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Podcast #87 – The Love of Goalkeeping, Maradona and Do You Have To Be A Certain Height To Be An Elite Athlete?

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We are back with another show and as usual some interesting topics under discussion. Our guest on this show is former international water polo goalkeeper Tomaz Lasic who has just published his first book, “The Love of Goalkeeping.” The book

Space Invaders – Time to Go Back in Time

Watching the Wallabies play Argentina’s Los Pumas at the weekend made me realise that I had a privileged childhood. I was fortunate to grow up in the 1970’s and 1980’s. A time when rugby had every right to claim to

Inspirational Athletes – 23

Benjamin Franklin famously said ‘from adversity comes opportunity.’ Apart from those of an older generation who have lived through times of War that quote has probably never rung so true as in 2020. Incredibly studies have found that adverse childhood

Making It Count.

In individual sporting contests there is no need for a Player of the Match award, as the event or the tournament is summed up by the term, ‘to the victor go the spoils.’ When it comes to team sports often

The Value of Loyalty

There used to be a saying that when you chose a team, you chose that team for life. It would appear that the phrase today has become outdated. It is a fact that today the youth follow individual players rather