Bonus episode: Brief thoughts on the Lia Thomas transgender controversy, and a year end salute
In this bonus episode, Ross shares brief thoughts on the latest, inevitable and increasingly volatile controversy in the transgender athlete debate. Swimmer Lia Thomas has been shattering university r...
16 Dec 202126min
Bonus episode: Facts and fallacies in the trans athlete debate, a conversation with Dr Emma Hilton
In this bonus episode, Ross sits down with Dr Emma Hilton, a developmental biologist who has outspokenly defended women's sport and explained the science and physiology of male vs female sporting perf...
26 Nov 20211h 31min
S3 E27: Why the IOC's Recent Guidelines on Transgender Athletes Raise So Many Questions
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced controversial new transgender guidelines which could threaten the future of women's sport. But what does the evidence say and why did the I...
17 Nov 202150min
S3 E26: The Coaches: Why Mindset Matters
Responders and non-responders are easily identified but poorly understood. Elite coach and sports scientist John Kiely from the Institute of Coaching & Performance, University of Central Lancashire, d...
10 Nov 20211h 8min
S3 E25: Why a Five-Year-Old Premier League Recruit Is Just Madness
Coaching development specialist Stuart Armstrong, of Sport England, discusses the role of sport in childhood development with Prof. Ross Tucker. The two answer controversial questions from our Patreon...
3 Nov 20211h 33min
S3 E24: Lachlan Morton And The Quest For Cycling Nirvana
Lachlan Morton is an Australian cyclist famous for taking on audacious endurance challenges, including his recent solo 5500km Alt. Tour de France. In this interview Morton talks about his philosophy, ...
27 Okt 202148min
S3 E23: Future Champion or Lifelong Athlete? The Coaching Kids Conundrum
Stuart Armstrong has made a career coaching sport and his role at Sport England is to help coach the coaches and make sport and exercise accessible to all. In this interview, Armstrong talks through t...
19 Okt 20211h 9min
Bonus episode: Should rugby reduce the number of substitutes to lower injury risk
In the ongoing debate and discussion about the risk of injury in rugby, many people have suggested that cutting the number of substitutes is the easiest and most obvious "fix". The truth, however, is...
14 Okt 202113min
