The Bishy PE Podcast: Recent Episodes
S Johnson
As a PE department we have recently set up a podcast to engage our pupils and promote potential careers related to Physical Education and Sport. However, many of the discussions we have are very transferrable to any career path. The main idea of our podcast is to allow pupils to gain an understanding of our guest's journey and how hard work, determination, resilience, and teamwork can help shape success. We hope you enjoy! The Bishopbriggs Academy PE Department
In this episode we were extremely lucky to be joined by former player and current Scotland National Rugby Coach. Gregor gave a very honest and inspirational interview on his childhood memories, his playing career, his coaching journey and how he learns from a variety of coaches from different sports, including Pep Guardiola. Gregor gave us an incredible insight into elite level sport - this episode is a must watch/ listen!
We would like to say a massive thank you once again to Gregor from all of our staff and pupils here at Bishopbriggs Academy.
Alastair Kellcock is a former Bishopbriggs High School pupil and former Glasgow Warriors and Scotland captain. Al spoke fondly on; his time at Bishopbriggs High, some of his favourite teachers, his youth playing days at Alan Glens Rugby Club, and his hugely successful professional career. We would like to thank Al again for giving up his time and providing such an inspirational and entertaining interview!
A huge thank you to David for joining us on The Bishy PE Podcast. David provided a very funny and incredibly interesting interview on his school experiences and his career journey. David spoke on everything from his time as a pupil at the old Bishopbriggs High School to his experiences interviewing football legends like Jim Baxter, Jose Mourinho, Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, to name but a few!
We would like to thank David once again from all of our pupils and staff here at Bishopbriggs Academy!
In this episode we were lucky enough to be joined by Olympic snowboarder and BBC Ski Sunday presenter Jenny Jones. Jenny provided a fun and very insightful interview on her career to date. We talked childhood memories, school experiences and her unexpected journey into professional snowboarding. Jenny also commented on a range of career highlights from Winter X-Games Gold to that memorable run in Sochi that saw her win Bronze for Team GB. Additionally, Jenny explained the physical and mental demands of required to become an olympic level athlete. She gave insight into her physical training regime as well as her work with a sports psychologist and described the mental approaches she used to develop her performance to an elite level. Another huge thank you to Jenny for giving up her time and joining us on The Bishy PE Podcast.
Kimberley is the number 1 Judo player in the country within her weight class. She has completed all over the world and famously won gold for Scotland in the 2014 Common Wealth Games Glasgow. Kimberley spoke to us about her journey thus far and her hopes to represent Great Britain in the next Olympic Games.
Thank you very much again to Kimberley for providing such an interesting and inspiring interview.
Stuart Bannigan is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Partick Thistle, making over 200 appearances for the club. Stuart is also a former pupil of Bishopbriggs Academy and spoke fondly of his days at school as well as some of his favourite teachers and memories. Stuart also spoke about some of his career highlights and injury setbacks.
Thank you very much to Stuart for providing our pupils with a very inspirational interview on his football career path to date. A must watch/ listen for any of our aspiring young athletes.
Eilidh Barbour is a very experienced and well known Sottish sports presenter and reporter. Eilidh presents and reports for Premier League and FA Cup matches for BBC Final Score and is also a Sky Sports SLP Anchor. As a presenter, she regularly fronts Football Focus, Match of the Day 2, FA Cup draws and highlights as well as The Women’s Football Show for BBC Sport. She is also the face of BBC's Golf coverage. Since 2015, Eilidh has worked at major sporting events such as FIFA Women's World Cup 2015, EURO 2016, Winter Olympics 2019 and FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 as well as The Open, PGA Championship and Ryder Cup in 2018.
Another huge thank you to Eilidh for providing a very funny and interesting episode on her career journey. We spoke in length about Eilidh's school life, hobbies outside of presenting, to some of her most memorable interviews/ events.
Stuart Yule is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Scottish National Rugby team. Stuart has worked with a variety of athletes from differing sports and backgrounds, most recently working with Glasgow Warriors and the Scottish national rugby teams. We had a very interesting discussion with stuart on different types of athletes, how he coaches elite level athletes and how he creates their training programs.
Thank you again to stuart, for providing such an interesting interview.
Graeme Jones is the current Head of High Performance with the Scottish Football Association. Graeme is a hugely experienced Sports Scientist who provided an interesting interview on his school days, his work with the Scottish national team, as well as a very honest insight into some of his career highlights and setbacks.
Another massive thank you to Graeme for giving up his time and providing such an enjoyable and interesting episode.