Coaches

NTFS#148 – Parents at the Olympics, would you have yours there? If athletes are being asked to pay to attend World Championships, should administrators be given a free ticket? Will Television Save Test Cricket?

You win a place on a team at the Olympic Games, fulfilling a lifelong dream, do you let you parents come and watch? Will they be a distraction? This is not a new question. In fact many coaches have said

The Band Plays On, But Is It Time For the Lifeboats?

As the Titanic sank the band famously played on. Is the same true of hockey at this point in time? The FIH Men’s and Women’s World Cups are currently being held simultaneously in the Netherlands and Belgium and as you

Talent Management

There are no end of quotes that relate to wasted talent. No matter what area of life you look at there will always be talented people. Some look to use that talent, others choose not to, while some simply lack

NTFS #144 – Part 1 of an Interview With a Pioneer Of Sport for the Blind, Ron Anderson, The Point of Under Age World Cups, and Is Sport now the Opium of the People.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We have interviewed some amazing people over the past 20 years on Not The Footy Show and in this episode we catch up with yet another remarkable individual. Ron Anderson lost his sight in his early 30’s, and as a

Holiday or Play?

There is no doubt that the sporting landscape has changed dramatically over the past 15-20 years. Most sports at the highest level have moved away from being a sporting contest, to now being more about entertainment. Like many television shows