Western Australian Institute of Sport

Is Location Really The Issue?

There is an old saying that if you run away from a problem, you will not solve the problem, you will simply change the location of it. The Kookaburras returned to Australia with a silver medal from the hockey at

More Questions Than Answers

“Leaders are not born. … They are made” is a theory that many will attest to. There are some who take the opposite approach, and believe that “leaders are born and cannot be made.” It was famed American Football Coach

Paying A Price For The Past?

There is nothing sadder than witnessing a once great team unravel. The Australian Women’s Hockey team were the cream of the crop for a long time. Denied the opportunity to play at the 1980 Olympic Games the first in which

Success Should Not Come Down to Medals Alone

“Win or die” was the wording of a telegram allegedly sent by Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to coach of the Italian football team, Vittorio Pozzo, before the 1938 World Cup final. The document never survived and some players have

Podcast #20 – Gymnastics Closure At WAIS and Russia’s Ban Are Under The Spotlight

Not the Footy Show Podcast

It came as a shock to many when the Chief Executive of the Western Australian Institute of Sport, Stephen Lawrence, announced that they were closing down the gymnastics program. On this show we catch up with the woman who set