On Episode 3, Erin McGuire chats about SMART goal setting: how to set goals of all shapes and sizes that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
Goals play so many roles in an athletic setting. They’re challenging yet motivational, they contribute to confidence and rewarding once achieved. Goals are not one size fits all: they can be set in many shapes and sized. Result goals refer to a specific outcome; a ribbon, placing, or score. Result goals are quantitative. Performance goals are the process: your personal best, skill execution. Short-term goals take days, weeks, or months to achieve while long term goals take months to years, though the actual length of the goal is relative. We can also set BIG goals- goals that are going to take a lot to achieve, career accomplishments, and smaller goals- stepping stones towards our bigger goals.
Goals are a necessary tool for any athlete, but they’re not a free-for-all. Goals should be set with an accountable standard, just as they hold their athlete accountable. Enter the S.M.A.R.T. Model. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time bound. Specific: what do you want to achieve? Measurable: How will you track your progress. Achievable: is this goal within your capability? what steps will you take to achieve this goal? Relevant? Why does this goal matter? Time-bound: what’s your deadline?
It’s one thing to set a goal, it’s another thing to follow through. The SMART model is a great way to determine if your goals are worth achieving. This model can be applied to all goals: performance goals, result goals, long and short term, big and little.
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].
 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

Anneli Drummond Hay was born of Scottish aristocracy and devoted her childhood to ponies before finding her way into eventing and show jumping. She became recognized as one of the greatest horsewomen or her generation. Her legendary partnership with Merely-a-Monarch engraved her place in the annals of eventing and show jumping history.  At the age of 16 she won the European Pony Championship and was the leading rider of combined training in Britain for three years. She won both Badminton and the first ever Burghley Horse Trials and was runner-up five times. She switched to show jumping and won many Grand Prix competitions across Europe, South Africa and the US.  She won the Aachen, Rotterdam and La Baule Grand Prix as well as the Rome Derby on two occasions, the Hickstead Derby, the Geneva Derby, the Berlin Derby and the South African Derby twice and toured America winning the Grand Florida Championship, The Madison Square Garden’s Championship and the All American Showjumping Championship. Anneli represented Great Britain for 14 years on the Nations Cup Team. She was awarded the FEI Badge of Honour. She also won the European Show Jumping Championship and was British Sportswoman of the Year three times and South African Sportswoman of the Year eight times.
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].

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

Our guest today is Inside the Games reporter Nancy Gillen who has pursued her passion for sport by becoming a sports journalist. Nancy travels the world covering the stories both in and out of competition and she has just returned from Lima, Peru where she spent two weeks covering all sports.  Nancy is a keen soccer fan having played herself until injury forced her out of the game and now her job has led her to many other sport and taught her how to get inside the story. We discuss some of the stories that she has been covering and make an exciting announcement.
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].
 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

We will all have experienced a side stitch at one time or another, they’re common, painful and annoying and can be really off-putting for beginners. Listen in to hear about the theories of what causes a stitch. With reference to this article in Sports Medicine on ‘Exercise-Related Transient Abdominal Pain’ Dr. Juliet McGrattan points out that different types of exercise make stitches more likely. Learn what you can do to prevent stitches, from leaving sufficient time after you eat to simply increasing your fitness. Discover some simple techniques you can do to try to get rid of stitches whilst you’re on the move. Get informed and don’t let stitches slow you down.
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].

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

Our guest is Bernadette Murray who together with her friend Lara Friesan will embark on the 2560 mile horseback ride of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in April 2020.  The journey will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Murray family thru-ride beginning in April 2020, and ending October 2020. They will explore and compare the countless differences between then and now. From antiquated maps to GPS; cast iron to titanium; Kodachrome to selfie-sticks the history of the Pacific Crest Trail provides a considerably different tale from conception to its current use. In 1970, the Murray family could go for weeks without seeing anyone. They had campsites and fishing holes all to themselves. Since then, the popularity of the trail has risen exponentially accelerated by exposure from the media and the increased need to escape. With an estimated million users annually, it now takes organizations, such as the PCTA and the US Forest Service to manage and preserve the trail’s world-class experience for generations to come. Their journey 50 years ago was a raw undertaking in the wilderness, completely disconnected from society. Today being in nature is increasingly important as the age of technology rapidly advances. Chris Stafford caught up with Bernadette at her home near the Columbia River in Oregon.

Host: Chris Stafford
Recorded: August 20, 2019

For more information, links and resources and hundreds more 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, 1500+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. We are ranked in the top 2% of more than 2.71 million podcasts worldwide. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

On this week’s show we go behind the scenes as we talk to eventing groom Rachael Livermore, 28, who manages Sharon White’s Last Frontier Farm eventing team. Rachael explains how her life with horses began and how career with event horses has evolved. We know that working with horses takes passion and dedication but really good grooms also have an instinct and loyalty that makes them much sought after. Success in performance depends as much on horse management as skilled riding and Rachael understands the minutia that makes a winning team.
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].
 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

On this episode of The Sailing Show Abby Ehler delves into the world of mentoring programs, Abby’s first guest is Kate-Mardel Ferreira, who has previously been a professional sailor and race yacht captain and more recently has worked within the shore side roles of the sport.  Kate is currently head of Operations & Sailing Programmes at 1851 Trust, a charity aiming to inspire young people to pursue (STEM) subjects, by harnessing the excitement of INEOS Team UK the professional British sailing team. Kate shares her experiences as a mentee in business programs and how they have helped her throughout her career.  Abby's second guest is Vicky Ellis, who skippered the team “Switzerland”, one of the 12 entries in the Clipper race 2013-14, She led an international crew of amateur sailors, from all walks of life, on board a 70’ ocean racing boat on an 11 month journey of a lifetime.  Vicky is a Director of the Magenta Project and instigator of the Magenta Mentoring Program which ran for as a pilot scheme from October 2018.  Following the success of the scheme the program will run again this year and applications are now open.
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].

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

On this week's episode Erin focuses on Control Based Thinking. Control is an essential part of clearing your headspace: thought control, emotional control, and physical control are all parts of mental strength training. What about specifics, what about controlling the ball? controlling your horse? Controlling your opponent, or your environment, or your outcome? How many of these things can you actually control? And if you can’t control something what does that mean for your performance? On this episode, we chat about what is within an athlete’s control and how they can use this way of thinking to shape their performance.
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].

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

On episode 22 of The WeCOACH Podcast, host Megan Kahn catches up with Wellesley head women’s soccer coach Missy Price. Known as much for her work off the field, as her success on the pitch, Missy is synonymous with leadership and empowering others around her. Missy’s voice and platform are giving her opportunities to grow the game on a national level, empower student-athletes to become the best versions of themselves, and inspire the next generation of female coaches. Balancing motherhood and coaching, Missy’s humble and passionate approach is certain to transcend sports as she leads from a place of pure authenticity. In this episode she shares insight on discovering personal and professional values, transitioning across positions and levels, and learning to trust yourself. This is an episode you won’t want to miss.
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].
 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.

Our guest is British based South African triathlete Gillian Curr Sanders who is aiming for her third Olympic Games in 2020 before she retires after 10 years as a pro.  Gillian grew up in Pietermaritzburg, and took up triathlon in her youth under the influence of her father and older sister, who both competed in the sport. After competing internationally in age group and junior competition Sanders put her triathlon career on hold whilst studying law at Stellenbosch University, where she competed as a 1500m runner. She resumed triathlon competition after graduating as a lawyer, combining it with legal work. Sanders chose to focus on full-time competition at the end of 2011.  A year later she competed in her first Olympic Games in London 2012. She is a Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist (team relay) from 2014, two-time South African National Champion in 2012 & 2014 and two-time African Champion in 2013 & 2014. Gillian is also passionate about encouraging girls to stay in sport after they graduate and is an ambassador for the South African group Girls Only Project  We spoke to Gillian in Tokyo where she was preparing for the Olympic Test Event this week.
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].
 
 
 
 
 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/women-unscripted--4769409/support.