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        <description><![CDATA[Please join us each week to learn about the secrets of world class performance and how to improve your game while living a virtuous life! Learn to "double" your talents from this 30-minute mix of pro-athlete interviews, practical-detailed sports performance and faith]]></description>
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The Playing With Fire podcast is hosted by Dr. Bill Thierfelder, the 6ft. 8in. President of Belmont Abbey College. As a former two-time All-American and NCAA Division I coach, he clearly knows HOW to bring out your best, and with his doctorate in Sport Psychology and Human Movement, he can also explain WHY it works.

MORE ABOUT DR. BILL

Dr. Bill Thierfelder is currently President of Belmont Abbey College and creator of SPD (Sport Properly Directed) - Reclaim the Game and the Playing With Fire podcast and blog.
Prior to his appointment as President of Belmont Abbey College, Dr. Thierfelder, successfully lead and transitioned fitness legend, York Barbell Company from a manufacturer to a solutions-based partner, providing sales, marketing, product development and logistical services to mass merchants and major sporting goods retailers throughout the United States and Europe.

Dr. Thierfelder was also a principal in Joyner Sports Medicine Institute, a physical therapy corporation he helped conceptualize, found and develop. After positioning Joyner as a premier provider of physical therapy services, he was instrumental in negotiating the sale of the company to NovaCare, Inc., the nation’s second largest provider of outpatient physical therapy. As NovaCare's National Director of Sports Science he created, directed and co-chaired one of the largest and most successful sports medicine and physical rehabilitation conferences in the United States.

He has also served as Executive Director of the Player Management Group, a sports representation company that provided contract negotiation, financial management, legal, career planning and sports medicine services to professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. Dr. Thierfelder has also helped thousands of athletes including over a hundred at the Olympic and professional levels achieve dramatic improvements in their athletic performances.

Dr. Thierfelder received his masters and doctoral degrees in Sports Psychology and Human Movement from Boston University. He is a licensed psychologist, a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychological Specialties and certified by the American College of Sports Medicine. He is also a member of the United States Olympic Committee's Sport Psychology Registry. He is a former NCAA Division I Coach, National Champion and a two-time All-American from the University of Maryland. He participated in the 1980 United States Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, and was a medalist at the 1981 U.S. Track and Field Indoor National Championship.

Throughout his career, Dr. Thierfelder has delivered hundreds of presentations, both live, and on camera, regarding topics related to athletics, sports science and medicine, and business. Dr. Thierfelder currently lives just outside of Charlotte, NC with his wife, Mary, and their ten children.
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"&gt;Keep running or keep virtue? Dr. Bill reviews @RunTheSahara PLUS Skills &amp;amp; Drills: In the hole with your eyes shut?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dr. Bill comments on @HistoryChannel "Top Shot" for improving your game and gives tips on a better sprint!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"&gt;Dr. Thierfelder and guests discuss the NCAA &amp;ldquo;death penalty.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; Too harsh? What&amp;rsquo;s its role?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"&gt;Are sports about image or ability? Encore segments, including "Dr. Bill interviews Sal Bando"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d;"&gt;Encore show including Dr. Bill&amp;rsquo;s interview of former NFL player Chris Godfrey of Life Athletes &lt;a href="http://www.lifeathletes.org/" target="_blank"&gt;www.lifeathletes.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"&gt;Dr. Thierfelder featured on Relevant Radio to talk about sport, virtue, and our children&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s going on with Plaxico Burress? And how Belmont Abbey sport management students can change the culture of sport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;Dr. Thierfelder shows how &amp;ldquo;PTASE&amp;rdquo; can help improve your game, followed by a discussion on the NFL lockout and capitalism!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; color: #000000;"&gt;Dr. Thierfelder is interviewed by Sr. Marie Pappas on the role of Catholic higher education on her show on Sirius Catholic Channel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <title><![CDATA[199 - Playing with Fire]]></title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dr. Thierfelder is guest to Stephen Peroutka's "Face the Truth- Coast to Coast" on National Pro-Life Radio where he discusses Catholic intellectual tradition and Belmont Abbey College.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <title><![CDATA[198 - Playing with Fire]]></title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dr. Thierfelder interviews new BAC men&amp;rsquo;s soccer coach John Keating; reflects on other athletes who exhibit excellence and virtue in their sport; and invites athletes with the same values to consider the Abbey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <title><![CDATA[197 - Playing with Fire]]></title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; color: #000000;"&gt;This week, Dr. Thierfelder begins to examine the role of virtue in the public square, focusing on an aspect of Belmont Abbey College mission: to train students to become responsible citizens.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"&gt;This week, Dr. Thierfelder reflects on being honored in the Sports Faith International Hall of Fame and the role of college in forming young people in virtue and excellence. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <title><![CDATA[194 - Playing with Fire]]></title>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;This week, Dr. Thierfelder rebroadcasts his appearance on Relevant Radio with Fr. Rocky Hoffman on defending the Catholicity of the Belmont Abbey College&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #1f497d;"&gt;In a shorter  episode of &amp;ldquo;Playing with Fire&amp;rdquo; this week, Dr. Thierfelder takes a look  at March Madness, the beauty of the game, and examines the virtues of  sportsmanship over winning at all costs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;This week on Playing with Fire, Dr. Bill Thierfelder presents part 2 of  his talk entitled "Holy Daring: Fearless trust in the public sector  given Atlanta, GA in Fall of 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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