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This is the “How did you get into sport?” podcast where we explore the ins and outs of working in high performance sport.
These are conversations with leaders in the industry about their journey and most importantly how they got to where they are. Working in professional sport is one of the most sought after yet highly competitive industries with limited professional organisations offering opportunities to work at the highest level of their respective sports.
This podcast was created on the back of countless conversations with a diverse range of experienced professionals overly frustrated yet still highly motivated to work in their dream role and asking the question “How did you get to work in professional sport and what did you have to do to get there?” Host Luis Resa is a Sports Physiotherapist who has worked in various elite professional organisation both in Australia and internationally.
In each episode, Luis has deep conversations with Sports Physiotherapist, S&C coaches, Head coaches, High Performance Managers and other leaders in the field of elite sport to discuss what it takes to excel in the world of sport as well as diving deeply into the intricacies of what got their foot in the door of some of the world’s most desirable roles.
Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review. In the meantime, enjoy a deep conversation and learn the specific do’s and don’ts of both securing and surpassing expectations in the field of high performance sport.
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Hamish Macauley - Lead Physiotherapist, Ireland Men's National Rugby Team.
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May 29, 2026 |
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David Clancy - How to get a job in pro sport...Literally! Co-founder & CEO of The Nxt Level Group.
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May 14, 2026 |
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Michael Davie - How to win an NBA Championship and optimise "Long Term Athletic Development".
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Wayne Diesel - From the Springboks, to the EPL, NFL and NBA...Sports Physiotherapist across various sports, eras and continents!
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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Nick Poulos – Leading with vulnerability in the toughest sports in Australia. Coaching in the AFL, Rugby Australia, Aspire Academy and more…
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Matt Smith – Becoming a pro late, winning championships with Ange Postecoglou and becoming an international football coach.
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Darcy Norman - Improving performance in the MLS, Serie A, Bundesliga and winning the World Cup with the German men's national team.
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Alex Ross – Head of Athletic Performance & Sport Science (Scottish Rugby). Boosting rugby performance across 4 countries & working with multimillion dollar athletes in MLB.
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Justin Dougherty - Head Physiotherapist Newcastle Jets, A-League
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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James Moore - Head of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Scottish Rugby
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Michael Baines - Building businesses, relationships and UFC Champion Alexander Volkanovski
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Dr. David Kelly - Senior Sports Scientist for Manchester United FC for over 12 years.
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Leigh Russell – Former CEO of Swimming Australia. Navigating leadership at the highest levels of AFL, Netball and the most successful Olympic sport in Australia.
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Dan Howells – The man sports practitioners seek to not just get their foot into the door of elite sport but thrive when in it.
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Byron Field – Lead Physiotherapist for the “Wallabies” (Australian National Rugby Team)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Anthony Crea – High Performance S&C Coach who created history in assisting the Australian national football team (Socceroos) qualify for their 2nd World Cup in 32 years!
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Callum Repper - Clinical Lead Performance Rehabilitation, UK Sports Institute
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Luke Heath – Senior Physiotherapist at Aspetar, Qatar. Working at the leading orthopaedic and sports medicine facility in the world.
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Tim Roberts - Physical Therapy Manager UFC Performance Institute, Mexico.
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Rachel Vickery – Performing under pressure & how your breathing, physiology & state control is directly affecting the performance of the athletes you work with. Sports Physiotherapist & High-Performance Architect in the NBA, NRL, AFL & Military.
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Olivia Knowles – How sleep affects athletic performance. Sleep expert and AFLW high performance manager turned general management of performance in business.
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Jason Weber - This could be the missing piece to the injury prevention puzzle. Founding CEO of SpeedSig and S&C Coach for the QLD Reds, NSW Waratahs (Super Rugby), Australian National Team (Wallabies) and Fremantle Dockers (AFL)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Nick Kane - How he built the premier sports medicine learning and network platform in Australia (Sports MAP)
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May 14, 2025 |
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Andrew (Jack) Russell - The real lessons I learnt winning 6 AFL premierships as a High Performance Manager.
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Kate Beerworth - Head Physiotherapist for the 2 most successful national teams in Australia, the Matildas (Football) and the Australian Women's Cricket Team
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Kim Keedle - Formula 1 High Performance Coach and Physiotherapist
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Paul Devlin - High Performance Manager in Sport turned High Performance Manager in Corporate (Amazon)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Tim McGrath - Senior Director Player Health & Performance, Washington Commanders (NFL)
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Nathan Parnham – How to "win" Long Term Athletic Development: Head of Athletic Performance at Brisbane Grammar School, Author of "The Sporting Parent", Podcast host of “The Get Down”.
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Paula Peralta – Winning an Olympic medal as Sports Science & Sports Medicine (SSSM) Lead, National Australian Women’s Basketball Team (Opals).
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Alex Calder - Head of Sport Science, Houston Dynamo FC, MLS
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Tim Gabbett – Top 25 most impactful Sports Scientists of all time.
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Ebonie Rio - Becoming a world leader in your respective field.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Peter Blanch - 40 years at the pinnacle of sports medicine in Australia.
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Carmen Colomer – Performance Sports Science Coordinator, Gold Coast Titans, NRL
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Kelvin Giles - The "Godfather" of athletic performance coaching.
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Mark Young – Executive Director of Performance Support, Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS).
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Patrick Tanner - Head Athletic Trainer, FC Cincinnati, MLS
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Jess Cunningham – Working with the best Halfpipe, Slopestyle, Big Air winter athletes in the world.
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Cody Williamson – Head of Fitness, Seattle Sounders FC, MLS.
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Simon Harries - Head of Strength and Conditioning, New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Emidio Pacecca – Performance and Rehabilitation, New England Patriots, NFL.
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Dr. Dean Ritchie - Senior Manager of Performance Science and Strength & Conditioning, UFC
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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David Joyce – World renowned high performance sports practitioner, author and consultant.
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Lindsay Bull - Head Physiotherapist, Gold Coast Suns, AFL
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May 30, 2024 |
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Kate Mahony - Executive General Manager Sydney Swans, AFLW
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May 16, 2024 |
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Scott Epsley - 7 years as Sports Physical Therapist with Division 1 NCAA College Athletes.
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May 02, 2024 |
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Darren Burgess – High Performance Manager, Adelaide Crows Football Club, AFL
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Stuart McLaren - Football Coach for Brisbane Strikers, Scottish FA and Celtic FC
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Simon Rice - Vice President Athlete Care, Philadelphia 76ers, NBA
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Dr. Chris McLellan - Vice President of Sports Performance, Florida Panthers, NHL
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Dean Benton - The man Eddie Jones, Wayne Bennett & Craig Bellamy ring to maximise their teams physical performance.
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Cameron Dyer - Head Physiotherapist, NSW Waratahs, Super Rugby
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Don Singe - What clubs really look for in High Performance Managers with 2x NRL premiership winning Head of Performance and Coaching Manager, Manly Warringa Sea Eagles.
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Scott Miller – From S&C Coach to Head Coach. What they don't tell you about coaching in EPL, A-League, Danish Superliga and assisting Ange Postecoglou with the Australian national team.
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Justin Crow - From managing the performance of a team during a major crisis to managing the performance of a team during success at the 2020 Tokyo games.
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Luke Wilson - Working in the NRL to one day working in Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Tim Parham – From Adelaide to Arsenal. Head of Player Health and Performance Rehabilitation at Adelaide Football Club (AFL)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Darren Stanborough - working in a palliative care unit to being a sports physiotherapist for various organisations across the globe.
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Scott Smith - Who coach Popovic most trusts to get his athletes in peak physical condition.
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Jonathan Crawley - From small country town to participating in 2 World Cup campaigns.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Greg King - The man Ange Postecoglou phoned to help him win his first overseas league title.
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Darren McMillan - Winning a title with Richmond (AFL) to now Sports Physiotherapist at AIS
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Cullan Ball - Head Physiotherapist Western Sydney Wanderers (WSW), A-League
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Michael Snelling - Winning AFL premierships to working with 2 x NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Adam Russell - Sports Physiotherapist who's worked with the "Big 4" professional football codes in Australia
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Mihajlo (Milo) Micovic - From university to international High Performance Manager in 5 years.
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Jeff Hopkins - Most successful coach in women's A-league history. Head Women's Coach MVFC
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Konrad Schultz - Head Physiotherapist Canberra Raiders, NRL
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Dr. Ryan Timmins - World renowned Sport Scientist on hamstring injury and prevention.
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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James McAloon - Creating your own path to Head Coaching in sport
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Sam Donaldson - Head Physiotherapist QLD. Firebirds, Super Netball Australia
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. How to recover like a pro!
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May 30, 2023 |
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Matthew Look - Head of Performance & Sports Medicine, Cambridge Rugby
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May 19, 2023 |
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Liam Robinson - Head Physiotherapist, Melbounre Storm, NRL
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May 12, 2023 |
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Karl Dodd - From professional football player, to S&C coach, to Head Coach.
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May 04, 2023 |
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Brody Sams - Goal Keeper Coach, National Women's Soccer League, New York USA
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Sean Lane - Coaching in the US. Head Coach Spire Academy Ohio, USA
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. The 3 most important questions to ask when joining a new club
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Matt Ham - Former A-League player turn Rugby League Strength & Conditioning Coach
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. Day in the life of...
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Myles Burfield - Winning bronze at 2016 Rio Olympics, working with Cirque du Soleil, to pursuing Specialisation in Sports Physiotherapy.
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. How did I get into sport? My journey.
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Aaron Alsop - Exceutive Director of High Performance: Solomon Island National Institute of Sport (SINIS)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. What to consider when choosing a role in sport.
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Tracy Guy - Cirque du Soleil, Perfromance Medicine Therapist for over a decade
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Solo Ep. How to contact leaders in High Performance Sport
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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David Wellington - Head Physiotherapist, ACT Brumbies, Super Rugby
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Jan 17, 2023 |