Tapping into Bond University's extensive network of medical, health science and elite sporting expertise, this podcast digs into issues relevant to younger athletes — mindset, injury management, training and playing load, weights and resistance training, diet, and rest and recovery.
Hosted by broadcaster Matt Webber.
Season 2
Episode 1: The elephant in the room
Guest: Andy Lovell
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of mental health and suicide
Bond University Head of Football Andy Lovell discusses mental health following the sudden death of West Coast Eagles player Adam Selwood.
Episode 2: Leaving elite sport behind
Guest: Jo Fargus
Olympic swimmer Jo Fargus has always been an achiever. But when things didn't fall her way ahead of the 2008 Olympic Trials and she missed Australian team selection, she retired. And for a while there, adrift in a post-competition void, her world fell apart. She joins Matt to talk about why many athletes struggle to transition to life after elite sport.
Episode 3: Building resilience in young athletes
Guest: Jackson Silvester-Lee
A back injury changed things for Jackson Silvester-Lee. Through his postgraduate work as a strength and conditioning coach, he discovered netball. And that's led to not just a new sporting passion but also a burning desire to teach kids how to get the best out of themselves
Episode 5: 'Everyone gets a ribbon'
Guest: Assistant Professor Shawna Campbell
Is there a reason schools and clubs are so big on handing out participation prizes? Bond University Assistant Professor Dr Shawna Campbell is a psychologist whose research focuses on the prevention of the development of psychopathology in young people. We invited her in to answer the question: why are all the kids going home with a prize?
Episode 6: Making mindset matter
Guest: Netballer Georgia Bodle
How can an organised mind allow young athletes perform better?We talk to Georgia Bodle, a New Zealander furthering her netballing ambitions here on the Gold Coast as a midcourter with (at the time of recording) the ladder topping Bond Bull Sharks Sapphire netball team. She’s a high-performance athlete, an occupational therapist, and a mental health clinician.
Episode 7: The motivational magnificence of mud
Guest: Bond Rugby veteran Dan Boardman
Too many young people are walking away from sport too early. One of the factors inspiring them to call it quits is over competitiveness. Dan Boardman encourages young athletes to 'get down in the mud', embrace the grind, and place the collective over the individual.
“If you get them to love the learning, then you have a team with no ceiling.”
Season 1
Episode 1: Knee injury prevention for young athletes
Guest: Dr Adam walker
Matt speaks with Bond University Doctor of Physiotherapy and Founder of the Gold Coast Knee Group about why so many young athletes rupture their ACL.
Episode 2: The science of strength for younger athletes
Guest: Dr Justin Keogh
More than ever, young athletes are encouraged to supplement their participation in sport with strength programs. Do they really need it?
Episode 3: Food for thought — fuelling young athletes
Guest: Mitzi Adamson
Do we take nutrition seriously enough? Matt talks Bull Sharks AFL player and Masters of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice student Mitzi Adamson.
Episode 4: Food for thought — fuelling young athletes (pt. 2)
Guest: Matt Hart
Matt speaks to Bond alumnus and dietician Matt Hart about fuelling before, during, and after training and competition.
Episode 5: Coaching the next generation
Guest: Bec Stower and Andy Lovell
Hear from Bull Sharks netball coach Bec Stower and Bond University Director of Football Andy Lovell on generational shifts in coaching styles.
Updated on July 30, 2025.
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