gentleman called Peter Broughton.
And Peter had, he traveled around to the Adelaide Hills and he used to coach our McDonald's squad.
For those who remember McDonald's squad, it was basically like a representative squad for your area.
And so at 12 years old, my parents thought it's worth getting some private lessons with Peter.
And look, Peter, the thing that, stands out most for me with peter was every time i saw him he'd be like how are you ricky i was more ricky growing up until probably 21 or two and somehow i transitioned to to more to rick but ricky is you know equally my name um and peter would always and i'm sure he was tight he was a bit older like he would have been in his late 50s at that point uh maybe mid 50s late 50s I'd expect definitely 50s.
I'm not sure what number lesson I was, but it didn't matter what, but he would always have that enthusiastic welcoming to me.
And so admittedly, I would feel good and respond well to that, you know, that positivity.
Now, Peter didn't, I don't think he was the most technical coach, and really he did a lot of feeding, right? A lot of feeding, which was sort of popular at the time, and okay, let's do two forehands cross court, one forehand down the line, et cetera, et cetera, and lots of drills like that.
He could play okay, Peter, but he just, the hitting would only be for a couple of minutes of the lesson.
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