This week’s guest is 2019 CWSA Honda Cup winner Rachel Garcia who fell in love with softball in 6th grade. As the Most Valued Player (MVP)  of the World Series with records for pitching and hitting, Rachel believes that pitching and hitting feed off each other and since she understands both sides of the plate she was wiling to put in the time and effort. Rachel encourages youth to take their time in the recruiting process for college and encourages everyone that there is a place for each of them.  Being the Honda softball winner in 2018 and then 2019 the Honda Cup winner as well proved to be a memorable experience for her, especially since it presented her with the opportunity to meet elite female athletes in several other sports. Rachel acknowledges her teammates for their support and appreciated her UCLA coaches who encouraged the Bruins in the World Series to play for something bigger than themselves and to stay with their routine to elevate each other. She also talks about being true to oneself and not take the game too seriously. Rachel speaks about the impact of the delay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She believes that sport will teach you to push beyond yourself and give you a mindset to succeed. Rachel also explains what she learned in training compared to collegiate softball. She returns for her last year with the Bruins, which will make her eligible for another Honda Cup.
Host: Chris Voelz, CWSA Executive Director
Podcast length: 33 mins.
A co-production with the CWSA.
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Danielle Warby is a loud advocate for women in sport who has been working to promote women’s sport since 2006. Dan has been editor, social strategist and content creator for numerous websites for women’s sport, including The Womens’ Game, Sport For Women Australia, Women Onside, Zela (SBS’s short-lived website devoted to women in sport), and most recently, Siren Sport. Dan is a former board director of Womensport and Recreation NSW, and our very own Women Sport Australia. She is also a life member of the Flying Bats, the oldest and largest lesbian football club. Dan is currently undergoing a research masters on the intersection of gender and sexuality in leadership in sports.
Duration: 28 mins
Hosts: Ella Smith & Georgina Mallon.
A co-production with Women Sport Australia
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On our weekly news magazine show Chris Stafford is joined by Nancy Gillen from Inside the Games who has the top stories from around the world of women’s sport. This week’s guest is Lee Anna Osei, Founder of the Black Canadian Coaches Association. Lee explains what prompted her to establish the organization and helps us understand the needs of these women. She shares her goals and how the organization will be empowering and advocating for Black Canadians in their sport community as they plan to extend their network.
Top stories this week:
Katherine Grainger Bidding Process Olympic Cost
Eating disorder stories:
World Rowing gender equality rule
New Zealand/England netball
NZOC female leadership in sport
FIG Conference
Music: Barcelona by Paula van Hissenhoven
Duration: 57 mins
For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million plays and downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this week’s episode the hosts of WiSP Sports Mum’s the Word meet the host of Sound Bites, Dr Kirsten Lauritzen. The result is an insightful discussion about nutrition and functional medicine as it applies to pregnancy.  Kirstin practices in Oregon and helps us start to understand a little more about the role food can play in removing toxins from the body, as well as the difference in vitamin sources; pre-natal vs. dietary vitamins. 
Morning sickness can make it hard to get calories in or keep them down, so Kirstin recommends eating ginger as a natural anti-nausea and really… anything. If you can find anything that you can stomach and keep down, eat it.  The importance of folic acid in early pregnancy was covered as well as the history behind folic acid fortification in foods.  Fermented foods, pro-biotics, pre-biotics and gut health were explained as being essential to remain in good health, pregnant or not.  So get down to your local farmers market and find yourself a big pot of kimchi.  There is so much great information on this topic that we only managed to get from pre-pregnancy through to around the second trimester so Kirstin will be back for another episode to help us navigate through birth, recovery and the post-partum time.
Podcast length: 34 mins
Hosts: Sarah Newberry Moore & Pamela Relph Jones
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On this new episode of Sound Bites, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr Kirstin Lauritzen, covers our next nutrient highlight: Vitamin B6. Vitamin B6 is essential for a healthy nervous system, immune system and it’s also extremely important when it comes to utilizing proteins, carbohydrates and fats. That’s pretty important. In this episode we talk about some of the most common symptoms or conditions associated with a deficiency in Vitamin B6, and we also discuss why it’s specifically important for athletes and active individuals. We even briefly discuss the role it plays in pregnancy and a few symptoms it may be able to help. And while we are discussing pregnancy, don’t forget to head over to WiSP Sports Mums the Word Podcast and check out the most recent episode where we talk all about nutrition and pregnancy. Make sure to subscribe and download that podcast on your favorite app. And there's more to come on pregnancy and nutrition! We hope you enjoy this episode of Sound Bites.
Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen
Podcast length: 23 mins
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In a year of bad news and forgettable headlines, this is one of those that needs to be celebrated. On October 13th at 07:45, local time, GMT, two female sailors set out to set the first ever ratified World Speed Sailing Council (WSSC) record circumnavigation of Ireland. Just after 3am local time Saturday October 17th, the duo of Pamela Lee and Catherine Hunt crossed the line and pending ratification from WSSRC are now the first to hold a world record of First All Female Double Handed circumnavigation of Ireland with a provisional time of 3 days, 20 hours 29 mins sailing a total of 761 nautical miles. The record prompted a great response globally in the sailing community, with best wishes being sent in from as far as a field as Australia and America.  In this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby spoke to Pam and Cat, talking through the actual challenge itself, what they take away from this event and their plans for the future.
Host: Abby Ehler
Podcast length: 27 mins
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In this episode, Nicole talks to colleague Dr. Jennifer (Bruening) McGarry who is a professor of sport management and department head in Educational Leadership in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut and Executive Director of Husky Sport. They discuss Jennifer's career pathway, which includes stints as a coach and athletics director, her research related to gender and sport, which is focused primarily on barriers and supports for women, and those from minoritised ethnic and socio-economic groups. Jennifer also offers advice to women who want to pursue a career in sport. 
Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi
Podcast length: 24 mins
A co-production with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.
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On our weekly news magazine show Chris Stafford is joined by Nancy Gillen from Inside the Games who has the top stories from around the world of women’s sport. This week’s guest is a WiSP Sports Ambassador, US Team Judoka Angelica Delgado who will shortly be returning to competition following the Covid hiatus. Angie is the #1 ranked under 52 kilogram female judoka in the United States, as well as, # 10 in the world. We hear how she has adjusted her training this year which now includes a new running routine. Angie explains what preparation looks like for the Pam American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico starting November 21 and how Covid regulations will affect the team’s travel.
 
This week’s international news:
Birmingham 2022 women's sport
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
IBSF maternity leave quota
Return of Alpine Ski World Cup
Miedema breaks WSL record
Women's Rugby World Cup draw
Meghan Duggan retires
Another glass ceiling for women in sailing will be shattered next week at the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship when two accomplished female skippers – Frenchwoman Pauline Courtois and Anna Östling of Sweden – will race in the Open Worlds for the first time ever. The 70th Bermuda Gold Cup and 2020 Open Match Racing World Championship are scheduled Oct. 26-30 with a field of 16 teams set to contest the dual regatta.
Duration: 52 mins
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Pam is on vacation this week so WiSP Sports President & Exec. Prod. Chris Stafford joined Sarah to host this awesome episode as we head back into the world of the Winter Olympics to discuss the game of “chess on ice,” known more commonly as Curling. It’s a game with a lot of family appeal in places around the world that have a lot of ice and snow, but it’s also a sport that is a lot harder than it looks. To discuss curling we have one of our favorite teams back on the show: Team Scheidegger of Canada. We talk “throwing rocks,” what it’s like to be on an athletic team with other moms, babies on the road, pelvic floor health, and sisterhood. 
Not only are the girls of Team Scheidegger some of the best curling players in the world, but all four of the team members are mothers. This is the second of two episodes we have on Team Scheidegger and in this edition we interview the sisters of Team Scheidegger - Casey Scheidegger and Jessie Haughian. 
Casey is the team “Skip”, which is the strategic leadership role on a curling team. In this role Casey spends a lot of time communicating with the other athletes on the team about what the right moves might be to get the best score.
Casey has two children. Kayden is four and Ryker almost ten months. When she is not training Casey is a PE teacher. She loves her profession and curling actually led her to it. Casey ran a junior curling program in Lethbridge, Alberta and found that she loved working with kids and planning activities for them to do. 
Jessie Haughian, known as “the other Scheidegger sister”, has a B.A. in Kinesiology and for the last five years has worked with Alberta Health Services. She competed in curling until her sciatic pain got the best of her and in March 2020 welcomed her first daughter Rylee. 
Sarah, Chris, Casey, and Jessie covered some incredible topics. Jessie and Casey were recently  pregnant at the same time and were able to share a lot of their experiences as moms. They even bubbled up as a sports team and as a family during COVID. 
If you want to know what it’s like to take grandma on the road to help out with the kids, how important it was to find a pelvic floor health specialist for Casey, and what “it takes a village” really means when you’re an athlete this is an episode.
Host: Sarah Newberry Moore
Guest co-host: Chris Stafford
Podcast length: 53 mins
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On this week's episode we welcome Melissa King to the show. In August, Melissa was appointed the CEO of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, which will be held in Sydney in 2022. Before taking up this role, she was the first female CEO of Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). Prior to that Melissa worked on the corporate side of the Sydney Opera House and for the APEC 2001 task force. She is also an Independent Director on the United Nations Association of Australia. Melissa talks to Ella and Georgina about her work to increase female leadership roles at SLSA, her involvement with the UN on sustainability, and of course, her mission to bring some 'funk' to the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2022.
Duration: 25 mins
Hosts: Ella Smith & Georgina Mallon.
A co-production with Women Sport Australia
For complete shows notes and more information, links and resources as well as other conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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