PLAY WELL: Maggie Dent on sport as the antidote to screens

Maggie Dent is the person you want on speed dial when your household hits chaos o'clock. Turns out her secret weapon isn't a parenting hack, it's sport.  Universally known and loved for the warm, practical advice she shares with Australian parents, Maggie also has a sporty side. A basketball fanat…

PLAY WELL: Adam Hills is a world champion (you just didn't know it)

You know Adam Hills as the legendary host of Spicks and Specks and The Last Leg, but his off-screen sporting life is an absolute ride.   A lightbulb moment at the Beijing 2008 Paralympics, mixed with inherited tennis genes and a diehard devotion to the Rabbitohs, sent Adam’s athletic career in an …

Bonus: all the behind the scenes of our next Play Well series

Want to get some behind the scenes on who we've spoken to, and why, and how two guests set off every heart monitoring watch the Libby wears?  Come join us for a sneak preview of what (and WHO!) to excpect in this series... +++  This season of Sportish is powered by the Australian Sports Commissi…

Ready, set, Sportish! Another special Play Well series starts NOW

Whether you're finding your way back to sport or working out how to manage the after-school sport chaos (tell us we’re not alone?!), EVERYONE has a place in sport—and we’re here to help you thrive in yours.  We’ve teamed back up with the Australian Sports Commission to bring more stories, tips, an…

The power of cycling with Sisters of the Saddle

You know how much we love to hear about groups that are helping people of any age get involved with sport. So when we heard about Sisters of the Saddle and the work they do around cycling, where women gain so much confidence on the bike that they end up riding for 300km+, we wanted to know more. Th…

Sportish Question Time! Rep trials, pathways and early signs of excellence

We asked and the Sporties DELIVERED! It's Sportish Question Time! Think of it like catching up for a coffee with us and you've brought along a sports issue you need nutted out. On today's agenda - trialling for rep even when you're not good enough, development pathways, managing kids who are showin…

Why we need to have a conversation about sport and gambling

Gambling reform is everywhere at the moment - in the media, on your feed, and possibly, your what's a group. And in our opinion, that's sparking a very overdue conversation about gambling and it's relationship with sport. We also cover an amazing inclusive program being rolled out by Netball Queens…

AFLW's Libby Birch on international footy, injuries and writing for the next generation

Season 11 of AFLW is upon us and to kick things off with a bang (pun intended!) held the first ever AFLW International between Australia and Ireland. We wanted to know what it was like to be a part of history so joining us on the pod this week is one of Australia's most decorated and respected figu…

The Scott Miller documentary that hit Libby for six

You know how much we love a sporting doco. Can't get to them fast enough. And the Scott Miller swimming documentary was no exception. Except, it's taken Libby a couple of weeks to actually talk about it. Miller was a swimming poster boy of the 90s who fell from favour and the public eye after he wa…

Tour drug testing scandals, Comm Games feelings and how we talk about umpires

The lead athletes in the Tour de France are being woken up in the middle of the night and Libby is unimpressed thank you very much. Georgie is baffled about how to feel about the Commonwealth Games and we get stuck into how we talk about umpires and referees off the back of some World Cup behaviour…