Athletic Ambitions: Stories of Tomorrow's Champions

I loved interviewing Josie! She has a wealth of experience in sports psychology and has written several books which are all well worth reading. We have such a good discussion about the most common reasons she works with young athletes and she shares many strategies to help deal with many of the common issues facing athletes concerning their mindset. Amongst other things, we talk ab

In this episode Neive chats with Fi about the joy of mentoring CASS & Friends athletes. Neive has so much advice to share with her years of competitive rowing at the elite level and now as an age group multi sport athlete. Neive has helped many CASS & Friends athletes work on the mental side of their performance and we are lucky to be working alongside her. If you would lik

What an authentic episode. Fi chats with Vickie Pullin who qualified for the Olympics in Snowboard Cross when she was 18 and now races sled dogs at the elite level. We talk a lot about funding in sport and how athletes are performing at incredible levels. We talk about the sled dogs and the complexity of training herself and her dogs and fitting it all into a busy life managing her

In this brilliant episode, Claire shares her wealth of knowledge surrounding fuelling young athletes. One of the key messages is the importance of meeting energy needs and getting nutrition requirements from food before supplements. There are many tips on what young athletes can do to help themselves prepare quick and easy snacks and meals. We also touch on nutrition myths and how

In this episode, we talk about Jess's dream of becoming an Olympic athlete and her journey from heptathlon to 100m hurdles, representing Team GB and her plans for the future including going to Birmingham University and continuing to work closely with her wonderful coach.If you would like to find out more please visit www.cassandfriends.orgInstagram @cassandfriends

In this episode, Dan talks about his junior days as an elite-level swimmer, attending two Olympic trials and going to an American University on a scholarship programme. We touch on his mindset and motivation as an individual swimmer versus swimming for his university team. Finally, we talk about how Dan has made a very successful business out of his love for swimming and triathlon

In this episode, Nikki brings her zest for life and talks about how she absolutely loves her career as a professional athlete. She gives so many golden nuggets of advice to our young athletes from getting the balance right with sport and life, finding out what is important and what makes you happy, how to handle bad training sessions or races, handling injuries and setbacks, managi

In this episode, Tom and Fi chat with middle-distance runner Kaitlyn Sheppard who joined CASS & Friends in 2019. She is now studying and training in the USA at Bradley University. She talks about her experience of transferring to an American university, the ups and downs of the transition and how she loves life and training in the USA. There are many learning points for any of

In this episode, Laura shares her passion for helping young athletes, especially females, how she believes finding an identity outside being an athlete is important, her many tips for developing a strong sporting mindset and how good communication with a coach is key to successful performance. If you would like to find out more please visit www.cassandfriends.orgInstagram @cassandf

In this episode Tom, an alumni athelte and Fi the founder, chat about CASS & Friends; how and when it was started, what need it set out to address and what makes this charity different from other sports clubs/charities. If you would like to find out more please visit www.cassandfriends.orgInstagram @cassandfriends