Synopsis
Sporty is your guide to the powerful place of sport and fitness in Australias cultural life. Recognising its much more than a game, Sporty charts and analyses big-time spectator sports, celebrates the amateur athlete and encourages anyone struggling to get active. You dont have to get sport, to get Sporty!
Episodes
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Concussion in sport - is enough being done?
18/05/2019 Duration: 28minConcussion on the sports field hasn't always been taken seriously. What are the consequences?
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Going bush in a wheelchair
11/05/2019 Duration: 28minGetting into the great outdoors bushwalking and camping is great, but hard to do if you have a serious physical disability. So what would a weekend camp designed to take wheelchair users off the beaten track be like?
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Walking is popular, Caster Semenya ruling
04/05/2019 Duration: 28minWalking is officially Australia's number one physical activity, but is it enough for your health and fitness?
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The swimmer and the martial artist
27/04/2019 Duration: 28minTwo very different personal stories of lives lived in devotion to a physical discipline.
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Physical activity to ease a troubled mind
13/04/2019 Duration: 28minHow does doing something physically active help soothe whatever's raging in your head?
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With exercise, is there 'bad' pain and 'good' pain?
05/04/2019 Duration: 28minDo some people avoid being physically active because they register pain more acutely than others?
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Transgender women and sport
29/03/2019 Duration: 28minSport divides into competition for men and for women. But not everyone fits neatly into these categories. And not everyone agrees who belongs where.
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What is muscle memory?
15/03/2019 Duration: 28minEveryone's heard of 'muscle memory'. But nobody agrees on what, precisely, it is.
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Remember learning to ride a bike?
08/03/2019 Duration: 28minWhat was your first time on a bicycle like? Terrifying? Exhilarating? A thrilling mix of both?
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Skateboarding gets respectable
01/03/2019 Duration: 28minHow has skateboarding gone from wayward street culture to mainstream Olympic sport?
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Is high intensity interval training for you?
22/02/2019 Duration: 28minIs high intensity interval training for you? How do you know if the sport you're watching is free from cheating and corruption?
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Learning to lose in sport and in life
15/02/2019 Duration: 28minDoes learning how to lose in sport help you cope with failure in life?
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Love your heart with exercise & the end of women's sport
08/02/2019 Duration: 28minFor Valentine's Day, give your own heart some love, with exercise. It's possible to protect against heart failure and even reverse damage if you do it by a certain age.
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How to be a good sports manager and the joy of parkrun
01/02/2019 Duration: 28minWhat does it take to run a big sports league or competition these days? Parkrun is currently the biggest mass participation sporting activity in the world. What's the appeal?
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Adults who can't swim and Federer the sponsor magnet
25/01/2019 Duration: 28minFor adults, learning to swim is difficult and scary. How do you overcome a deep fear of water?