Women Unscripted

On this week’s episode Jenny and Chris discuss the impact of social media on athletes and performance. As society is surrounded by social media and everyone has a platform for their opinion, teaching athletes to manage this new and powerful distractor is a big job for sport psychologists. Competitive anxiety is enough to manage without having to deal with some anonymous troll calling you fat or useless. People have become very mean behind their social media platforms. There is no accountability and, usually, no identity. What this does to the mind of the athlete can be distracting and damaging.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Kathryn Currey is an amateur show jumper who recently achieved a career highlight when she won the 1.10-meter amateur jumper class at the Hampton Classic Horse Show beating a field of 70. Her partner was a seven year old chestnut mare that she bought off the track for the pricey sum of $400 and who not only can jump but also he has the 1992 Kentucky Derby winner, Lil E. Tee in her breeding so she will have a third career as a brood mare when she retires from the jumper ring. It’s a fairly tale story for the Tennessee mother of two who believes in establishing thorough ground work to bring out a horse’s true potential taking all the time they need.  Chris Stafford spoke to Kathryn who has been enjoying the attention that her mare has received with the recent success.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Canadian Hurdler turned Steeplechaser Dr. Katherine Cochrane-Brink at 52 is continuing her sporting life in Masters Track & Field. Kate rode horses as a child before she turned to gymnastics and later rowing at university. At the 1990 OWIAA rowing champs she won the lightweight 4s and 8s for the University of Toronto.  Other wins include the North American Henley in 1989, 1990, 1991 in lightweight 8s and she rowed heavyweight for the Oxford University Blue Boat in England in 1992 and1993 and also won the Head of the River on the Thames in 1992. Kate won a Rhodes Scholarship in 1991 the year she took part in the Pan Ams selection camp.  After Oxford she went into medicine at University of Toronto and took part in rowing, mountain biking, Nordic skiing and later more road biking. Triathlon was her first Masters sport experience and she competed in the 2002 and 2005 World Age Group Champs.  Her Masters track and field career started in 2010 and in 2019 she claimed the Canadian W50 record in 2000 m steeplechase. Nowadays Kate spends her winters competing in Nordic ski and snowshoe races. In 2019 I won the 10 k National Masters Snowshoe racing title and was 4th overall amongst the open women.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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On Episode 25 Megan Kahn chats with Utah Head Volleyball Coach Beth Launiere. In her 30th season, and with over 500 wins to her name, 15 NCAA tournament appearances, and recognized as the AVCA West Region Coach of the Year three times, she has built Utah into a perennial top 25 team. Beth’s passion and experience make for an insightful episode on both the art and science of coaching. 
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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This month we discuss diversity or lack of it and sport. General Manager of women's elite program at the National Rugby League Tiffany Slater discusses the importance of the women's warriors playing on New Zealand soil, and Liz Dawson gives us a glimpse into being on the board for the women's ICC Cricket World Cup 2021. And of course it's not fair play without an update from the toilets at the Basin Reserve. This month's co-host has more than 20 years of experience working as a consultant across both arts and sports. She's managed big projects that affect sport from helping Sport New Zealand with a disability strategy to New Zealand rugby. She's currently the chair of Shift, an organization that seeks to improve the wellbeing of young women in New Zealand through accessibility to sport and recreation shifters partnering with Women in Sport Aotearoa for the women and girls and sport summit coming to Wellington in October covering the big issues related to us from diversity in sport to leadership. Zoe's co-host is Robin Coburn.
This podcast is a co-production of Radio New Zealand, Locker Room and WiSP Sports.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen have the week's top stories in women's sport from around the world.
US Sweep 2019 FIFA Awards
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2019/09/megan-rapinoe-and-jill-ellis-honored-as-fifa-womens-world-player-and-coach-of-the-year
FIFA President Assured that Iran will allow women to attend soccer matches
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1085069/fifa-assured-iran-female-fans
Three Olympic Champions to miss World Champs due to DSD rules
First female vice-president elected to IAAF
https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/sebastian-coe-president-congress-2019-restrep?utm_source=elections&utm_medium=silverpop&utm_campaign=Coe%20re-elected%20as%20IAAF%20President%2C%20Restrepo%20elected%20first%20ever%20female%20Vice%20President&utm_content=article-title
Three Olympic Champions to miss World Champs due to DSD rules
Listen to the Olympic Channel Podcast to hear their stories.
https://www.olympicchannel.com/stories/news/detail/olympic-channel-podcast/
Inequality in Nordic Combined
https://www.rallyme.com/rallies/17345/tgm
World Weight Lifting Championships
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1085130/live-blog-iwf-world-championships
Ghana Olympic Committee President calling for more female executives in sport
Kaillie Humphries being involved in the USA push bobsled championships
World Canoe Slalom and Wildwater Champs
https://www.canoeicf.com
Sept 25-29 Spain
World Beach Games
Oct 12-16 Doha, Qatar
https://www.awbgqatar.com/
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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US Eventer Colleen Rutledge from Maryland won the Plantation Fields CCI4* short event this past weekend in Pennsylvania riding her trusted partner the 13 year old gelding Covert Rights. And this win was special for Colleen who has been bringing CR back to fitness again this season following an injury but it has been a challenge for her finding form with him after a bumpy spring outing after which the pair turned a corner and have now been in the top three in the last four outings. Her goal is to consolidate this fall with Morven Park and then Fairhill CCI4-L with the aim of returning to Kentucky for the CCI5L in the spring.  Chris Stafford caught up with Colleen earlier this week.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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On episode 5 Erin McGuire discusses mentally rehearsing your performance. Visualization has several names: mental rehearsal, imagery, guided imagery- are just a few of the interchangeable terms used to describe this skill. Visualization refers to imagining yourself performing, as if you were real-time in the moment, executing your play perfectly, exactly as planned.. 
Visualization incorporates all senses to create the most realistic image in the athlete’s head. Start by finding a comfortable place with limited distractions, you can close your eyes if that helps. Bring your attention to your breathing, slowing your breaths signaling your body to relax and clearing your headspace. Then, step into your playing field. What are you seeing? Hearing? Feeling? Even smelling or tasting come into play in certain sports. Once you’ve created your playing field, rehearse your performance. You are imaging yourself executing your skill perfectly, confidently, from start to finish.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].
 

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Our guest this week is Shelly Wilson the founder and CEO of Sports on the Lips a Canadian professional networking platform aimed at empowering, equipping, and elevating the voices of women in the sports business. Their tag line is ‘Giving Women A Sporting Chance’ and the aim is to become the Linkedin of women’s sport by creating a subscription based membership for access to mentors and resources across the sports world.  Shelly shares her own journey in sports marketing and where she hopes to take this fledgling organization to give women a network for their career.
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For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
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Exercise-induced pooping or the runner’s trots is such a common problem. It’s also quite a taboo one as not many people are open about the secrets of their bowels. This podcast addresses it head on. Why does exercise make people need to poo? Why is the poo that strikes you when you’re racing usually runny and explosive? We explore the theories that might explain this phenomenon. Dr. Juliet moves on to give lots of tips and advice for you if you are affected by the runner’s trots. There are plenty of ideas for you to try to stop it happening, from keeping food diaries to listening to music before an important race. Most importantly, you will find out that you are not alone.
For show notes and related links for this episode click HERE.
For more conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 20 hosts, 1000+ episodes across 30+ shows and a global audience of over 3 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

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Host: Chris Stafford
Produced by Hollowell Studios
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Instagram: @twomenunscriptedpodcasts
Email: [email protected]