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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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