Sidetracked Sport Podcast

Listen in on our discussion on exploring how football is a safe emotional outlet for many men, a feeling that they may not experience in other areas of their life. We talk about why this is, but also how we can create more spaces like this.

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Join us to disect some of the misconceptions and misunderstandings about para sport as we look ahead to the Commonwealth Games. From not understanding varying disabilities to how para athletes are percieved in the media.

Didi Okoh is a T63 Paralympic and World Championships bronze medallist over 100m and she shares her perspectives around being a para athlete. Her story and ideas are also interesting because Didi grew up able bodied before being diagnosed with lymphoedema as a teenager.

Join us as we discuss the reality of being a female coach and how that may vary across sports. We talk about the barriers for women, such as having a family, and questions perceptions around who women and men should be coaching.

Emma Paget is a high jump coach at Loughborough University having had her athletic career cut short after rupturing her Achilles. She also recently became a mum and reveals the difficulties behind balancing her life as a new mother and coaching.

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Join us to learn and explore how being autistic can impact an individual’s experience of live sport. From the positives of it becoming a weekly routine, to the ways it can quickly become overwhelming.

Harvey Chevous is a late diagnosed autistic content creator with a big love of football, he supports Ipswich and goes to games most weeks. While Jasmine, the host, is also late diagnosed but watches live sport in person as a fan much less frequently.

Join us as we discuss the true depth of national rivalries in cricket, how they originate from collionalism and how it these rivalries are impacting the game now. We discuss Bangladesh boycotting the men’s T20 World Cup and the complicated relationship between India and Pakistan.

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Join us to delve into the mind of Christian Taylor, a two-time Olympic Champion, and find out why he loves the mind games in sport and how now as a coach he is teaching his athletes to do the same!

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Join us to debunk the idea that athletes who switch from representing one nation to another nation of their heritage only do so because they are “not good enough” and why dual nationality eligible athletes have the right to do so.

Danusia Francis is an Olympic gymnast of Polish and Jamaican heritage but born in the United Kingdom, and moved from representing Team GB to Jamaica.

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Join us to discuss how the para sport classification system works, how some disabled athletes don't qualify and the difficulties of actually getting classified.

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Join us to discuss different social class barriers to sport and the impact that educational institutions can have on this for young aspiring athletes.

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