Past Articles

Winter Is Coming

By: Geoff Lipshut • 4 years ago • IN THE EARLY 80’S, I WAS A NATIONAL-LEVEL MOGUL SKIER, AND IN 1984, WAS RANKED NO.2 NATIONALLY. I WAS ALSO IN THE TOP 4 FOR AERIAL SKIING AT THE NATIONALS IN THE SAME...

Try Tri Again

By: Stephen Moss • 4 years ago • I GOT INVOLVED IN TRIATHLONS BY ACCIDENT. I WAS AN ASPIRING TRACK ATHLETE ORIGINALLY BUT WAS INJURED IN 1988, SO TOOK UP TRIATHLONS FOR A BIT OF FUN AND FITNESS. IRONICALLY, MY ORIGINAL...

Coaching the Mind of an Athlete

By: David Berens • 4 years ago • COACHING. WHAT EXACTLY IS COACHING? PATTERNS ON A CHALKBOARD? THE X’S AND O’S OF PLAYS AND FORMATIONS RUN AD NAUSEAM IN PRACTICE UNTIL THEY BECOME SECOND NATURE TO THE ATHLETES ON A TEAM?...

Two Years Left To Live

By: Steve Pullen • 4 years ago • AS A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE AT 17 YEARS OLD, I’VE HAD A DIFFERENT LIFE TO MOST. I WAS A PART OF THE NUTRI-GRAIN IRONMAN SERIES WHILE AT SCHOOL AND CONTINUED TO THE BIG-TIME AT...

Adversity: The Growth Creator

By: Mick Miller • 4 years ago • I USED TO BE A FAIRLY OVERWEIGHT, BEER-DRINKING, SAILING, BOAT-BUILDING TYPE PERSON. ONE DAY I DECIDED TO GET INCREDIBLY FIT, TRAIN FOR A SPORT WAY ABOVE MY LEVEL AND PUSH MYSELF TO EXTREMES...

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Editors Letter – Gender Edition

By: Stewart Fleming • 4 years ago • I spent 14 years as a single parent, playing the role of both Mum and Dad as best I could. I thought I was doing well but the realised that my son had...

Playing the House Down with Women’s NRL

By: Brad Donald • 4 years ago • FROM 2005, I COACHED IN THE CANBERRA RAIDERS REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM, AND IN THE END WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SG BALL PROGRAM UNDER DAVE HAMILTON, WHO WAS THE HIGH PERFORMANCE AND RECRUITMENT MANAGER AT...

Women’s Cricket Hits the Sport Spotlight

By: Belinda Clark AM • 4 years ago • GROWING UP, I PLAYED A LOT OF SPORT HOWEVER TENNIS WAS MY MAIN FOCUS UP UNTIL THE AGE OF 12/13. MY PARENTS AND 3 SIBLINGS ALL PLAYED SPORT, SO IT WAS BIG...

Women’s AFL: The Future of Footy

By: Michelle Cowan • 4 years ago • I ALWAYS LOVED WATCHING AFL, GROWING UP AS A YOUNG GIRL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I WATCHED AS MANY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (WAFL) GAMES AS I COULD OVER THE WEEKEND AND AFL GAMES...

Vicki Linton – Interview

By: Vicki Lindton • 4 years ago • How did you get into the sport? When I was 6, friends in my street were joining the local soccer team, so I went home and asked Mum if I could too. I...