This week's guest is the head softball coach at Texas A&M, Jo Evans. With an impressive 1200+ wins to her name and a 7-time conference coach of the year, Jo was inducted into the 2015 NFCA Hall of Fame. Not only is she a recent addition to the WeCOACH Board of Directors, her well-earned respect on the national level gives her a voice and platform to influence positive growth on and off the diamond. Jo gets candid in sharing some of the greatest lessons, sacrifices and toughest decisions she’s had to make in her career. Keeping a growth mindset in her approach to coaching – as well as self-care – continue to fuel and reinvigorate her season after season. Jo’s competitive, yet humble approach and laughter will keep you wanting more.
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Nancy Gillen is in Yekaterinburg, Russia this week and Chris Stafford is in the USA with the top stories in . women's sport.
19 year old Bianca Andreescu from Ontario became the first Canadian to win a Tennis Grand Slam defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 and is now sitting at No 5 in the WTA World Rankings, her highest ever.
British Eventer Pippa Funnell and MGH Grafton Street winning the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 16 years after her first win with a score of 30.8—the narrowest of margins — Badminton winner Piggy French also had once fence down to finish on 30.9.
http://www.bdwp.co.uk/bur/19/
Russian Olympic champions have neutral status refused by IAAF
Olympic gold medallists Anna Chicherova and Elena Lashmanova are among a new batch of Russian athletes denied neutral status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and will miss the 2019 World Championships. The pair were among 18 rejections, although 11 athletes did have applications approved.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1084563/russia-iaaf-neutral-status
Caster Semenya confirms she is not retiring from athletics despite signing for South African football club.
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1084527/caster-semenya-starting-football-career
Iranian female soccer fan dies after setting herself on fire
Former speed skater Seiko Hashimoto  tipped to become new Olympics Minister in Japan
Talks continue on possible joint Korean hockey team at Tokyo 2020 despite missed deadline
 
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Our guest this week is American multi-discipline rider and driver Carrie Wehle who can turn her hand to a number of equestrian sports from dressage to driving.  A lifelong horsewoman Carrie recently competed in the USEA American Eventing Championships, the sport she says which is her first love. But she’s just as adept at pure dressage or out fox hunting. Her family raised Standardbreds from the 1000 acre farm in upstate New York until Carrie took over the reins and downsized to a more manageable 400 acres. Since the age of 12 when she got her first horse Carrie has built up her business and now has 50 horses on the property with loyal clients who share her values and love of horses.  Chris Stafford spoke to Carrie about how she balances her competitive interests and what new equestrian sport she would like to take on next.
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Mental skills are an important, albeit underrated, contributor to athletic success and in this episode of Bit by Bit Erin McGuire addresses self-talk, which is the inner monologue in your head. Fun fact: It’s estimated that humans have between 60-80 thousand thoughts a day! Self-talk can be said aloud, but most often occurs in the confines of one’s mind. The thing about self-talk is that you are your own coach 24/7. You have limited interactions with your coach, family, friends, and competitors but your inner monologue runs around the clock. Self-talk can range from a single cue such as “look,” to a phrase “look up,” to a full sentence “look up at the ball.” Self-talk can be instructional “point your toes” or motivational “you can do this.” It can also be negative “don’t mess up” or “you can’t do this.”
How an athlete talks to themselves plays a key role in their success on and off the field.  Positive self-talk has been linked to increased self-confidence and overall emotional well-being. Negative self-talk gives insight to self-depreciating tendencies, decreased motivation, and negative emotional consequences. Talk to yourself the way you’d talk to a friend.
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On this week’s episode this is something for everyone—the common cold, those pesky viruses that always seem to hit us when we’re in good shape and making great progress on our training plans. Dr Juliet McGrattan explores the risks and benefits of exercising when you have a cold. Will exercise make you feel better? Will it make you feel worse? What type of exercise should you do? With a run through of the symptoms that suggest exercising might not be the best thing for you, this podcast is very practical and helpful because, let’s face it, we all get colds from time to time. As Dr Juliet points out, it’s mostly about common sense but sometimes common sense leaves us when we’re really focused on a goal. Sometimes easing off and resting up is the best thing to do.
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Welcome to the WiSP Sports Desk where ever week Nancy Gillen from Inside the Games will be joining Chris Stafford to share the latest news headlines from around the world.  On this episode we discuss:
Jamaican teenage sprinter Brianna Williams positive doping test
Netball changing venue for Commonwealth Games
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 bidding race
The squabble over SUP
The new concept of sports and entertainment that created the inaugural Aurora Games
Plus a quick roundup of teams and individuals that caught our attention in the news.
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On this week’s episode our guest is Irish dressage rider Judy Reynolds who has been riding a wave of success with her 17 year old Dutch gelding Vancouver K or JP as he is know to his friends.  The pair recorded three personal best scores at the Longines FEI European Championships in Rotterdam last month scoring 85.589 in the Freestyle to finish 5th, 78.252 in the GP Special where they also finished 5th and 76.351 in the Grand Prix.  The key to their consistency she says is how they have consolidated a partnership over the years where he trusts her even in a big atmosphere because he can be quirky.  Chris Stafford caught up with Judy at her new training center near Dusseldorf.
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Canadian Sprinter Karla Del Grande, 66 has been a member of CMA for 16 years, and is now competing in the W65 age group. In that time, she has set numerous Canadian records. She currently (as of April) holds 24 individual and 10 relay Canadian records. She has broken 11 World MA records and currently holds 8. She has won 25 gold and 5 silver medals in individual events at WMA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, as well as several relay medals. Her age graded scores routinely reach over 100% with some as high as 105%.  She has been honored for her prowess by her club, by the Ontario MA, the CMA and the WMA, including being named the 2018 WMA Athlete of the Year in the female sprinter category. In addition to her competing, she gives back to athletics as an official, a coach and was a member of the OMA Board of Directors from 2010 to 2016.
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This month we discuss the Black Ferns recent victory over Australia and what's on the cards for the team. We start our first in a series of interviews in the build up to the Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 with White Ferns Captain Amy Satterthwaite as she prepares for the birth of her first child.  And we tackle pay agreements coverage and women's Twenty20 being included in the Commonwealth Games.
Black Ferns Kendra Cocksedge shares her reaction to being awarded her 50th cap from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she looks ahead to domestic rugby and also the 2021 World Cup.
And of course it's not Fair Play without an update from the toilets at the Basin Reserve. Today's co-host has played one Test 75 ODIs and 74 T20s for the White Ferns. She's scored more than thirteen hundred ODI runs and is quite handy behind the stumps. She's also played for the Otago Sparks, even though she's based in Christchurch and she was a recent guest co-host on my other podcast; Not Your Average Cricket Show. Kiaora Katey Martin.
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In episode 23 Megan Kahn's guest is Valorie Kondos Field. Better known as Miss Val, she is considered one of, if not THE BEST, collegiate gymnastics coaches of all time. During her impressive 29-yr tenure as head coach at UCLA, she led the Bruins to 7 national championships. Known as much for her joy off the mat, this episode oozes inspiration, finding the courage to make the ask, and learning to live your best life. Her approach as a teacher and mentor will transcend sports as she shares insight on her winning ways to build champions in life.
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