We're finishing up season 1 with this awesome final episode! 👏 We thought we'd go inside the Parafed Auckland team and talk to Yann and Larissa!! 😁 Enjoy the episode and we'll see you next season!!  

Check us out on Instagram: @parafedauckland 📱 and Facebook: @parafedakl 📱 and on our website: www.parafedauckland.co.nz  💻

James Glen is on the show today!! A few of you may recognise him from the Halberg Games!! 👏 He is a Lead Advisor at the Halberg Foundation and his favourite time of year is when the Halberg Games are on!!  Tune in to get to know more about James and the Halberg Foundation! Enjoy!!  

You can see more on their website:  💻.   https://www.halberg.co.nz/ or catch them on social media: Facebook:📱 @HalbergFoundation  Instagram:📱@halbergfoundation Direct  email contact:  ✉ [email protected] (Tamaki Makaurau & Waitakere/Central Auckland & West Auckland) ✉ [email protected] (Te Tai Tokerau & Te Raki Paewhenua/Northland & North Harbour) ✉ [email protected] (Manukau/South Auckland)

John Marrable joins us for a Zoom Podcast episode today!!👏  He is a member with Parafed Otago, thank you Kelly for getting us in contact with each other.  We talk about confidence, sports psychology and all things in-between. Tune into this one for some fascinating story telling and a chance to better your own mindset in and out of sports! Enjoy!!

You can see more about John on his website:  💻.   http://johnmarrable.com/  or catch him on Facebook:📱 @john.marrable.31

Lee Taniwha is joining Becca today! A few of you will know him, but if you don't, he's a peer support at Spinal Support. During our conversation, we talk in depth about his experiences in his job. Listen in to this thought provoking episode!! 👏 You can see more about Spinal Support📱 on Instagram: spinalsupportnz and 📱 on Facebook: @spinalsupportnz

Link to our Podcast on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/1IcfMwK3dXSG7H3hz4UYDL

We have Dan Buckingham joining the show today!! A lot of you will know him from being the MC at our Awards Dinner last year!! But he’s been at the Paralympics as an athlete AND as the media! Throughout this episode we talk about his experience with the Paralympics, which leads us to discuss Attitude and the focus of Attitude. Get amongst it and listen in!

We have Dan Buckingham joining the show today!! A lot of you will know him from being the MC at our Awards Dinner last year!! But he’s been at the Paralympics as an athlete AND as the media! Throughout this episode we talk about his experience with the Paralympics, which leads us to discuss Attitude and the focus of Attitude. Get amongst it and listen in! 👏 You can see more about Dan📱 on Instagram: danbuckingham13 and more about Attitude 📱 on Instagram: @attitudepictures 📱 on Facebook: @attitudetv

Our guest today is Clinton, otherwise known as The Blind Grappler! He's been dominant in the world of Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu without needing his own adaptive division!

Our guest today is Clinton, otherwise known as The Blind Grappler! He's been dominant in the world of Wrestling and Jiu-Jitsu without needing his own adaptive division!🥇 In this episode we talk about what the experience as an elite athlete👏   Click to listen! You can see more about Clinton and the world of Jiu-Jitsu📱 on Instagram: @blindgrappler 📱 on Facebook: @blindgrappler

Becca is chatting with Simon Walters today!! 👏    Not many of you will know him, but he is the Head of Department at AUT of Coaching and Health & Physical Education, he has also been doing some really interesting work with youth sports and the impact of specialisation!  Becca and Simon go into depth about the whats and whys and how coaches and parents can support young athletes!👏  

Here were the great stats he mentioned right at the end:

Click to listen!!🙌 You can contact Simon to learn more via email 💻  [email protected] You can also see more from AUT Sport and Rec📱on Instagram: @autsportandrec📱 on Facebook: @autsportandrecreation

Becca is chatting with Simon Walters today!!

Not many of you will know him, but he is the Head of Department at AUT of Coaching and Health & Physical Education, he has also been doing some really interesting work with youth sports and the impact of specialisation!

Becca and Simon go into depth about the whats and whys and how coaches and parents can support young athletes!

Here were the great stats he mentioned right at the end:

- If your kid is doing more hours of one sport than their age, then they are at risk of an overuse injury.

- If they are doing more than 8 months of one sport throughout a year, then they are at risk of an overuse injury.

- If the ratio of organised sport to free play exceeds 2:1, they’re at risk of overuse injury.

Click to listen!!

You can contact Simon to learn more via email [email protected]

You can also see more from AUT Sport and Rec on Instagram: @autsportandrec on Facebook: @autsportandrecreation