Shooting The Breeze
209 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Tune in to our women’s hoops and women in hoops podcast.
Hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind, cover the latest from professional leagues through to grassroots and community.
From our home Australia and across the world we have fresh takes on inspiring athletes, amazing Coaches and behind the scenes trailblazers from the global women's basketball landscape.
We also look at the business and broadcast side of the game while watching women's hoops grow and reach new heights.
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Ep69: Justin Nelson Time To Soar Aotearoa Hoops
April 22, 2022 05:40 - 1 hour - 63 MBIn a masterclass on change and growth within sport, joining us on this episode of Shooting The Breeze is Justin Nelson formerly the General Manager of the Melbourne Boomers. Head of Commercial at Sky Sports NZ Justin has set in motion the establishment of a new women’s competition in New Zealand, Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa that gives Kiwi talent a chance to play at home and contribute to the growth of the Tall Ferns program - all with financial stability and a solid broadcast partnership. A...
Ep68: Coach Liz Mills Moroccan Milestones
April 14, 2022 21:30 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBCoach Liz Mills is smashing ceilings across the basketball globe. The only female Head Coach in the men's Basketball African League (BAL), a feat never accomplished in the Australian Men’s National Basketball League, or NBA. She's made history and continues to smash preconceptions of women coaching at the elite level. We get into the BAL experience, the hopes for her Moroccan team AS Salé and the road ahead. As always Liz is open and candid not just about the privilege and immense responsib...
Ep67: Playback 2 Highlights covering Kiwi and UK Hoops and Fan Art
April 08, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWe love to showcase our Playback series to offer up short & sweet clips from some of our most recent podcasts from the current series. In our 2nd playback for Series 3 we rewind choice bits from Episodes 55 through to 59 where hosts Paul Camillos & Jacinta Govind welcome Bevan Murray, Cassie Breen, Darren Paul, Emma Groves and Brent Ford. It’s a great sampler if you’re new to our podcast or even if you haven’t had a chance to listen to some of these episodes you can get a taste test of what...
Ep66: Sammy Wloszczowski The Wizard from Oz
April 01, 2022 04:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBSammy Wloszczowksi, ‘Sammy W’ is well known across the WNBL, WNBA & Euroleague teams and many of their superstar athletes. In his role in player management at SIG Sports he has forged real and significant relationships with some great Aussie basketball talent. Sammy gives us a rare view into his world of working alongside and supporting athletes across all stages of their professional sporting life. Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, he is currently based in Washington DC and has a courtsid...
Ep65: WNBL22 Finals Week with special guest Vanessa Panousis
March 23, 2022 05:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBAs we kick off WNBL Finals Week special guest Vanessa Panousis jumps on to talk WNBL22 regular season and Finals predictions. We wrap up another challenging season featuring some phenomenal Womens Hoops. A review of the regular season and some crystal ball gazing for an unpredictable Finals Weeks. We also spotlight some legendary performances. Get around it! Don’t forget to like, share and leave a review so we can get more Hoops content to you! Join us on Twitter: @TheBreezePod and IG: @s...
Ep64: Nat Burton Mindset Matters
March 18, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBNat Burton has recently transitioned from WNBL player to an Assistant Coach at the hot shooting Perth Lynx. Transferring her knowledge and skills from her own lived experience in challenging her mindset throughout her professional career, she is now using that in assisting perhaps the most besieged WNBL team in Covid times at the Lynx. Always open and honest in sharing her own experiences throughout her career, as a WNBL player, Opal and in international leagues, Nat understands the great ...
Ep63: Fleur McIntyre The Queen of the Kingdom
March 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBFleur McIntyre is only the 5th female to Coach in the NBL. She's joined the NBL Sydney Kings as Assistant Coach and is loving the opportunity to turn her academic knowledge in exercise and sport science from her role as an Assoc. Professor in Fremantle, into the high octane world of men's professional basketball. With extensive coaching experience in both Men’s and Women’s Basketball, including the Womens National Basketball League, Fleur has a wealth of hoops IQ. With a clear focus on pla...
Ep62: I Am A Girl Shoots for the Stars
March 04, 2022 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBThe I Am A Girl program is shooting for the stars with the goal of reaching 10,000 girls and women across NSW during the three year program. The program aims to engage girls and reconnect women, whether through playing, officiating or in administrative roles to build the foundations for sustainable growth in a popular sport. Two remarkable supporters of Women's Hoops Karen Irwin and Rachel Herrick from Basketball NSW join us to talk about travelling the miles and shaping #NextGen Women's Hoo...
S3 Ep61: Abby Bishop - No place like home
February 25, 2022 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBAbby Bishop is a formidable talent in Aussie Women's Hoops. Having achieved 3 WNBL Championships with the UCCaps and a WNBA ring as well. Known across the global hoops landscape from the USA to Europe, her return home to Australia with the Southside Flyers this season had her playing incredible basketball. Recently her season was cruelly halted with a tear in her soleus muscle just before an Opals camp for the FIBAWWC Qualifiers. Abby has begun the long and sometimes boring rehab journey w...
S3 Ep60: Michele Timms reviews FIBAWWC Qualifiers
February 18, 2022 04:30 - 56 minutes - 52 MBThe FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers are done and dusted. 12 Teams have punched their tickets to Sydney for the FIBAWWC in September 2022. Opals legend Michele Timms joins us again for her invaluable take on the FIBAWWC Qualifiers, how each team faired and our Aussie Opals lifting the intensity levels in pursuit of another podium finish come September! Timmsy offers up a frank review of the Qualifiers and her all round knowledge of global Womens Hoops is a real treat to listen to. Enjoy!...
S3 Ep59: Fantastic Fan Art with Emma Groves and Brent Ford
February 11, 2022 04:30 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWe love to cover behind the scenes Stories so we're exploring the WNBL fan space, the fantastic fan art and signs they create and the relationships that get created! Diehard fans Emma Groves and Brent Ford met at a charity AFL game and have connected through their love of #womenshoops and their beloved UCCapitals. Bringing enthusiasm and energy and showing their support to the players that inspire their creativity with their unique and imaginative hype signs. This podcast is for all the d...
S3 Ep58: Playback highlights with Sherrie Calleia, Morgan Yaeger, Michele Timms, Tom & Renae Garlepp and Cayla George
February 04, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBWe love to showcase our Playback series to offer up a short & sweet intro to some of our latest podcasts from the current series. In this Playback we feature Episodes 51 through to 54, and its a beauty! Episode 51: From the youngest kids on the block Sydney Uni Flames Development Players Sherrie Calleia and Morgan Yaeger talk to us in the preseason to share their journey’s and their determination to prove that youth can deliver the energy and grit. They have much to prove in what is a serio...
S3 Ep57: Caz and Daz - The best of British basketball
January 28, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBThe Caz and Daz Show is a podcast on British Women’s Basketball, and it’s a real treat to chat with them about UK Hoops, the professional women’s league WBBL, and the huge growth in participation rates amongst GB youth. Great Britain narrowly missed out on the Tokyo Olympics. Both our nations, while positioned differently have much in common. We explore this further, including the familiar challenges of maximising the sports exposure through viewership and much needed funding. Their passion...
S3 Ep56: Bevan Murray and the Kiwi hoops revolution
January 21, 2022 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBBevan Murray gives us the scoop on the Kiwi Hoops revolution As Auckland Dream General Manager Bevan gives us a look at the seismic shift happening in New Zealand women’s hoops sharing his insights into the opportunities while embracing the uncertainty and challenges they bring for fans in the community. Our closest neighbours are reaching out to youth through their Strength & Adapt program and rolling out a completely revamped women’s league starting in July 2022 that harnesses this growth...
S3 Ep55: The Long Game WNBL wrap with Paul Camillos & Jacinta Govind
January 14, 2022 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBWe’re back for 2022 and we’re excited to welcome Island Pacific Soap Co. onboard as a valued sponsor. High quality, all natural, handcrafted bath soap made in QLD. Check them out at https://islandpacificsoap.com and each guest on the show this season will receive some of their awesome products. THE best way to not smell like a locker room after a game in summer without air conditioning! It’s Round 7 and WNBL Hoops returned this week after COVID benched Round 6 so we’re talking about playing...
S3 Ep54: Cayla George All the things she said
December 24, 2021 04:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBShe’s the ultimate big… fierce, loyal to her team-mates and never stepping back from a challenge. Cayla George made an impact at this years Tokyo2020 Olympics for the Opals - but by sharing her truth she lets us peek into how the squad felt through the campaign and afterwards. Cayla showed the kind of leadership needed by her decisive action when team mates Tiffany and Ezi were confronted by racial intolerance. She calls it out and she calls for action because nothing less will do. All eye...
S3 Ep53: A Life Basketball with Tom & Renae Garlepp
December 17, 2021 04:30 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBWhen two stars collide it’s spectacular. Husband and Wife team Tom and Renae Garlepp are phenomenal talents in their own right making an impact on the coaching stage. Just as spectacular was this year's U20’s Nationals when they faced off as opponents coaching the Blue and White NSW Teams. Juggling family life and coaching high stakes hoops with state pride on the line gets you some pretty special moments, but most valuable is their insight into developing hoops talent in schools at the age...
S3 Ep52: Michele Timms on FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifiers
December 10, 2021 05:04 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBLegendary Opal Michele Timms jumps on so we can talk about the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifiers. The new format means we have to compete even though, as host nation, we’re already in. We get into the pool groups, the teams and who’s a possibility of coming to Sydney. But that’s not all - we get into the recently announced Opals 24 ‘fluid’ squad and what could influence the final team. Always candid with unparalleled insight into the Opals legacy, amazing vision and an interesting viewpoint...
S3 Ep51: Sherrie Calleia and Morgan Yaeger - Flames DP's bringing the D
December 03, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBIt’s always a treat having young up and coming players from a talent loaded WNBL join us on the show. In this episode we’re thrilled to be joined by Sydney Uni Flames Development Players Sherrie Calleia and Morgan Yaeger. You can’t help but love their determination and they don’t hold back about their desire to be ‘pests’ to the opposition. They get candid on goals and challenges and share their ‘pinch yourself’ enthusiasm for Sydney's women’s and men’s hoops teams having the same ownership ...
S2 Ep50: Jacqui Dover - Another Aussie on their way to the NBA
November 12, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBIn our final Series 2 podcast, Jacqui Dover is a proud Yugambeh women from South East Qld and the first indigenous female referee in the NBL. Jacqui is about to take on Manhattan as the first Aussie women to join the NBA referee development program in a select group of 6 trainees looking to make it in the most visible basketball league on the planet. Jacqui takes us inside the referee’s rite of passage and how it is now a legitimate pathway to a basketball career along with her desire to sta...
S2 Ep49: Much Ado about Hoops
November 05, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBIn this episode we kick back and take a page out of the Seinfeld playbook… tune in as we chew the fat on our episode about nothing except women’s hoops. We have a whole lot to say about nothing in particular from Jumping Vs Boxing Out to the return of the Sydney #DoubleHeader and a whole lot more!! Who knew there was so much something to nothing? Enjoy! Join us on Twitter and Facebook: @TheBreezePod
S2 Ep48: Kristen Veal & Sarah Graham the dynamic duo of coaching
October 29, 2021 04:08 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBDynamic Coaching duo Kristen Veal & Sarah Graham play pivotal roles in nurturing the upcoming generation of young promising female basketball talent at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra. They mesh incredibly well in their personalities and roles to create a dynamic pairing charged with developing the next crop of potential Opals in the AIS residential program. Throughout this challenging time for international sport both Kristen and Sarah attended 3 global basketball events contending wi...
S2 Ep47: Alex Bunton Levels Up
October 22, 2021 04:15 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBWNBL22 will be the season of the super mums. We are grateful to have the chance to talk with new mum Alex Bunton, returning to the sport she loves and ready to show her little girl what mum can do on the court. Coming full circle and now armed with many life experiences after an early retirement Bunts levels up and rejoins the elite world of basketball where it all began for her at 15 years of age! Enjoy! Join us on Twitter and Facebook: @TheBreezePod
S2 Ep46: Georgie Maynard sponsorship in women's sport flips the script
October 15, 2021 04:40 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBLet’s flip the script and say women’s sports actually deliver the best result for sponsors wanting to make positive connection with fans. Got your attention? Now let’s talk about the data. For more than 10 years Georgie Maynard and True North Research have been on a mission to identify and share sponsorship outcome evidence. Intrigued? Tune in and learn! This is a great podcast for women's sports teams, businesses and everyone involved in sports. Join us on Twitter and Facebook: @TheBre...
BONUS Reviewing the Opals Asia Cup campaign
October 11, 2021 23:34 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn this bonus episode we’re looking at our Opals amazing FIBA Women’s Asia Cup campaign. Our young guns showed they got game by taking it to Japan and only missing out on the Gold Medal game by the slimmest of margins. The future looks good with the Opals bringing back Bronze after denying Korea 3rd place as we head towards next year’s Women’s World Cup Join us on Twitter & Facebook: @TheBreezePod
S2 Ep45: The Ten Year Journey to the FIBA Women’s World Cup with David Reid
October 08, 2021 05:15 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBDavid Reid - Chairman of the organising committee for the FIBA Womens World Cup jumps on board to give us a remarkable insight into the 10+ years journey behind the scenes to land this amazing basketball event. At a time when women's sports are finally getting its due, Australia will lead the way with the FIBA Womens World Cup in Sydney in 2022. David shares the vision formed over 10 years ago, and provides some unique insights into the long, hard fought journey to bring this special event t...
BONUS Looking at the FIBA Asia Women's Cup
September 26, 2021 13:57 - 17 minutes - 16 MBIt's a short and sweet bonus episode as we take a look at the FIBA Asia Women's Cup. Staged in Amman, Jordon for the first time our Aussie Opals are in Group B with Chinese Taipei, Philippines and China. Time for our young guns to shine. Let's Go Aussies!! Join us on Twitter & Facebook: @TheBreezePod
S2 Ep44: Coach Liz Mills living Ubuntu
September 24, 2021 05:03 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBFrom Sydney to Kenya via Zambia and Cameroon Coach Liz Mills takes on a lifetime adventure with identical twin Vik. A whole lot of grit, hard work, determination and an openness to learning paved the way to the history books by coaching men's African basketball. She walks the talk of the African philosophy Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’. Coach Liz has opened the door for the next generation of female coaches to follow, “No-one’s going to tap us on the shoulder and be like … here’s an opportu...
S2 Ep43: Social Media in Women's Hoops with Dr Kasey Symons and Roy Ward
September 17, 2021 04:02 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBIt’s an in-depth podcast where we get into social media and it’s impact on women’s hoops and the wider world of women’s sports. Hosts' Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind are joined by Siren Sport co-founder Dr Kasey Symons and veteran sports & news journalist Roy Ward in a wide ranging discussion about social media, how it can benefit women’s hoops and other sporting codes as well as the potential for elite players. This podcast covers many opinions on engaging real fans versus attention to t...
S2 Ep42: WNBL21/22 Free Agency Part 2
September 10, 2021 04:22 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWe take a quick glance at the current WNBL situation for 21/22 in Part 2 We check-in with clubs’ Perth, last seasons Grand Finalist Townsville, new look Sydney and the UCCaps in our next instalment. Still quite a few unknowns - hub or no hub, and so many free agents! The clock is ticking and the AFLW and now the NRLW will overlap with the WNBL season & compete for eyeballs. It’s crickets with mere weeks before the season is slated to commence. Join us on Twitter and Facebook: @TheBreezePod
Paralympics Tokyo2020 Gliders Review & Future Goals with Janna Mizens & Darren Allie
September 03, 2021 09:38 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBTune in with Janna Mizens and Darren Allie as we wrap up the last 2 pool games against Great Britain & Canada, and celebrate the Gliders first Tokyo2020 win against Algeria. We’re looking forward to the Gliders upcoming slate including world qualifiers, AIS camps and the on going quest to educate about wheelchair basketball to attract more players and identify talent nationally. Janna & Daz give us an honest and revealing insight into the challenges for the program, developing players as we...
Paralympic Tokyo2020 Gliders Wrap & Previews with Janna Mizens & Darren Allie
August 27, 2021 03:03 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBJoin Janna Mizens and Darren Allie as they review the first 2 Gliders games played between hosts Japan and Rio Silver medallists Germany. Despite losses to both teams, the nerves for our young team have settled and some promising quarters in both games reveal the potential the team has as they keep improving! Janna and Darren also take us through some key insights for the next 2 games and what the Gliders will need to do to stay in the hunt for a QF berth when they face Great Britain and Ca...
Paralympics Tokyo2020 Gliders Preview with Janna Mizens & Darren Allie
August 24, 2021 00:29 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBOn the eve of the Paralympics wheelchair basketball action, Gliders insiders and Paralympic Gold medallist Janna Mizens & coach Darren Allie give us a great understanding of the sport, classifications and other fundamentals to help get around this dynamic game. An honest conversation about the challenges, including classifications, funding realities in disabled sport and the excitement for our young team to be back at the Paralympics after missing out on Rio. Our first game against hosts Ja...
S2 Ep41: WNBL 21/22 Free Agency Part 1
August 22, 2021 23:10 - 29 minutes - 27 MBLet’s take a quick glance at the current situation in WNBL 21/22 Free Agency Part 1 We check-in with Victorian clubs’ reigning Champs Southside Flyers, Melbourne Boomers, and Bendigo Spirit as well as the Adelaide Lightning in our first sneak peek. With quite a few unknowns - hub or no hub, so many free agents with only 2 months out and a competing AFLW season…it’s another shape shifting WNBL season! Join us on twitter: @theBreezePod
S2 Ep40: x 40 minutes with Tolo
August 15, 2021 22:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBJoining us on Shooting The Breeze this week in an engaging catch-up is Opal Marianna Tolo. Just back from Tokyo we had the opportunity to talk about the Olympics, the highs and the lows in one of the most challenging campaigns and the enduring legacy of the Australian Opals. Tolo gives us an insight on her plans for the future, how that Puerto Rico game was an example of Opals grit, and on a lighter note she takes us inside life in the Olympic village, and how DJ’s Cayla & Sara kept the tea...
BONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Olympics Review
August 06, 2021 05:05 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBA dominant win by TeamUSA over the Opals closes an emotionally drawn and rimmed out Opals Olympics campaign. There were highlights to be sure, we shoot the breeze on our QF game, whats next and another big event on the Opals horizon in the FIBAWWC 2022. Meanwhile hosts Japan's #AkatsukiFive have played inspired ball and may go all the way or is TeamUSA just invincible? Join us on twitter: @theBreezePod Jacinta is on twitter: @S_Squin
BONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Game 3 wrap and USA QF preview
August 03, 2021 22:10 - 22 minutes - 21 MBBONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Game 3 wrap and USA QF preview A miraculous hard-fought 27 point win for the Opals against Puerto Rico giving them the final QF slot in perhaps one of their most defining games and certainly one for the history books! Next up invincible TeamUSA are looking for their 5th straight Olympic Gold in a sudden death Quarter Finals, our Opals will need to be relentless - GoOpals! Join us on twitter: @theBreezePod Jacinta is on twitter: @S_Squin
BONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Game 2 Wrap and Puerto Rico Preview
August 01, 2021 08:35 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBBOUNS Podcast: Tokyo2020 Series. Jacinta Govind a.k.a ‘Squin’ joins Shooting The Breeze for the Game 2 wrap of China's heartbreaking win against the Opals. Next up in Group C is Puerto Rico. Time to Shoot the Lights out and get us outta this Group phase! Join us on twitter: @theBreezePod Jacinta is on twitter: @S_Squin
BONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Game 1 Wrap and China Preview
July 29, 2021 23:15 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBBOUNS Podcast: Tokyo2020 Series. Jacinta Govind a.k.a ‘Squin’ joins Shooting The Breeze for the Game 1 wrap of Belgium’s debut win against the Opals. Next up in Group C is China. It’s Sync or Sink. Join us on twitter: @theBreezePod Jacinta is on twitter: @S_Squin
BONUS Tokyo2020 Series with Jacinta Govind - Opals Olympics Preview
July 27, 2021 04:45 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBTune In to our BOUNS Tokyo2020 Series. Jacinta Govind a.k.a ‘Squin’ joins us to preview the first game in the Opals Olympic campaign. The Aussie Opals play Belgium. The Belgian Cats are making their first Olympics appearance. Jacinta is on twitter: @S_Squin
S2 Ep39: Martha Lourey-Bird and Jacqui Dover are Growing Basketball's Legacy
July 23, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThe FIBA Womens World Cup (FIBAWWC 2022) will kick off a phenomenal decade for Womens sports in Australia. In this episode we talk to Martha Lourey-Bird and Jacqui Dover, both former athletes joining forces to spearhead the FIBAWWC Legacy Program rolled out in partnership with Basketball NSW & Office of Sport NSW. As a Sports scientist & lecturer, Martha advocates for girls in sport and provides valuable research into the challenges and barriers for girls and women in sport and basketball. ...
S2 Ep38: Annie La Fleur leading the change
July 09, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this Episode we welcome back Annie La Fleur - Olympian & NSW Hall of Famer to tell us about basketball programs bringing positive social impacts in the COVID era to the FIBA Oceania and South East Asia regions. Adapting to online delivery has brought unexpected benefits by reaching more people across large geographical regions while also keeping kids and communities engaged. Annie gets into her involvement with indigenous camps across NSW as part of the BNSW partnership with the Patty Mil...
S2 Ep37: Laura Hodges ABPA players voice progressing players futures
June 25, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this episode we are joined by Laura Hodges, a 4 time Aussie Basketball Olympian and inaugural Australian Basketball Players' Assoc. (ABPA) Board member. After a long and successful hoops career with the AIS and Adelaide Lightning in the WNBL, Euroleague & WNBA she is well placed to represent the collective voice of our womens professional players, and with two young daughters she is passionate to see the best for the womens league. During an unprecedented 2020, the ABPA led by former NBL...
S2 Ep36: Lachlan Ross and Dylan Simpson call action on Go BIG a film about the UCCaps
June 18, 2021 06:36 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBIn a different episode we’re joined by Dylan Simpson and Lachlan Ross producer and director of the documentary Go Big a look behind the scenes of the 2020/21 WNBL UCCaps season. By telling the story of the UCCaps drive for a 3peat we get a look at women’s basketball that we’ve never seen before, and a far richer narrative emerges. It’s not just about basketball, it also the stories of players, staff past and present and a celebration of women’s hoops and how the Caps have raised the awarene...
S2 Ep35: Vlad the Dad and Playback episodes
June 04, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThis is one of our most personal episodes. We called it Vlad the dad because this little story says so much about what we regularly come across and is why we want to produce meaningful content that improves the Women’s basketball landscape. You get a little insight into why we produce Shooting The Breeze. It let’s us share incredible stories from the grassroots to the elite of Women’s Aussie Hoops and to have real conversations that hopefully highlights ways to improve the sport. We’ve als...
S2 Ep34: Leigh Gooding Rolling down the keyway
May 28, 2021 04:25 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week we’re all about steel wheels as we’re joined by Leigh Gooding. Directing Basketball Australia’s Wheelchair programs is one of the many hats he wears and the one we’re talking about. It’s been a tough time for wheelchair basketball for the last year but with the Tokyo games rapidly approaching we talk about preparations for the games, upcoming local tournaments, new and exciting pathways for our youth and watching the sparks fly when the action gets frantic! These inspirational at...
S2 Ep33: Lauren Nicholson is fuelling the Fire
May 20, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBWhile waiting for the announcement of the next Opals team selection, we caught up with Sydney basketball hot shooter Lauren Nicholson. Loz looks back at the challenging start to her first WNBL season with her hometown Sydney Uni Flames that ended with the 2017 WNBL Championship, and her pinch-me moment “some people go through and play 15 years of WNBL and never get a Championship” followed by three years in Adelaide that helped her develop her game. There was never any doubt about her Opal...
S2 Ep32: Sandy Brondello Dare to Dream
May 13, 2021 21:45 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBOur very special guest on this episode is Opals and Phoenix Mercury Head Coach Sandy Brondello. This fiercely competitive Aussie has gone from the sugar cane fields of Mackay in North Queensland to the world stage of women’s basketball leading the mighty Opals towards the Olympics and the Sydney hosted FIBA Women’s World Cup in 2022. Advocating for and demonstrating the impact of female representation in basketball Sandy is one of only five women coaching in the WNBA. She shares her dreams...
S2 Ep31: Christy Collier-Hill chats WNBL hurdles & heroes
May 06, 2021 21:30 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBWelcome back to Shooting The Breeze! We talk with Deakin Melbourne Boomers General Manager Christy Collier-Hill about the 2020 North Queensland WNBL hub season and the team’s experience. Also on the agenda is the challenge of the COVID era and getting fans back to home stadiums ‘everyone’s got to play their part’… and the elephant in the room - broadcast - but more on that later. A strong advocate for developing women’s professional sports Christy sees the opportunity presented by the Olym...
Ep31: Christy Collier-Hill chats WNBL hurdles & heroes
May 06, 2021 21:30 - 38 minutes - 72.5 MBWelcome back to Shooting The Breeze! We talk with Deakin Melbourne Boomers General Manager Christy Collier-Hill about the 2020 North Queensland WNBL hub season and the team’s experience. Also on the agenda is the challenge of the COVID era and getting fans back to home stadiums ‘everyone’s got to play their part’… and the elephant in the room - broadcast - but more on that later. A strong advocate for developing women’s professional sports Christy sees the opportunity presented by the Olym...